diff --git a/include/gfx/main.hpp b/include/gfx/main.hpp
index f5e16033..34270388 100644
--- a/include/gfx/main.hpp
+++ b/include/gfx/main.hpp
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 #include "gfx/rgba.hpp"
 
 struct Options {
-	uint16_t reversedWidth = 0; // -r, in tiles
-	bool reverse() const { return reversedWidth != 0; }
-
 	bool useColorCurve = false;  // -C
 	bool allowMirroring = false; // -m
 	bool allowDedup = false;     // -u
@@ -42,6 +39,7 @@ struct Options {
 	std::string output{};                              // -o
 	std::string palettes{};                            // -p, -P
 	std::string palmap{};                              // -q, -Q
+	uint16_t reversedWidth = 0;                        // -r, in tiles
 	uint8_t nbColorsPerPal = 0;                        // -s; 0 means "auto" = 1 << bitDepth;
 	std::string tilemap{};                             // -t, -T
 	uint64_t trim = 0;                                 // -x
diff --git a/man/rgbgfx.1 b/man/rgbgfx.1
index bc1e301b..15b69d7a 100644
--- a/man/rgbgfx.1
+++ b/man/rgbgfx.1
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 .Op Fl o Ar out_file
 .Op Fl p Ar pal_file | Fl P
 .Op Fl q Ar pal_map | Fl Q
-.Op Fl r Ar stride
+.Op Fl r Ar width
 .Op Fl s Ar nb_colors
 .Op Fl t Ar tilemap | Fl T
 .Op Fl x Ar quantity
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ below for details.
 .Pp
 .Ar width
 is the width of the image to generate, in tiles.
+.Fl r 0
+chooses a width to make the image as square as possible.
+This is useful if you do not know the original width.
 .It Fl s Ar nb_colors , Fl \-palette-size Ar nb_colors
 Specify how many colors each palette contains, including the transparent one if any.
 .Ar nb_colors
diff --git a/src/gfx/main.cpp b/src/gfx/main.cpp
index 385b08f2..a3793a8f 100644
--- a/src/gfx/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/main.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ static struct LocalOptions {
 	bool autoPalettes;
 	bool autoPalmap;
 	bool groupOutputs;
+	bool reverse;
 } localOptions;
 
 static uintmax_t nbErrors;
@@ -535,13 +536,11 @@ static char *parseArgv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 			options.palmap = musl_optarg;
 			break;
 		case 'r':
+			localOptions.reverse = true;
 			options.reversedWidth = parseNumber(arg, "Reversed image stride");
 			if (*arg != '\0') {
 				error("Reversed image stride (-r) must be a valid number, not \"%s\"", musl_optarg);
 			}
-			if (options.reversedWidth == 0) {
-				error("Reversed image stride (-r) may not be 0!");
-			}
 			break;
 		case 's':
 			options.nbColorsPerPal = parseNumber(arg, "Number of colors per palette", 4);
@@ -830,13 +829,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 	}
 
 	if (!options.input.empty()) {
-		if (options.reverse()) {
+		if (localOptions.reverse) {
 			reverse();
 		} else {
 			process();
 		}
 	} else if (!options.palettes.empty() && options.palSpecType == Options::EXPLICIT
-	           && !options.reverse()) {
+	           && !localOptions.reverse) {
 		processPalettes();
 	} else {
 		fputs("FATAL: No input image specified\n", stderr);
diff --git a/src/gfx/reverse.cpp b/src/gfx/reverse.cpp
index 398f0d83..e63b255d 100644
--- a/src/gfx/reverse.cpp
+++ b/src/gfx/reverse.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <array>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <math.h>
 #include <optional>
 #include <png.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -159,6 +160,17 @@ void reverse() {
 	}
 
 	size_t width = options.reversedWidth, height; // In tiles
+	if (width == 0) {
+		// Pick the smallest width that will result in a landscape-aspect rectangular image.
+		// Thus a prime number of tiles will result in a horizontal row.
+		// This avoids redundancy with `-r 1` which results in a vertical column.
+		width = (size_t)ceil(sqrt(nbTileInstances));
+		for (; width < nbTileInstances; ++width) {
+			if (nbTileInstances % width == 0)
+				break;
+		}
+		options.verbosePrint(Options::VERB_INTERM, "Picked reversing width of %zu tiles\n", width);
+	}
 	if (nbTileInstances % width != 0) {
 		fatal(
 		    "Total number of tiles read (%zu) cannot be divided by image width (%zu tiles)",
@@ -219,11 +231,9 @@ void reverse() {
 
 		if (options.palSpecType == Options::EXPLICIT && palettes != options.palSpec) {
 			warning("Colors in the palette file do not match those specified with `-c`!");
-			//     [#111111ff, #222222ff, #333333ff, #444444ff]  [#111111ff, #222222ff, #333333ff, #444444ff]
+			// This spacing aligns "...versus with `-c`" above the column of `-c` palettes
 			fputs("Colors specified in the palette file:         ...versus with `-c`:\n", stderr);
-			for (size_t i = 0;
-			     i < palettes.size() && i < options.palSpec.size();
-			     ++i) {
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < palettes.size() && i < options.palSpec.size(); ++i) {
 				if (i < palettes.size()) {
 					printPalette(palettes[i]);
 				} else {
@@ -336,7 +346,7 @@ void reverse() {
 	png_set_IHDR(
 	    png,
 	    pngInfo,
-	    options.reversedWidth * 8,
+	    width * 8,
 	    height * 8,
 	    8,
 	    PNG_COLOR_TYPE_RGB_ALPHA,
@@ -353,8 +363,8 @@ void reverse() {
 	sbitChunk.alpha = 1;
 	png_set_sBIT(png, pngInfo, &sbitChunk);
 
-	constexpr uint8_t SIZEOF_PIXEL = 4; // Each pixel is 4 bytes (RGBA @ 8 bits/component)
-	size_t const SIZEOF_ROW = options.reversedWidth * 8 * SIZEOF_PIXEL;
+	constexpr uint8_t SIZEOF_TILE = 4 * 8; // 4 bytes/pixel (RGBA @ 8 bits/channel) * 8 pixels/tile
+	size_t const SIZEOF_ROW = width * SIZEOF_TILE;
 	std::vector<uint8_t> tileRow(8 * SIZEOF_ROW, 0xFF); // Data for 8 rows of pixels
 	uint8_t * const rowPtrs[8] = {
 	    &tileRow.data()[0 * SIZEOF_ROW],
@@ -415,7 +425,7 @@ void reverse() {
 					bitplane0 = flipTable[bitplane0];
 					bitplane1 = flipTable[bitplane1];
 				}
-				uint8_t *ptr = &rowPtrs[y][tx * 8 * SIZEOF_PIXEL];
+				uint8_t *ptr = &rowPtrs[y][tx * SIZEOF_TILE];
 				for (uint8_t x = 0; x < 8; ++x) {
 					uint8_t bit0 = bitplane0 & 0x80, bit1 = bitplane1 & 0x80;
 					Rgba const &pixel = *palette[bit0 >> 7 | bit1 >> 6];