diff --git a/avocado/core/multiplexer.py b/avocado/core/multiplexer.py
index ab96661ee099947720529e7693323a6bb386826e..1ff73e644defa7d872d748229cce5bb2d520d3b7 100644
--- a/avocado/core/multiplexer.py
+++ b/avocado/core/multiplexer.py
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ class Mux(object):
         :param debug: Whether to debug the mux parsing
         """
         # Merge the multiplex_files
-        multiplex_files = getattr(args, "multiplex_files", None)
+        multiplex_files = getattr(args, "multiplex", None)
         if multiplex_files:
             self.data_merge(yaml2tree(multiplex_files, debug=debug))
 
diff --git a/avocado/core/remote/runner.py b/avocado/core/remote/runner.py
index 3dc003dcf7d8987babd7b773324ae7b488a49300..b1806f73ebd9a3d4dd5ffad60fb65a72a4e8a671 100644
--- a/avocado/core/remote/runner.py
+++ b/avocado/core/remote/runner.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class RemoteTestRunner(TestRunner):
             test_data = path + '.data'
             if os.path.isdir(test_data):
                 self.remote.send_files(test_data, os.path.dirname(rpath))
-        for mux_file in getattr(self.job.args, 'multiplex_files') or []:
+        for mux_file in getattr(self.job.args, 'multiplex') or []:
             rpath = os.path.join(self.remote_test_dir, mux_file)
             self.remote.makedir(os.path.dirname(rpath))
             self.remote.send_files(mux_file, rpath)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class RemoteTestRunner(TestRunner):
         extra_params = []
         mux_files = [os.path.join(self.remote_test_dir, mux_file)
                      for mux_file in getattr(self.job.args,
-                                             'multiplex_files') or []]
+                                             'multiplex') or []]
         if mux_files:
             extra_params.append("--multiplex %s" % " ".join(mux_files))
 
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/multiplex.py b/avocado/plugins/multiplex.py
index ae2ee2539cf5de49a294f6ea457857f99cf668c7..ba0ff2c1eff8635c2fff63b4af3118bb58be5880 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/multiplex.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/multiplex.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class Multiplex(CLICmd):
             return
 
         parser = super(Multiplex, self).configure(parser)
-        parser.add_argument('multiplex_files', nargs='+',
+        parser.add_argument('multiplex', nargs='+',
                             help='Path(s) to a multiplex file(s)')
 
         parser.add_argument('--filter-only', nargs='*', default=[],
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/replay.py b/avocado/plugins/replay.py
index 76a5b4d31bfe36d91e51e8252bcef4fc93cfa0f5..4c4beab978df14a8f66a6c64ac0a3ae47f081adc 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/replay.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/replay.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class Replay(CLI):
         log = logging.getLogger("avocado.app")
 
         err = None
-        if args.replay_teststatus and args.multiplex_files:
+        if args.replay_teststatus and args.multiplex:
             err = ("Option --replay-test-status is incompatible with "
                    "--multiplex.")
         elif args.replay_teststatus and args.url:
@@ -205,12 +205,12 @@ class Replay(CLI):
             log.warn("Ignoring multiplex from source job with "
                      "--replay-ignore.")
         else:
-            if getattr(args, 'multiplex_files', None) is not None:
+            if getattr(args, 'multiplex', None) is not None:
                 log.warn('Overriding the replay multiplex with '
                          '--multiplex-file.')
                 # Use absolute paths to avoid problems with os.chdir
-                args.multiplex_files = [os.path.abspath(_)
-                                        for _ in args.multiplex_files]
+                args.multiplex = [os.path.abspath(_)
+                                  for _ in args.multiplex]
             else:
                 mux = jobdata.retrieve_mux(resultsdir)
                 if mux is None:
diff --git a/avocado/plugins/run.py b/avocado/plugins/run.py
index 72357ada5c249c658d368de356e316656d438362..9a56b90c6d0c953bbd9bd238a1ae2e45da333ad5 100644
--- a/avocado/plugins/run.py
+++ b/avocado/plugins/run.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ class Run(CLICmd):
         mux = parser.add_argument_group('test parameters')
         if multiplexer.MULTIPLEX_CAPABLE:
             mux.add_argument('-m', '--multiplex', nargs='*',
-                             dest='multiplex_files',
                              default=None, metavar='FILE',
                              help='Location of one or more Avocado multiplex '
                              '(.yaml) FILE(s) (order dependent)')
diff --git a/selftests/unit/test_remote.py b/selftests/unit/test_remote.py
index 1ce77c7e67a945857b4a7c97d62de4f458823b09..be2e5b01d3291c0e020bbb577282e26683a07910 100644
--- a/selftests/unit/test_remote.py
+++ b/selftests/unit/test_remote.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class RemoteTestRunnerTest(unittest.TestCase):
                         remote_no_copy=False,
                         remote_timeout=60,
                         show_job_log=False,
-                        multiplex_files=['foo.yaml', 'bar/baz.yaml'],
+                        multiplex=['foo.yaml', 'bar/baz.yaml'],
                         dry_run=True,
                         env_keep=None)
         log = flexmock()
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ _=/usr/bin/env''', exit_status=0)
         Results = flexmock(remote=Remote, urls=['sleeptest'],
                            stream=stream, timeout=None,
                            args=flexmock(show_job_log=False,
-                                         multiplex_files=['foo.yaml', 'bar/baz.yaml'],
+                                         multiplex=['foo.yaml', 'bar/baz.yaml'],
                                          dry_run=True))
         Results.should_receive('start_tests').once().ordered()
         args = {'status': u'PASS', 'whiteboard': '', 'time_start': 0,