diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 54134b4..658dd94 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ If you cannot edit your `startup.jl`, you can configure the editor in each repl
 ```elisp
 (add-hook 'julia-repl-hook #'julia-repl-use-emacsclient)
 ```
+## Passing command line arguments, i.e. `push!` to `ARGS`
+
+If you need to pass some command line arguments, you can raise the REPL with `C-u C-c C-z` and you will be promted to write you command line arguments. They will be sent to the REPL in a `push!(ARGS,[...])` call.
+
+This is equivalent of running in the terminal
+
+```
+$ julia -i <my_scrip>.jl arg1 args2 ...
+```
 
 ## More colors
 
diff --git a/julia-repl.el b/julia-repl.el
index fb99ae2..f50bf37 100644
--- a/julia-repl.el
+++ b/julia-repl.el
@@ -642,19 +642,30 @@ Valid keys are the first items in ‘julia-repl-executable-records’."
             (setq-local julia-repl--inferior-buffer-suffix suffix))
           inferior-buffer)))))
 
+(defun julia-repl--push-args (args)
+  (s-prepend
+   (s-prepend "push!(ARGS,\""
+	      (s-join"\",\"" (s-split " " args t))) "\")" ))
+
+(defun julia-repl--ask-for-args ()
+  (let ((str (read-from-minibuffer "Command line args: ")))
+    (if (s-present? str)
+	(julia-repl--send-string (julia-repl--push-args str)))))
+
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun julia-repl ()
+(defun julia-repl (args)
   "Raise the Julia REPL inferior buffer, creating one if it does not exist.
 
 This is the standard entry point for using this package."
-  (interactive)
+  (interactive "P")
   (let ((script-buffer (current-buffer))
 	(inferior-buffer (julia-repl-inferior-buffer)))
     (with-current-buffer inferior-buffer
       (setq julia-repl--script-buffer script-buffer))
     (if julia-repl-pop-to-buffer
 	(pop-to-buffer inferior-buffer)
-      (switch-to-buffer inferior-buffer))))
+      (switch-to-buffer inferior-buffer)))
+  (if args (julia-repl--ask-for-args)))
 
 (defun julia-repl--switch-back ()
   "Switch to the buffer that was active before last call to `julia-repl'."