diff --git a/cmdopt2/parser.cpp b/cmdopt2/parser.cpp
index 001afd58..b9387d7c 100644
--- a/cmdopt2/parser.cpp
+++ b/cmdopt2/parser.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include "./args.hpp"
 
+#include <cruft/util/container.hpp>
+
 using cruft::cmdopt2::parser;
 
 
@@ -163,6 +165,12 @@ parser::parse (int const argc, const char *const *argv)
     if (argc <= 1)
         return argc;
 
+    using namespace std::string_view_literals;
+    if (contains ("--help"sv, cruft::view (argv, argc))) {
+        usage (argc, argv, stdout);
+        exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
+    }
+
     int arg_cursor = 1;
     int pos_cursor = 0;