diff -Naur asciidoc-8.2.6.orig/a2x asciidoc-8.2.6/a2x
--- asciidoc-8.2.6.orig/a2x	2007-11-25 23:59:55.000000000 +0100
+++ asciidoc-8.2.6/a2x	2008-05-05 02:27:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 VERBOSE_2=no
 VERBOSE=no
 XSLTPROC_OPTS=
+FOP_OPTS=
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # General purpose functions
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
   --version                      print program version to stdout
   -v, --verbose                  print operational details to stderr
   --xsltproc-opts=XSLTPROC_OPTS  xsltproc(1) options
+  --fop-opts=FOP_OPTS            fop options
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -281,6 +283,9 @@
             --xsltproc-opts)
                 XSLTPROC_OPTS="$XSLTPROC_OPTS $2"
                 shift 2 ;;
+            --fop-opts)
+                FOP_OPTS="$FOP_OPTS $2"
+                shift 2 ;;
             --)
                 shift; break ;;
             *)
@@ -514,7 +519,7 @@
     to_docbook
     execute_command_2 "xsltproc $XSLTPROC_OPTS --nonet \
         \"$xsl\" \"$xml\" >\"$fo\""
-    execute_command_2 "fop.sh \"$fo\" \"$pdf\""
+    execute_command_2 "fop.sh $FOP_OPTS -fo \"$fo\" -pdf \"$pdf\""
 }
 
 function to_odt()
diff -Naur asciidoc-8.2.6.orig/doc/a2x.1.txt asciidoc-8.2.6/doc/a2x.1.txt
--- asciidoc-8.2.6.orig/doc/a2x.1.txt	2008-04-04 01:13:15.000000000 +0200
+++ asciidoc-8.2.6/doc/a2x.1.txt	2008-05-05 02:28:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
   Additional xsltproc(1) options.  This option may be specified more
   than once.
 
+*--fop-opts*='FOP_OPTS'::
+  Additional fop options.  This option may be specified more than once.
+
 
 OUTPUT FILES
 ------------