diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index cac031e..0cea558 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -2273,6 +2273,15 @@
 			    (char_u *)"",
 #endif
 				(char_u *)0L} SCRIPTID_INIT},
+    {"shellxescape", "sxe", P_STRING|P_VI_DEF|P_SECURE,
+			    (char_u *)&p_sxe, PV_NONE,
+			    {
+#if defined(MSDOS) || defined(WIN16) || defined(WIN3264)
+			    (char_u *)"\"&|<>()@^",
+#else
+			    (char_u *)"",
+#endif
+				(char_u *)0L} SCRIPTID_INIT},
     {"shiftround",  "sr",   P_BOOL|P_VI_DEF|P_VIM,
 			    (char_u *)&p_sr, PV_NONE,
 			    {(char_u *)FALSE, (char_u *)0L} SCRIPTID_INIT},