diff --git a/misc/paftools.js b/misc/paftools.js
index 32f72128..1b1cc9aa 100755
--- a/misc/paftools.js
+++ b/misc/paftools.js
@@ -2613,7 +2613,8 @@ function paf_junceval(args)
 function paf_exoneval(args) // adapted from paf_junceval()
 {
 	var c, l_fuzzy = 0, print_ovlp = false, print_err_only = false, first_only = false, chr_only = false, aa = false, is_bed = false, use_cds = false, eval_base = false;
-	while ((c = getopt(args, "l:epcab1ds")) != null) {
+	var skip_start = false, skip_last = false;
+	while ((c = getopt(args, "l:epcab1dsft")) != null) {
 		if (c == 'l') l_fuzzy = parseInt(getopt.arg);
 		else if (c == 'e') print_err_only = print_ovlp = true;
 		else if (c == 'p') print_ovlp = true;
@@ -2623,6 +2624,8 @@ function paf_exoneval(args) // adapted from paf_junceval()
 		else if (c == '1') first_only = true;
 		else if (c == 'd') use_cds = true;
 		else if (c == 's') eval_base = true;
+		else if (c == 'f') skip_start = true;
+		else if (c == 't') skip_last = skip_start = true;
 	}
 
 	if (args.length - getopt.ind < 1) {
@@ -2635,6 +2638,8 @@ function paf_exoneval(args) // adapted from paf_junceval()
 		print("  -e        print erroreous overlapping exons");
 		print("  -c        only consider alignments to /^(chr)?([0-9]+|X|Y)$/");
 		print("  -1        only process the first alignment of each query");
+		print("  -f        skip the first exon in the miniprot mode");
+		print("  -t        skip the first and the last exons");
 		print("  -b        BED as input");
 		print("  -s        compute base Sn and Sp (more memory)");
 		exit(1);
@@ -2764,6 +2769,8 @@ function paf_exoneval(args) // adapted from paf_junceval()
 				for (var i = tmp_exon.length - 1; i >= 0; --i)
 					exon.push([pos + (glen - tmp_exon[i][1]), pos + (glen - tmp_exon[i][0])]);
 			}
+			if (skip_start) exon.shift();
+			if (skip_last) exon.pop();
 		} else {
 			var tmp_st = pos;
 			while ((m = re_cigar.exec(cigar)) != null) {