diff --git a/rust/Cargo.lock b/rust/Cargo.lock
index 2273d621..f669228b 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.lock
+++ b/rust/Cargo.lock
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr 2.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.10.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arrayvec"
 version = "0.4.10"
@@ -74,6 +79,20 @@ name = "cfg-if"
 version = "0.1.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.28.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "bitflags 1.0.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "strsim 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "textwrap 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "unicode-width 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "vec_map 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clicolors-control"
 version = "0.3.1"
@@ -608,6 +627,7 @@ name = "rpmostree-rust"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "c_utf8 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "clap 2.28.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "curl 0.4.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "failure 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "gio-sys 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -731,6 +751,11 @@ name = "stable_deref_trait"
 version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "0.15.23"
@@ -795,6 +820,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc 0.2.45 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -841,6 +874,11 @@ name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -890,6 +928,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
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+"checksum ansi_term 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6b3568b48b7cefa6b8ce125f9bb4989e52fbcc29ebea88df04cc7c5f12f70455"
 "checksum arrayvec 0.4.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "92c7fb76bc8826a8b33b4ee5bb07a247a81e76764ab4d55e8f73e3a4d8808c71"
 "checksum atty 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9a7d5b8723950951411ee34d271d99dddcc2035a16ab25310ea2c8cfd4369652"
 "checksum autocfg 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4e5f34df7a019573fb8bdc7e24a2bfebe51a2a1d6bfdbaeccedb3c41fc574727"
@@ -899,6 +938,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum cc 1.0.26 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "389803e36973d242e7fecb092b2de44a3d35ac62524b3b9339e51d577d668e02"
 "checksum cfg-if 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "082bb9b28e00d3c9d39cc03e64ce4cea0f1bb9b3fde493f0cbc008472d22bdf4"
+"checksum clap 2.28.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dc34bf7d5d66268b466b9852bca925ec1d2650654dab4da081e63fd230145c2e"
 "checksum clicolors-control 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "51872be694bb3bcbd1ea95c6dd467c2c46c6c64d287e1c9084ace7c3116ae9c0"
 "checksum cloudabi 0.0.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ddfc5b9aa5d4507acaf872de71051dfd0e309860e88966e1051e462a077aac4f"
 "checksum console 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "4ba5561f4d4d89e0f246d4dd83846d96f617e886b96c7aee36e68791c98f89ce"
@@ -973,12 +1013,14 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum socket2 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c4d11a52082057d87cb5caa31ad812f4504b97ab44732cd8359df2e9ff9f48e7"
 "checksum stable_deref_trait 1.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "dba1a27d3efae4351c8051072d619e3ade2820635c3958d826bfea39d59b54c8"
+"checksum strsim 0.6.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b4d15c810519a91cf877e7e36e63fe068815c678181439f2f29e2562147c3694"
 "checksum syn 0.15.23 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "9545a6a093a3f0bd59adb472700acc08cad3776f860f16a897dfce8c88721cbc"
 "checksum synstructure 0.10.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "73687139bf99285483c96ac0add482c3776528beac1d97d444f6e91f203a2015"
 "checksum systemd 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "daf2fd2d346d2dfb5fdc5f47b355f60dcfc35f5ee3e89e64e7ae2849ec8792a5"
 "checksum tempfile 3.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7e91405c14320e5c79b3d148e1c86f40749a36e490642202a31689cb1a3452b2"
 "checksum termion 1.5.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "689a3bdfaab439fd92bc87df5c4c78417d3cbe537487274e9b0b2dce76e92096"
 "checksum termios 0.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "72b620c5ea021d75a735c943269bb07d30c9b77d6ac6b236bc8b5c496ef05625"
+"checksum textwrap 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c0b59b6b4b44d867f1370ef1bd91bfb262bf07bf0ae65c202ea2fbc16153b693"
 "checksum thread_local 0.3.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c6b53e329000edc2b34dbe8545fd20e55a333362d0a321909685a19bd28c3f1b"
 "checksum ucd-util 0.1.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "535c204ee4d8434478593480b8f86ab45ec9aae0e83c568ca81abf0fd0e88f86"
 "checksum unicode-width 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "882386231c45df4700b275c7ff55b6f3698780a650026380e72dabe76fa46526"
@@ -987,6 +1029,7 @@ dependencies = [
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 "checksum utf8-ranges 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "796f7e48bef87609f7ade7e06495a87d5cd06c7866e6a5cbfceffc558a243737"
 "checksum vcpkg 0.2.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "def296d3eb3b12371b2c7d0e83bfe1403e4db2d7a0bba324a12b21c4ee13143d"
+"checksum vec_map 0.8.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "05c78687fb1a80548ae3250346c3db86a80a7cdd77bda190189f2d0a0987c81a"
 "checksum version_check 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "914b1a6776c4c929a602fafd8bc742e06365d4bcbe48c30f9cca5824f70dc9dd"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
 "checksum winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
diff --git a/rust/Cargo.toml b/rust/Cargo.toml
index c030c25a..34f90c33 100644
--- a/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ glib-sys = "0.7.0"
 gio-sys = "0.7.0"
 glib = "0.6.1"
 tempfile = "3.0.3"
+clap = "~2.28"
 openat = "0.1.15"
 curl = "0.4.14"
 rayon = "1.0"
diff --git a/rust/src/lib.rs b/rust/src/lib.rs
index cbed8315..cb4c7232 100644
--- a/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 
 extern crate c_utf8;
+extern crate clap;
 extern crate curl;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate failure;