diff --git a/httpie/cli.py b/httpie/cli.py
index 5723532f..cd0c1775 100644
--- a/httpie/cli.py
+++ b/httpie/cli.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ auth.add_argument(
 
 _auth_plugins = plugin_manager.get_auth_plugins()
 auth.add_argument(
-    '--auth-type',
+    '--auth-type', '-A',
     choices=[plugin.auth_type for plugin in _auth_plugins],
     default=_auth_plugins[0].auth_type,
     help="""
diff --git a/tests/test_auth.py b/tests/test_auth.py
index 25006343..cb53ba82 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@ class TestAuth:
         assert HTTP_OK in r
         assert r.json == {'authenticated': True, 'user': 'user'}
 
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('argument_name', ['--auth-type', '-A'])
     @pytest.mark.skipif(
         requests.__version__ == '0.13.6',
         reason='Redirects with prefetch=False are broken in Requests 0.13.6')
-    def test_digest_auth(self, httpbin):
-        r = http('--auth-type=digest', '--auth=user:password',
+    def test_digest_auth(self, httpbin, argument_name):
+        r = http(argument_name + '=digest', '--auth=user:password',
                  'GET', httpbin.url + '/digest-auth/auth/user/password')
         assert HTTP_OK in r
         assert r.json == {'authenticated': True, 'user': 'user'}