diff --git a/unix/vncserver b/unix/vncserver
index 41e5603..0fbed19 100755
--- a/unix/vncserver
+++ b/unix/vncserver
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 # Check command line options
 
 &ParseOptions("-geometry",1,"-depth",1,"-pixelformat",1,"-name",1,"-kill",1,
-	      "-help",0,"-h",0,"--help",0,"-fp",1,"-list",0);
+	      "-help",0,"-h",0,"--help",0,"-fp",1,"-list",0,"-fg",0);
 
 &Usage() if ($opt{'-help'} || $opt{'-h'} || $opt{'--help'});
 
@@ -306,7 +306,15 @@
 }
 $ENV{VNCDESKTOP}= $desktopName;
 
-system("$vncUserDir/xstartup >> " . &quotedString($desktopLog) . " 2>&1 &");
+if ($opt{'-fg'}) {
+    system("$vncUserDir/xstartup >> " . &quotedString($desktopLog) . " 2>&1");
+    if (kill 0, `cat $pidFile`) {
+        $opt{'-kill'} = ':'.$displayNumber;
+        &Kill();
+    }
+} else {
+    system("($vncUserDir/xstartup; $0 -kill :$displayNumber) >> " . &quotedString($desktopLog) . " 2>&1 &");
+}
 
 exit;
 
@@ -527,6 +535,7 @@
 	"                 [-geometry <width>x<height>]\n".
 	"                 [-pixelformat rgbNNN|bgrNNN]\n".
 	"                 [-fp <font-path>]\n".
+	"                 [-fg]\n".
 	"                 <Xvnc-options>...\n\n".
 	"       $prog -kill <X-display>\n\n".
 	"       $prog -list\n\n");
diff --git a/unix/vncserver.man b/unix/vncserver.man
index 1c93107..5127056 100644
--- a/unix/vncserver.man
+++ b/unix/vncserver.man
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 .IR format ]
 .RB [ \-fp
 .IR font-path ]
+.RB [ \-fg ]
 .RI [ Xvnc-options... ]
 .br
 .BI "vncserver \-kill :" display#
@@ -105,6 +106,14 @@
 argument allows you to override the above fallback logic and specify a font
 path for Xvnc to use.
 
+.TP
+.B \-fg
+This version of vncserver will always launch Xvnc in such a way that, when the
+user exits the window manager in their VNC session, Xvnc will terminate.
+Specifying this option will additionally make Xvnc run as a foreground process,
+which means that it can be aborted with CTRL-C.  This may be necessary when
+launching TigerVNC from within certain grid computing environments.
+
 .SH FILES
 Several VNC-related files are found in the directory $HOME/.vnc:
 .TP