diff --git a/cmd/help.go b/cmd/help.go
index c0371089a..ecc34b63e 100644
--- a/cmd/help.go
+++ b/cmd/help.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/config/configflags"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/filter/filterflags"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/log/logflags"
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/rc/rcflags"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/atexit"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
@@ -173,6 +174,7 @@ func setupRootCommand(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	// Add global flags
 	configflags.AddFlags(ci, pflag.CommandLine)
 	filterflags.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
+	rcflags.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 	logflags.AddFlags(pflag.CommandLine)
 
 	Root.Run = runRoot
diff --git a/cmd/rcd/rcd.go b/cmd/rcd/rcd.go
index 542a287b0..8e90240d1 100644
--- a/cmd/rcd/rcd.go
+++ b/cmd/rcd/rcd.go
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-// flagPrefix is the prefix used to uniquely identify command line flags.
-const flagPrefix = "rc-"
-
 func init() {
-	rcflags.AddFlags(cmd.Root.Flags(), flagPrefix)
 	cmd.Root.AddCommand(commandDefinition)
 }
 
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ for GET requests on the URL passed in.  It will also open the URL in
 the browser when rclone is run.
 
 See the [rc documentation](/rc/) for more info on the rc flags.
-` + libhttp.Help(flagPrefix) + libhttp.TemplateHelp(flagPrefix) + libhttp.AuthHelp(flagPrefix),
+` + libhttp.Help(rcflags.FlagPrefix) + libhttp.TemplateHelp(rcflags.FlagPrefix) + libhttp.AuthHelp(rcflags.FlagPrefix),
 	Annotations: map[string]string{
 		"versionIntroduced": "v1.45",
 	},
diff --git a/fs/rc/rcflags/rcflags.go b/fs/rc/rcflags/rcflags.go
index b51e7bf3f..f323806c8 100644
--- a/fs/rc/rcflags/rcflags.go
+++ b/fs/rc/rcflags/rcflags.go
@@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
+// FlagPrefix is the prefix used to uniquely identify command line flags.
+const FlagPrefix = "rc-"
+
 // Options set by command line flags
 var (
 	Opt = rc.DefaultOpt
 )
 
 // AddFlags adds the remote control flags to the flagSet
-func AddFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet, commonFlagPrefix string) {
+func AddFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	rc.AddOption("rc", &Opt)
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.Enabled, "rc", "", false, "Enable the remote control server")
 	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &Opt.Files, "rc-files", "", "", "Path to local files to serve on the HTTP server")
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ func AddFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet, commonFlagPrefix string) {
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.EnableMetrics, "rc-enable-metrics", "", false, "Enable prometheus metrics on /metrics")
 	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &Opt.JobExpireDuration, "rc-job-expire-duration", "", Opt.JobExpireDuration, "Expire finished async jobs older than this value")
 	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &Opt.JobExpireInterval, "rc-job-expire-interval", "", Opt.JobExpireInterval, "Interval to check for expired async jobs")
-	Opt.HTTP.AddFlagsPrefix(flagSet, commonFlagPrefix)
-	Opt.Auth.AddFlagsPrefix(flagSet, commonFlagPrefix)
-	Opt.Template.AddFlagsPrefix(flagSet, commonFlagPrefix)
+	Opt.HTTP.AddFlagsPrefix(flagSet, FlagPrefix)
+	Opt.Auth.AddFlagsPrefix(flagSet, FlagPrefix)
+	Opt.Template.AddFlagsPrefix(flagSet, FlagPrefix)
 }