diff --git a/cmdopt2/args.hpp b/cmdopt2/args.hpp
index a514215f..cbe8ab27 100644
--- a/cmdopt2/args.hpp
+++ b/cmdopt2/args.hpp
@@ -111,13 +111,18 @@ namespace cruft::cmdopt2 {
             res.required_ = val;
             return res;
         }
-    };
 
+        bool repeat_;
+        BaseT repeat (bool val) const
+        {
+            BaseT res = get ();
+            res.repeat_ = val;
+            return res;
+        }
+    };
 
     struct positional_t : public ops_t<positional_t> {
         positional_t ignore (void) const;
-
-        int count = 1;
     };
 
     positional_t positional (char const *name);
diff --git a/test/cmdopt2.cpp b/test/cmdopt2.cpp
index a5b851c8..d5185f4e 100644
--- a/test/cmdopt2.cpp
+++ b/test/cmdopt2.cpp
@@ -223,6 +223,45 @@ test_required (cruft::TAP::logger &tap)
 }
 
 
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+static void
+test_repeated (cruft::TAP::logger &tap)
+{
+    static const struct {
+        std::vector<char const*> args;
+        std::vector<int> values;
+    } TESTS[] = {
+        { .args = { "cmd" }, .values = { } },
+        { .args = { "cmd", "1", }, .values = { 1, } },
+        { .args = { "cmd", "1", "1", }, .values = { 1, 1, } },
+        { .args = { "cmd", "-v", "1", }, .values = { 1, } },
+        { .args = { "cmd", "-v", "1", "-v", "1"}, .values = { 1, 1 } },
+        { .args = { "cmd", "--foo", "1", }, .values = { 1, } },
+        { .args = { "cmd", "--foo", "1", "--foo", "1"}, .values = { 1, 1, } },
+    };
+
+    std::vector<int> values;
+
+    using namespace cruft::cmdopt2;
+    parser p ("test suite");
+    p.add (keyword ("value").flag ('v').repeat (true).bind (values));
+    p.add (keyword ("foo").repeat (true).bind (values));
+    p.add (positional ("var").repeat (true).bind (values));
+
+    for (auto const &t: TESTS) {
+        values.clear ();
+
+        auto const consumed = p.parse (int (t.args.size ()), t.args.data ());
+        tap.expect (
+            consumed == int (t.args.size ())
+                and values == t.values,
+            "{}",
+            fmt::join (t.args.begin (), t.args.end (), " ")
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main ()
 {
@@ -230,5 +269,6 @@ int main ()
     test_combinations (tap);
     test_presence (tap);
     test_required (tap);
+    test_repeated (tap);
     return tap.status ();
 }
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