diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f655daf48d..4b69394d60 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "trumpet"
 version = "0.0.2"
 dependencies = [
+ "clap 1.5.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hound 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hyper 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "iron 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-build 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "0.3.3"
@@ -38,6 +44,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "1.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "bitflags 0.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "strsim 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "vec_map 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "conduit-mime-types"
 version = "0.7.3"
@@ -358,6 +375,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "log 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tempdir"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -454,6 +476,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.16 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winapi"
 version = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 707ae29770..46d51e0a6d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   name = "trumpet"
 
 [dependencies]
+  clap = "1.5.*" # CLI parsing.
   #cpal = "*" # Hardware audio output (for testing); works well with Hound.
   hound = "1.1.0" # WAV codec.
   hyper = "0.7.*"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f6ca1a3b3a..fd4a9a23e4 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2015 Brandon Thomas <bt@brand.io>
 
+extern crate clap;
 extern crate crypto;
 extern crate hound;
 extern crate iron;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub mod handlers;
 pub mod logger;
 pub mod words;
 
+use clap::{App, Arg, ArgMatches};
 use iron::prelude::*;
 use router::Router;
 
@@ -25,10 +27,34 @@ use logger::SimpleLogger;
 
 fn main() {
   SimpleLogger::init().unwrap();
-  start_server();
+
+  let matches = App::new("trumpet")
+      .arg(Arg::with_name("PORT")
+           .short("p")
+           .long("port")
+           .help("Sets the port the server listens on.")
+           .takes_value(true)
+           .required(false))
+      .get_matches();
+
+  let port = get_port(&matches, 9000);
+
+  start_server(port);
 }
 
-fn start_server() {
+fn get_port(matches: &ArgMatches, default_port: u16) -> u16 {
+  match matches.value_of("PORT") {
+    None => default_port,
+    Some(port) => {
+      match port.parse::<u16>() {
+        Err(_) => default_port,
+        Ok(p) => p,
+      }
+    },
+  }
+}
+
+fn start_server(port: u16) {
   let audio_path = "./sounds/trump";
   let file_path = "./web";
   let index = "index.html";
@@ -44,7 +70,7 @@ fn start_server() {
   router.get("/", FileServerHandler::new(file_path, index));
   router.get("/assets/:filename", FileServerHandler::new(file_path, index));
 
-  info!("Starting server...");
-  Iron::new(router).http("0.0.0.0:9000").unwrap();
+  info!("Starting server on port {}...", port);
+  Iron::new(router).http(("0.0.0.0", port)).unwrap();
 }