diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c b/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c
index 0227d50a..4eedfa72 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/langopts.c
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ if (CheckTranslator(translator, langopts_tab, key) != 0) {
 			translator->langopts.lowercase_sentence = true;
 			break;
 			}
+		case V_SPELLINGSTRESS: {
+			translator->langopts.spelling_stress = true;
+			break;
+		}
 		case V_STRESSADD: { // stressAdd
                         int stress_add_set = 0;
                         int stress_add[8];
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/voice.h b/src/libespeak-ng/voice.h
index e27c25cf..f05c0695 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/voice.h
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/voice.h
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ typedef enum {
 	V_WORDGAP,
 	V_INTONATION,
 	V_TUNES,
+	V_SPELLINGSTRESS,
 	V_STRESSLENGTH,
 	V_STRESSAMP,
 	V_STRESSADD,
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ static const MNEM_TAB langopts_tab[] = {
 	{ "l_sonorant_min",   0x100+LOPT_SONORANT_MIN },
 	{ "lowercaseSentence",	V_LOWERCASE_SENTENCE },
 	{ "numbers",      V_NUMBERS },
+    { "spellingStress",    V_SPELLINGSTRESS },
     { "stressAdd",    V_STRESSADD },
     { "stressAmp",    V_STRESSAMP },
     { "stressLength", V_STRESSLENGTH },