diff --git a/fail-monitor/Makefile.am b/fail-monitor/Makefile.am
index 6c5c5b2..61fde80 100644
--- a/fail-monitor/Makefile.am
+++ b/fail-monitor/Makefile.am
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 	phosphor-unit-failure-monitor
 
 phosphor_unit_failure_monitor_SOURCES = \
+	argument.cpp \
 	main.cpp \
 	monitor.cpp
 
diff --git a/fail-monitor/argument.cpp b/fail-monitor/argument.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f9003c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail-monitor/argument.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright © 2017 IBM Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+#include <iostream>
+#include <iterator>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include "argument.hpp"
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace unit
+{
+namespace failure
+{
+
+ArgumentParser::ArgumentParser(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    int option = 0;
+    while (-1 != (option = getopt_long(argc, argv, optionStr, options, NULL)))
+    {
+        if ((option == '?') || (option == 'h'))
+        {
+            usage(argv);
+            exit(-1);
+        }
+
+        auto i = &options[0];
+        while ((i->val != option) && (i->val != 0))
+        {
+            ++i;
+        }
+
+        if (i->val)
+        {
+            arguments[i->name] = (i->has_arg ? optarg : trueString);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const std::string& ArgumentParser::operator[](const std::string& opt)
+{
+    auto i = arguments.find(opt);
+    if (i == arguments.end())
+    {
+        return emptyString;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return i->second;
+    }
+}
+
+void ArgumentParser::usage(char** argv)
+{
+    std::cerr << "Usage: " << argv[0] << " [options]\n";
+    std::cerr << "Options:\n";
+    std::cerr << "    --help             Print this menu\n";
+    std::cerr << "    --source=<source>  The source unit to monitor\n";
+    std::cerr << "    --target=<target>  The target unit to start or stop\n";
+    std::cerr << "    --action=<action>  Target unit action - start or stop\n";
+    std::cerr << std::flush;
+}
+
+const option ArgumentParser::options[] =
+{
+    { "source",  required_argument, NULL, 's' },
+    { "action", required_argument, NULL, 'a' },
+    { "target", required_argument, NULL, 't' },
+    { "help",   no_argument,       NULL, 'h' },
+    { 0, 0, 0, 0},
+};
+
+const char* ArgumentParser::optionStr = "s:a:t:h?";
+
+const std::string ArgumentParser::trueString = "true";
+const std::string ArgumentParser::emptyString = "";
+
+}
+}
+}
diff --git a/fail-monitor/argument.hpp b/fail-monitor/argument.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d08a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fail-monitor/argument.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace unit
+{
+namespace failure
+{
+
+/** @brief Class - Encapsulates parsing command line options and
+ *                 populating arguments
+ */
+class ArgumentParser
+{
+    public:
+        ArgumentParser() = delete;
+        ~ArgumentParser() = default;
+        ArgumentParser(const ArgumentParser&) = delete;
+        ArgumentParser& operator=(const ArgumentParser&) = delete;
+        ArgumentParser(ArgumentParser&&) = default;
+        ArgumentParser& operator=(ArgumentParser&&) = default;
+
+        /** @brief Contructs Argument object
+         *
+         *  @param argc - the main function's argc passed as is
+         *  @param argv - the main function's argv passed as is
+         *  @return Object constructed
+         */
+        ArgumentParser(int argc, char** argv);
+
+        /** @brief Given an option, returns its argument(optarg)
+         *
+         *  @param opt - command line option string
+         *
+         *  @return argument which is a standard optarg
+         */
+        const std::string& operator[](const std::string& opt);
+
+        /** @brief Displays usage
+         *
+         *  @param argv - the main function's argv passed as is
+         */
+        static void usage(char** argv);
+
+        /** @brief Set to 'true' when an option is passed */
+        static const std::string trueString;
+
+        /** @brief Set to '' when an option is not passed */
+        static const std::string emptyString;
+
+    private:
+        /** @brief Option to argument mapping */
+        std::map<const std::string, std::string> arguments;
+
+        /** @brief Array of struct options as needed by getopt_long */
+        static const option options[];
+
+        /** @brief optstring as needed by getopt_long */
+        static const char* optionStr;
+};
+
+}
+}
+}
diff --git a/fail-monitor/main.cpp b/fail-monitor/main.cpp
index b13dc7f..1c47b98 100644
--- a/fail-monitor/main.cpp
+++ b/fail-monitor/main.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,57 @@
  * then it will either stop or start the target unit, depending
  * on the command line arguments.
  */
+#include <iostream>
+#include <map>
+#include "argument.hpp"
+#include "monitor.hpp"
 
+using namespace phosphor::unit::failure;
+
+/**
+ * Prints usage and exits the program
+ *
+ * @param[in] err - the error message to print
+ * @param[in] argv - argv from main()
+ */
+void exitWithError(const char* err, char** argv)
+{
+    std::cerr << "ERROR: " << err << "\n";
+    ArgumentParser::usage(argv);
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+static const std::map<std::string, Monitor::Action> actions =
+{
+    {"start", Monitor::Action::start},
+    {"stop", Monitor::Action::stop}
+};
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
+    ArgumentParser args(argc, argv);
 
+    auto source = args["source"];
+    if (source == ArgumentParser::emptyString)
+    {
+        exitWithError("Source not specified", argv);
+    }
+
+    auto target = args["target"];
+    if (target == ArgumentParser::emptyString)
+    {
+        exitWithError("Target not specified", argv);
+    }
+
+    auto a = actions.find(args["action"]);
+    if (a == actions.end())
+    {
+        exitWithError("Missing or invalid action specified", argv);
+    }
+
+    Monitor monitor{source, target, a->second};
+
+    monitor.analyze();
 
     return 0;
 }