diff --git a/src/ikarus.boot b/src/ikarus.boot
index bfe3a4c..d3b34da 100644
Binary files a/src/ikarus.boot and b/src/ikarus.boot differ
diff --git a/src/libcompile.ss b/src/libcompile.ss
index 84b1cb1..a37f05f 100644
--- a/src/libcompile.ss
+++ b/src/libcompile.ss
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
     [$exit              1   effect]
     [$fp-at-base        0   pred]
     [$current-frame     0   value]
+    [$arg-list          0   value]
     [$seal-frame-and-call 1  tail]
     [$frame->continuation 1 value]
     ;;; 
@@ -2106,6 +2107,7 @@
       [(next-continuation)  (mem 20 pcr)]
       [(system-stack)       (mem 24 pcr)]
       [(dirty-vector)       (mem 28 pcr)]
+      [(arg-list)           (mem 32 pcr)]
       [else (error 'pcb-ref "invalid arg ~s" x)])))
 
 (define (primref-loc op)
@@ -2824,8 +2826,9 @@
                      (movb bh (mem idx apr))
                      (f (cdr arg*) (fxadd1 idx)))])]))]
      [($current-frame)
-      (list* (movl (pcb-ref 'next-continuation) eax)
-             ac)]
+      (list* (movl (pcb-ref 'next-continuation) eax) ac)]
+     [($arg-list)
+      (list* (movl (pcb-ref 'arg-list) eax) ac)]
      [($seal-frame-and-call) 
       (list* (movl (Simple (car arg*)) cpr) ; proc
              (movl (pcb-ref 'frame-base) eax)
diff --git a/src/libcore.ss b/src/libcore.ss
index 914ae11..3e7c0e0 100644
--- a/src/libcore.ss
+++ b/src/libcore.ss
@@ -1694,3 +1694,10 @@
         [else 
          (cons fst (f ($car rest) ($cdr rest)))]))))
 
+(primitive-set! 'command-line-arguments
+  (make-parameter ($arg-list)
+    (lambda (x)
+      (if (and (list? x) (andmap string? x))
+          x
+          (error 'command-list "invalid command-line-arguments ~s\n" x)))))
+
diff --git a/src/makefile.ss b/src/makefile.ss
index a08a9d7..521a19a 100644
--- a/src/makefile.ss
+++ b/src/makefile.ss
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
     hash-table? make-hash-table get-hash-table put-hash-table!
     assembler-output
     $make-environment
-    features
+    features command-line-arguments
 
     port? input-port? output-port? 
     make-input-port make-output-port make-input/output-port
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     port-name input-port-name output-port-name
     write-char read-char unread-char peek-char
     newline 
-    reset-input-port!  flush-output-port
+    reset-input-port! flush-output-port
     close-input-port close-output-port
     console-input-port current-input-port
     standard-output-port standard-error-port
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
     $code->closure list*->code* 
     make-code code? set-code-reloc-vector! code-reloc-vector code-freevars
     code-size code-ref code-set!
-    $frame->continuation $fp-at-base $current-frame $seal-frame-and-call
+    $frame->continuation $fp-at-base $current-frame $arg-list $seal-frame-and-call
     $make-call-with-values-procedure $make-values-procedure
     do-overflow collect
     $make-tcbucket $tcbucket-next $tcbucket-key $tcbucket-val