diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c1c73f..ba77b03 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -144,3 +144,8 @@ config = {
 
 The full options object gets converted to JSON and will get passed to the phantomjs script as third argument.  
 There are more options concerning the paperSize, header & footer options inside the phantomjs script.
+
+### Command-line arguments example
+```
+$ html-pdf test/businesscard.html businesscard.pdf --format=Letter --border.top=5mm --phantomArgs ignore-ssl-errors=yes
+```
diff --git a/bin/index.js b/bin/index.js
index d8b7661..f041447 100755
--- a/bin/index.js
+++ b/bin/index.js
@@ -3,18 +3,17 @@
 var fs = require('fs')
 var pdf = require('../')
 var path = require('path')
+var argv = require('yargs-parser')(process.argv.slice(2), {array: 'phantomArgs'})
 
-var args = process.argv.slice(2)
-
-if (args.length >= 2) {
-  htmlpdf(args[0], args[1])
+if (argv._.length >= 2) {
+  htmlpdf(argv._[0], argv._[1])
 } else {
   help()
 }
 
 function help () {
   var help = [
-    'Usage: html-pdf <source> <destination>',
+    'Usage: html-pdf <source> <destination> [options]',
     'e.g.: html-pdf source.html destination.pdf'
   ].join('\n')
 
@@ -23,10 +22,9 @@ function help () {
 
 function htmlpdf (source, destination) {
   var html = fs.readFileSync(source, 'utf8')
-  var options = {
-    base: 'file://' + path.resolve(source)
-  }
-  pdf.create(html, options).toFile(destination, function (err, res) {
+  if (!argv.base) argv.base = 'file://' + path.resolve(source)
+  pdf.create(html, argv).toFile(destination, function (err, res) {
     if (err) throw err
   })
 }
+
diff --git a/lib/pdf.js b/lib/pdf.js
index 9195e7f..288f41e 100644
--- a/lib/pdf.js
+++ b/lib/pdf.js
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ function PDF (html, options) {
   if (this.options.filename) this.options.filename = path.resolve(this.options.filename)
   if (!this.options.phantomPath) this.options.phantomPath = phantomjs && phantomjs.path
   this.options.phantomArgs = this.options.phantomArgs || []
+  this.options.phantomArgs = this.options.phantomArgs.map(function (elt) {
+    if (elt.substring(0, 2) !== '--') {
+      elt = '--' + elt
+    }
+    return elt
+  })
   assert(this.options.phantomPath, "html-pdf: Failed to load PhantomJS module. You have to set the path to the PhantomJS binary using 'options.phantomPath'")
   assert(typeof this.html === 'string' && this.html.length, "html-pdf: Can't create a pdf without an html string")
   this.options.timeout = parseInt(this.options.timeout) || 30000
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 51f4a55..e8fd918 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
     "tape": "^3.4.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
-    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.4"
+    "phantomjs-prebuilt": "^2.1.4",
+    "yargs-parser": "^3.2.0"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",