diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e4f12d7f..9cb1e0a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ namespaces. If not all vars are available, they are enumerated explicitly.
 
 From Java the following is available:
 
+- `Integer`: `Integer/parseInt`
 - `File`: `.canRead`, `.canWrite`, `.delete`, `.deleteOnExit`, `.exists`,
   `.getAbsoluteFile`, `.getCanonicalFile`, `.getCanonicalPath`, `.getName`,
   `.getParent`, `.getParentFile`, `.getPath`, `.isAbsolute`, `.isDirectory`,
@@ -259,6 +260,32 @@ $ cat script.clj
 ("hello" "1" "2" "3")
 ```
 
+## Parsing command line arguments
+
+Babashka ships with `clojure.tools.cli`:
+
+``` clojure
+(require '[clojure.tools.cli :refer [parse-opts]])
+
+(def cli-options
+  ;; An option with a required argument
+  [["-p" "--port PORT" "Port number"
+    :default 80
+    :parse-fn #(Integer/parseInt %)
+    :validate [#(< 0 % 0x10000) "Must be a number between 0 and 65536"]]
+   ;; A non-idempotent option (:default is applied first)
+   ["-h" "--help"]])
+
+(:options (parse-opts *command-line-args* cli-options))
+```
+
+``` shellsession
+$ bb script.clj
+{:port 80}
+$ bb script.clj -h
+{:port 80, :help true}
+```
+
 ## Preloads
 
 The environment variable `BABASHKA_PRELOADS` allows to define code that will be
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/Integer.clj b/src/babashka/impl/Integer.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75002bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/Integer.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+(ns babashka.impl.Integer
+  {:no-doc true}
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [list]))
+
+(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
+
+(defn parseInt
+  ([^String x] (Integer/parseInt x))
+  ([^String x ^long radix]
+   (Integer/parseInt x radix)))
+
+(def integer-bindings
+  {'Integer/parseInt parseInt})
+
+(comment
+  
+  )
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 00f134dc..8b664696 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   {:no-doc true}
   (:require
    [babashka.impl.File :refer [file-bindings]]
+   [babashka.impl.Integer :refer [integer-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.System :refer [system-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.Thread :refer [thread-bindings]]
    [babashka.impl.async :refer [async-namespace]]
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@ Everything after that is bound to *command-line-args*."))
   (merge core-bindings
          system-bindings
          file-bindings
-         thread-bindings))
+         thread-bindings
+         integer-bindings))
 
 (defn read-edn []
   (edn/read {;;:readers *data-readers*
diff --git a/test/babashka/main_test.clj b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
index a6e230a0..546d5872 100644
--- a/test/babashka/main_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/main_test.clj
@@ -187,4 +187,4 @@
      first :out str/trim println)"))))
 
 (deftest tools-cli-test
-  (is (= {:file "README.md"} (bb nil "test/babashka/scripts/tools.cli.bb"))))
+  (is (= {:result 8080} (bb nil "test/babashka/scripts/tools.cli.bb"))))
diff --git a/test/babashka/scripts/tools.cli.bb b/test/babashka/scripts/tools.cli.bb
index 733d67f5..011b1158 100644
--- a/test/babashka/scripts/tools.cli.bb
+++ b/test/babashka/scripts/tools.cli.bb
@@ -1,2 +1,16 @@
 (require '[clojure.tools.cli :refer [parse-opts]])
-(:options (parse-opts ["-f" "README.md"] [["-f" "--file FILE" "file"]]))
+
+(def cli-options
+  [["-p" "--port PORT" "Port number"
+    :default 80
+    :parse-fn #(Integer/parseInt %)
+    :validate [#(< 0 % 0x10000) "Must be a number between 0 and 65536"]]])
+
+(defn -main [& args]
+  (let [{:keys [:options :summary]} (parse-opts args cli-options)
+        port (:port options)]
+    (case port
+      8080 {:result 8080}
+      summary)))
+
+(-main "-p" "8080")