diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+sbin_PROGRAMS = phosphor-watchdog
+
+phosphor_watchdog_SOURCES = \
+				argument.cpp \
+				mainapp.cpp
diff --git a/argument.cpp b/argument.cpp
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+++ b/argument.cpp
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+/**
+ * Copyright © 2016 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 <cassert>
+#include "argument.hpp"
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace watchdog
+{
+
+using namespace std::string_literals;
+
+const std::string ArgumentParser::trueString = "true"s;
+const std::string ArgumentParser::emptyString = ""s;
+
+const char* ArgumentParser::optionStr = "p:s:t:?h";
+const option ArgumentParser::options[] =
+{
+    { "path",     required_argument,  nullptr,   'o' },
+    { "service",  required_argument,  nullptr,   's' },
+    { "target",   required_argument,  nullptr,   't' },
+    { "help",     no_argument,        nullptr,   'h' },
+    { 0, 0, 0, 0},
+};
+
+ArgumentParser::ArgumentParser(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    int option = 0;
+    while (-1 != (option = getopt_long(argc, argv, optionStr, options, nullptr)))
+    {
+        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 << " --path=<Dbus Object path>     Dbus Object path."
+                                                 " Ex: /xyz/openbmc_project/"
+                                                 "state/watchdog/host0\n";
+    std::cerr << " --service=<Dbus Service name> Dbus Service name."
+                                                 " Ex: xyz.openbmc_project."
+                                                 "State.Watchdog.Host\n";
+    std::cerr << " [--target=<systemd unit>]     Systemd unit to be called on"
+                                                 " timeout\n";
+}
+} // namespace watchdog
+} // namespace phosphor
diff --git a/argument.hpp b/argument.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace phosphor
+{
+namespace watchdog
+{
+/** @brief Class ArgumentParser - 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 ArgumentParser 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;
+};
+
+} // namespace watchdog
+} // namespace phosphor
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
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+++ b/bootstrap.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+AUTOCONF_FILES="Makefile.in aclocal.m4 ar-lib autom4te.cache compile \
+        config.guess config.h.in config.sub configure depcomp install-sh \
+        ltmain.sh missing *libtool test-driver"
+
+case $1 in
+    clean)
+        test -f Makefile && make maintainer-clean
+        for file in ${AUTOCONF_FILES}; do
+            find -name "$file" | xargs -r rm -rf
+        done
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+esac
+
+autoreconf -i
+echo 'Run "./configure ${CONFIGURE_FLAGS} && make"'
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+# Initialization
+AC_PREREQ([2.69])
+AC_INIT([phosphor-watchdog], [1.0],
+        [https://github.com/openbmc/phosphor-watchdog/issues])
+AC_LANG([C++])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects -Wall -Werror foreign dist-xz])
+AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_14([noext])
+AX_APPEND_COMPILE_FLAGS([-Wall -Werror], [CXXFLAGS])
+
+# For linking
+LT_INIT
+
+# Create configured output
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/mainapp.cpp b/mainapp.cpp
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+++ b/mainapp.cpp
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+/**
+ * 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 "argument.hpp"
+
+static void exitWithError(const char* err, char** argv)
+{
+    phosphor::watchdog::ArgumentParser::usage(argv);
+    std::cerr << "ERROR: " << err << "\n";
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv)
+{
+    // Read arguments.
+    auto options = phosphor::watchdog::ArgumentParser(argc, argv);
+
+    // Parse out path argument.
+    auto path = (options)["path"];
+    if (path == phosphor::watchdog::ArgumentParser::emptyString)
+    {
+        exitWithError("Path not specified.", argv);
+    }
+
+    // Parse out service name argument
+    auto service = (options)["service"];
+    if (service == phosphor::watchdog::ArgumentParser::emptyString)
+    {
+        exitWithError("Service not specified.", argv);
+    }
+
+    // Parse out target argument. It is fine if the caller does not
+    // pass this if they are not interested in calling into any target
+    // on meeting a condition.
+    auto target = (options)["target"];
+
+    return 0;
+}