diff --git a/doc/tasks/phplint.md b/doc/tasks/phplint.md
index 8512c2cb1..0d6be1b9d 100644
--- a/doc/tasks/phplint.md
+++ b/doc/tasks/phplint.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ parameters:
         phplint:
             exclude: []
             jobs: ~
+            short_open_tag: false
             ignore_patterns: []
             triggered_by: ['php', 'phtml', 'php3', 'php4', 'php5']
 ```
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ The number of jobs you wish to use for parallel processing. If no number
 is given, it is left up to parallel-lint itself, which currently
 defaults to 10.
 
+**short_open_tag**
+
+*Default: false*
+
+This option can allow PHP short open tags. 
+
 **ignore_patterns**
 
 *Default: []*
diff --git a/spec/Task/PhpLintSpec.php b/spec/Task/PhpLintSpec.php
index 1dbccdfb9..ebf9fd739 100644
--- a/spec/Task/PhpLintSpec.php
+++ b/spec/Task/PhpLintSpec.php
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ function it_should_have_configurable_options()
         $options = $this->getConfigurableOptions();
         $options->shouldBeAnInstanceOf(OptionsResolver::class);
         $options->getDefinedOptions()->shouldContain('jobs');
+        $options->getDefinedOptions()->shouldContain('short_open_tag');
         $options->getDefinedOptions()->shouldContain('exclude');
         $options->getDefinedOptions()->shouldContain('ignore_patterns');
         $options->getDefinedOptions()->shouldContain('triggered_by');
diff --git a/src/Task/PhpLint.php b/src/Task/PhpLint.php
index 425418772..99f587a4b 100644
--- a/src/Task/PhpLint.php
+++ b/src/Task/PhpLint.php
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ public function getConfigurableOptions(): OptionsResolver
         $resolver = new OptionsResolver();
         $resolver->setDefaults([
             'jobs' => null,
+            'short_open_tag' => false,
             'exclude' => [],
             'ignore_patterns' => [],
             'triggered_by' => ['php', 'phtml', 'php3', 'php4', 'php5'],
         ]);
 
         $resolver->setAllowedTypes('jobs', ['int', 'null']);
+        $resolver->setAllowedTypes('short_open_tag', 'bool');
         $resolver->setAllowedTypes('exclude', 'array');
         $resolver->addAllowedTypes('ignore_patterns', ['array']);
         $resolver->setAllowedTypes('triggered_by', 'array');
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ public function run(ContextInterface $context): TaskResultInterface
         $arguments = $this->processBuilder->createArgumentsForCommand('parallel-lint');
         $arguments->add('--no-colors');
         $arguments->addOptionalArgumentWithSeparatedValue('-j', $config['jobs']);
+        $arguments->addOptionalArgument('--short', $config['short_open_tag']);
         $arguments->addArgumentArrayWithSeparatedValue('--exclude', $config['exclude']);
         $arguments->add('--stdin');