diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e0741c48..13c8c393 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_asn1_der",
  "signal-hook",
  "std-semaphore",
+ "structopt",
  "threadpool",
  "toml 0.4.10",
  "tss-esapi",
@@ -652,6 +653,17 @@ version = "0.2.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "74490b50b9fbe561ac330df47c08f3f33073d2d00c150f719147d7c54522fa1b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "0.2.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aeccfe4d5d8ea175d5f0e4a2ad0637e0f4121d63bd99d356fb1f39ab2e7c6097"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.6",
+ "quote 1.0.2",
+ "syn 1.0.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "0.4.30"
@@ -1079,6 +1091,29 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "structopt"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "30b3a3e93f5ad553c38b3301c8a0a0cec829a36783f6a0c467fc4bf553a5f5bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "clap",
+ "structopt-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "structopt-derive"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea692d40005b3ceba90a9fe7a78fa8d4b82b0ce627eebbffc329aab850f3410e"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.6",
+ "quote 1.0.2",
+ "syn 1.0.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "0.15.44"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1956b44b..15b55994 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ serde_asn1_der = { git = "https://github.com/Devolutions/serde_asn1_der", rev =
 num-bigint-dig = "0.5"
 tss-esapi = { git = "https://github.com/parallaxsecond/rust-tss-esapi", tag = "0.4.0", optional = true }
 bincode = "1.1.4"
+structopt = "0.3.5"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 parsec-client-test = { git = "https://github.com/parallaxsecond/parsec-client-test", tag = "0.1.8" }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0d514bbc..6c41a706 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ This project uses the following third party crates:
 * a fork of serde\_asn1\_der at `https://github.com/Devolutions/serde_asn1_der` (BSD-3-Clause and MIT)
 * num-bigint-dig (MIT and Apache-2.0)
 * bincode (MIT)
+* structopt (MIT and Apache-2.0)
 
 This project uses the following third party libraries:
 * [Mbed Crypto](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-crypto) (Apache-2.0)
diff --git a/src/bin/main.rs b/src/bin/main.rs
index 6d452e8b..f19722dc 100644
--- a/src/bin/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/main.rs
@@ -21,11 +21,30 @@ use std::sync::{
     Arc,
 };
 use std::time::Duration;
+use structopt::StructOpt;
+
+/// Parsec is the Platform AbstRaction for SECurity, a new open-source initiative to provide a
+/// common API to secure services in a platform-agnostic way.
+///
+/// Parsec documentation is available at:
+/// https://parallaxsecond.github.io/parsec-book/index.html
+///
+/// Most of Parsec configuration comes from its configuration file.
+/// Please check the documentation to find more about configuration:
+/// https://parallaxsecond.github.io/parsec-book/user_guides/configuration.html
+#[derive(StructOpt)]
+struct Opts {
+    /// Sets the configuration file path
+    #[structopt(short, long, default_value = "config.toml")]
+    config: String,
+}
 
-const CONFIG_FILE_PATH: &str = "./config.toml";
 const MAIN_LOOP_DEFAULT_SLEEP: u64 = 10;
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    // Parsing the command line arguments.
+    let opts: Opts = Opts::from_args();
+
     // Register a boolean set to true when the SIGTERM signal is received.
     let kill_signal = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
     // Register a boolean set to true when the SIGHUP signal is received.
@@ -34,7 +53,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
     flag::register(SIGHUP, reload_signal.clone())?;
 
     let mut config_file =
-        ::std::fs::read_to_string(CONFIG_FILE_PATH).expect("Failed to read configuration file");
+        ::std::fs::read_to_string(opts.config.clone()).expect("Failed to read configuration file");
     let mut config: ServiceConfig =
         toml::from_str(&config_file).expect("Failed to parse service configuration");
 
@@ -70,7 +89,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
             drop(listener);
             drop(threadpool);
 
-            config_file = ::std::fs::read_to_string(CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
+            config_file = ::std::fs::read_to_string(opts.config.clone())
                 .expect("Failed to read configuration file");
             config = toml::from_str(&config_file).expect("Failed to parse service configuration");
             front_end_handler =