diff --git a/lib/tput.js b/lib/tput.js
index 2dd6b41..86cfc17 100644
--- a/lib/tput.js
+++ b/lib/tput.js
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ function Tput(options) {
   this.printf = options.printf;
   this.termcap = options.termcap;
 
+  this.terminfoPrefix = options.terminfoPrefix;
+  this.terminfoFile = options.terminfoFile;
+  this.termcapFile = options.termcapFile;
+
   try {
     if (this.termcap) {
       this.compileTermcap();
@@ -59,11 +63,10 @@ function Tput(options) {
 
 Tput.prototype.readTerminfo = function(data) {
   if (!data) {
-    var file = path.resolve(
-      '/usr/share/terminfo',
-      path.basename(this.term[0]),
-      path.basename(this.term)
-    );
+    var file = this.terminfoFile
+      || this._terminfoPrefix(this.terminfoPrefix)
+      || this._terminfoPrefix('/usr/share/terminfo')
+      || this._terminfoPrefix(process.env.HOME + '/.terminfo');
     data = fs.readFileSync(file);
   }
 
@@ -76,6 +79,23 @@ Tput.prototype.readTerminfo = function(data) {
   return info;
 };
 
+Tput.prototype._terminfoPrefix = function(prefix) {
+  if (!prefix) return;
+
+  var file = path.resolve(
+    prefix,
+    path.basename(this.term[0]),
+    path.basename(this.term)
+  );
+
+  try {
+    fs.statSync(file);
+    return file;
+  } catch (e) {
+    ;
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * Terminfo Parser
  * All shorts are little-endian
@@ -1000,7 +1020,10 @@ Tput.prototype._parsePadding = function(code, print, done) {
  */
 
 Tput.prototype.readTermcap = function(data) {
+  var self = this;
+
   var data = data
+    || tryRead(this.termcapFile)
     || tryRead(process.env.TERMCAP)
     || process.env.TERMCAP
     || tryRead('/etc/termcap')
@@ -1015,8 +1038,23 @@ Tput.prototype.readTermcap = function(data) {
 
   (function tc(term) {
     if (term && term.strings.tc) {
+      if (self.debug && terms[term.strings.tc]) {
+        console.log(term.names.join('/')
+          + ' inherits from '
+          + terms[term.strings.tc].names.join('/'));
+      }
+
+      var t = terms[self.term];
+      t.inherits = t.inherits || [];
+      t.inherits.push(term.strings.tc);
+
       var inherit = tc(terms[term.strings.tc]);
       if (inherit) {
+        if (0 && self.debug) {
+          console.log(term.names.join('/')
+            + ' inherits from '
+            + inherit.names.join('/'));
+        }
         ['bools', 'numbers', 'strings'].forEach(function(type) {
           merge(term[type], inherit[type]);
         });
@@ -1200,9 +1238,9 @@ function write(data) {
   return process.stdout.write(data);
 }
 
-function tryRead() {
+function tryRead(file) {
   if (!file) return '';
-  var file = path.resolve.apply(path, arguments);
+  file = path.resolve.apply(path, arguments);
   try {
     return fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/tput.js b/test/tput.js
index 5590b9c..855cbfa 100644
--- a/test/tput.js
+++ b/test/tput.js
@@ -1,25 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ * Tput for node.js
+ * Copyright (c) 2013, Christopher Jeffrey (MIT License)
+ * https://github.com/chjj/blessed
+ */
+
+// $ node test/tput.js | tee out
+// $ node test/tput.js vt102 --termcap | tee out
+// $ node test/tput.js --cfile usr/xterm.termcap | tee out
+// $ node test/tput.js --iprefix ~/.terminfo | tee out
+// $ node test/tput.js xterm-256color --ifile ~/.terminfo/x/xterm-256color | tee out
+// $ cdiff test/terminfo out
+
 var Tput = require('../').Tput;
 
-var termcap = ~process.argv.indexOf('--termcap')
-  , term = termcap ? 'vt102' : process.argv[2] || 'xterm';
+// Simple argument parser
+// Copyright (c) 2012, Christopher Jeffrey (MIT License)
+
+function parseArg() {
+  var argv = process.argv.slice(2)
+    , options = [];
+
+  function getarg() {
+    var arg = argv.shift();
+
+    if (arg.indexOf('--') === 0) {
+      // e.g. --opt
+      arg = arg.split('=');
+      if (arg.length > 1) {
+        // e.g. --opt=val
+        argv.unshift(arg.slice(1).join('='));
+      }
+      arg = arg[0];
+    } else if (arg[0] === '-') {
+      if (arg.length > 2) {
+        // e.g. -abc
+        argv = arg.substring(1).split('').map(function(ch) {
+          return '-' + ch;
+        }).concat(argv);
+        arg = argv.shift();
+      } else {
+        // e.g. -a
+      }
+    } else {
+      // e.g. foo
+    }
+
+    return arg;
+  }
+
+  while (argv.length) {
+    arg = getarg();
+    if (arg.indexOf('-') === 0) {
+      arg = arg.replace(/^--?/, '');
+      if (argv[0] && argv[0].indexOf('-') !== 0) {
+        options[arg] = argv.shift();
+      } else {
+        options[arg] = true;
+      }
+    } else {
+      options.push(arg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return options;
+}
+
+var argv = parseArg();
 
 var tput = Tput({
-  term: term,
+  term: argv[0] || 'xterm',
   extended: true,
   debug: true,
-  termcap: termcap
+  termcap: argv.termcap || !!argv.cfile || !!argv.c,
+  terminfoFile: argv.i || argv.ifile,
+  terminfoPrefix: argv.p || argv.iprefix,
+  termcapFile: argv.c || argv.cfile
 });
 
 console.log('Max colors: %d.', tput.colors);
 
-//process.stdout.write(Tput.sprintf('%-10s\n', 'hello'));
+// process.stdout.write(Tput.sprintf('%-10s\n', 'hello'));
 
-//tput._compile('%?%p9%t\u001b(0%e\u001b(B%;\u001b[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m');
+// tput._compile('%?%p9%t\u001b(0%e\u001b(B%;\u001b[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m');
 
-//console.log(tput.setaf(4) + 'foo' + tput.sgr0());
-//console.log(tput.setaf(4) + 'foo' + tput.sgr(0));
+// console.log(tput.setaf(4) + 'foo' + tput.sgr0());
+// console.log(tput.setaf(4) + 'foo' + tput.sgr(0));
 
-//tput.padding = true;
-//tput._print('hello$<1000/>world', console.log, function() {
-//  tput._print('$<1000*>foo$<1000/>bar', console.log, process.exit);
-//});
+// tput.padding = true;
+// tput._print('hello$<1000/>world', console.log, function() {
+//   tput._print('$<1000*>foo$<1000/>bar', console.log, process.exit);
+// });