diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 Changes
 -------
 
+0.1.4.5 - relax upper bound in text to support 1.1
+        - introduce CLI wrapper for minifying files from the
+          commandline, courtesy of @CodeBlock
+
 0.1.4.4 - relax upper bound in text to support 1.0
 
 0.1.4.3 - make sure all missing cases are covered
@@ -60,7 +64,5 @@
 0.0.11 - Worked in language-javascript 0.4.*, with source locations in the AST
          Worked in processing of property get/set in object literals
 0.0.10 - Removed attoparsec dependency and historical Parse/Token
-
-
 
 
diff --git a/hjsmin.cabal b/hjsmin.cabal
--- a/hjsmin.cabal
+++ b/hjsmin.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            hjsmin
-version:         0.1.4.4
+version:         0.1.4.5
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Alan Zimmerman <alan.zimm@gmail.com>
@@ -27,14 +27,25 @@
     build-depends:   base                >= 4       && < 5
                    , bytestring          >= 0.9     && < 0.11
                    , blaze-builder       >= 0.2     && < 1
-                   , text                >= 0.8     && < 1.1
+                   , text                >= 0.8     && < 1.2
                    , containers          >= 0.2     && < 0.6
                    , language-javascript >= 0.5.1   && < 0.6
     exposed-modules: Text.Jasmine
     other-modules:   Text.Jasmine.Pretty
     ghc-options:     -Wall
 
+executable hjsmin
+  main-is:             hjsmin.hs
 
+  ghc-options:         -Wall -threaded
+  build-depends:   base                 >= 4       && < 5
+                 , bytestring           >= 0.9     && < 0.11
+                 , blaze-builder        >= 0.2     && < 1
+                 , text                 >= 0.8     && < 1.2
+                 , containers           >= 0.2     && < 0.6
+                 , language-javascript  >= 0.5.1   && < 0.6
+                 , optparse-applicative >= 0.7     && < 0.8
+
 Test-Suite test-hjsmin
   Type: exitcode-stdio-1.0
   Main-is: runtests.hs
@@ -46,7 +57,7 @@
                  , base                >= 4       && < 5
                  , bytestring          >= 0.9     && < 0.11
                  , blaze-builder       >= 0.2     && < 1
-                 , text                >= 0.8     && < 1
+                 , text                >= 0.8     && < 1.2
                  , containers          >= 0.2     && < 0.6
                  , language-javascript >= 0.5.4   && < 0.6
 
diff --git a/hjsmin.hs b/hjsmin.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hjsmin.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Main where
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as B
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy.Char8 as C8
+import Options.Applicative
+import Text.Jasmine
+
+data Options = Options {
+    inputFile :: String
+  , outputFile :: Maybe String
+  }
+
+options :: Parser Options
+options = Options 
+      <$> argument str (metavar "INPUT_FILE"
+                     <> help "The unminified, original JavaScript file")
+      <*> optional (
+            strOption (long "output-file"
+                    <> short 'o'
+                    <> metavar "OUTPUT_FILE"
+                    <> help "The minified output file. Default: stdout"))
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = execParser opts >>= minify'
+  where
+    opts = info (helper <*> options)
+      ( fullDesc
+     <> progDesc "Minify JavaScript files."
+     <> header "hjsmin - a simple command-line interface to the 'hjsmin' library" )
+
+minify' :: Options -> IO ()
+minify' o = do
+  minified <- minifyFile (inputFile o)
+  case outputFile o of
+    Nothing -> C8.putStrLn $ minified
+    Just f  -> B.writeFile f minified