diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aaaabf3909c33..59e0596c21815 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ BASE_SRCS := $(wildcard base/*.jl base/*/*.jl base/*/*/*.jl)
 $(build_private_libdir)/sys.o: VERSION $(BASE_SRCS) $(build_docdir)/helpdb.jl $(build_private_libdir)/sys0.$(SHLIB_EXT)
 	@$(call PRINT_JULIA, cd base && \
 	$(call spawn,$(JULIA_EXECUTABLE)) -C $(JULIA_CPU_TARGET) --build $(call cygpath_w,$(build_private_libdir)/sys) \
-		-J$(call cygpath_w,$(build_private_libdir))/$$([ -e $(build_private_libdir)/sys.ji ] && echo sys.ji || echo sys0.ji) -f sysimg.jl \
+		-J$(call cygpath_w,$(build_private_libdir))/$$([ -e $(build_private_libdir)/sys.ji ] && echo sys.ji || echo sys0.ji) --startup-file=no sysimg.jl \
 		|| { echo '*** This error is usually fixed by running `make clean`. If the error persists$(,) try `make cleanall`. ***' && false; } )
 
 $(build_bindir)/stringreplace: contrib/stringreplace.c | $(build_bindir)
diff --git a/base/client.jl b/base/client.jl
index fb0a71e980792..24030c4c874e6 100644
--- a/base/client.jl
+++ b/base/client.jl
@@ -183,12 +183,10 @@ end
 # try to include() a file, ignoring if not found
 try_include(path::AbstractString) = isfile(path) && include(path)
 
-function init_bind_addr(args::Vector{UTF8String})
-    # Treat --bind-to in a position independent manner in ARGS since
-    # --worker, -n and --machinefile options are affected by it
-    btoidx = findfirst(args, "--bind-to")
-    if btoidx > 0
-        bind_to = split(args[btoidx+1], ":")
+# initialize the local proc network address / port
+function init_bind_addr(opts::JLOptions)
+    if opts.bindto != C_NULL
+        bind_to = split(bytestring(opts.bindto), ":")
         bind_addr = string(parseip(bind_to[1]))
         if length(bind_to) > 1
             bind_port = parseint(bind_to[2])
@@ -210,113 +208,122 @@ function init_bind_addr(args::Vector{UTF8String})
     LPROC.bind_port = uint16(bind_port)
 end
 
-
-function process_options(args::Vector{UTF8String})
-    quiet = false
-    repl = true
-    startup = true
-    color_set = false
-    no_history_file = false
-    i = 1
-    while i <= length(args)
-        if args[i]=="-q" || args[i]=="--quiet"
-            quiet = true
-        elseif args[i]=="--worker"
-            start_worker()
-            # doesn't return
-        elseif args[i]=="--bind-to"
-            i+=1 # has already been processed
-        elseif args[i]=="-e" || args[i]=="--eval"
-            i == length(args) && error("-e,--eval  no <expr> provided")
-            repl = false
-            i+=1
-            splice!(ARGS, 1:length(ARGS), args[i+1:end])
-            eval(Main,parse_input_line(args[i]))
-            break
-        elseif args[i]=="-E" || args[i]=="--print"
-            i == length(args) && error("-E,--print  no <expr> provided")
-            repl = false
-            i+=1
-            splice!(ARGS, 1:length(ARGS), args[i+1:end])
-            show(eval(Main,parse_input_line(args[i])))
-            println()
-            break
-        elseif args[i]=="-P" || args[i]=="--post-boot"
-            i == length(args) && error("-P,--post-boot  no <expr> provided")
-            i+=1
-            eval(Main,parse_input_line(args[i]))
-        elseif args[i]=="-L" || args[i]=="--load"
-            i == length(args) && error("-L, --load  no <file> provided")
-            i+=1
-            require(args[i])
-        elseif args[i]=="-p"
-            i == length(args) && error("-p  <n> processes not provided")
-            i+=1
-            if i > length(args) || !isdigit(args[i][1])
-                np = Sys.CPU_CORES
-                i -= 1
-            else
-                np = int(args[i])
-                np < 1 && error("-p  <n> must be ≥ 1")
+# NOTE: This set of required arguments need to be kept in sync with the required arguments defined in ui/repl.c
+let reqarg = Set(UTF8String["--home",          "-H",
+                            "--eval",          "-e",
+                            "--print",         "-E",
+                            "--post-boot",     "-P",
+                            "--load",          "-L",
+                            "--sysimage",      "-J",
+                            "--cpu-target",    "-C",
+                            "--procs",         "-p",
+                            "--machinefile",
+                            "--color",
+                            "--history-file",
+                            "--startup-file",
+                            "--compile",
+                            "--check-bounds",
+                            "--int-literals",
+                            "--dump-bitcode",
+                            "--depwarn",
+                            "--inline",
+                            "--build",        "-b",
+                            "--bind-to"])
+    global process_options
+    function process_options(opts::JLOptions, args::Vector{UTF8String})
+        if !isempty(args) && (arg = first(args); arg[1] == '-' && in(arg, reqarg))
+            println(STDERR, "julia: option `$arg` is missing an argument")
+            exit(1)
+        end
+        quiet = false
+        repl = true
+        startup = true
+        color_set = false
+        no_history_file = false
+        while true
+            # show julia VERSION and quit
+            if bool(opts.version)
+                println(STDOUT, "julia version ", VERSION)
+                exit(0)
             end
-            addprocs(np)
-        elseif args[i]=="--machinefile"
-            i == length(args) && error("--machinefile  no <file> provided")
-            i+=1
-            machines = load_machine_file(args[i])
-            addprocs(machines)
-        elseif args[i]=="-v" || args[i]=="--version"
-            println("julia version ", VERSION)
-            exit(0)
-        elseif args[i]=="--no-history"
-            # deprecated in v0.3
-            warn("'--no-history' is deprecated; use '--no-history-file'")
-            no_history_file = true
-        elseif args[i] == "--no-history-file"
-            no_history_file = true
-        elseif args[i] == "-f" || args[i] == "--no-startup"
-            startup = false
-        elseif args[i] == "-F"
-            # load juliarc now before processing any more options
-            load_juliarc()
-            startup = false
-        elseif args[i] == "-i"
-            global is_interactive = true
-        elseif startswith(args[i], "--color")
-            if args[i] == "--color"
-                color_set = true
-                global have_color = true
-            elseif args[i][8] == '='
-                val = args[i][9:end]
-                if in(val, ("no","0","false"))
-                    color_set = true
-                    global have_color = false
-                elseif in(val, ("yes","1","true"))
-                    color_set = true
-                    global have_color = true
-                end
+            # startup worker
+            if bool(opts.worker)
+                start_worker() # does not return
             end
-            if !color_set
-                error("invalid option: ", args[i])
+            # load file immediately on all processors
+            if opts.load != C_NULL
+                require(bytestring(opts.load))
             end
-        elseif args[i][1]!='-'
-            if startup
+            # show banner
+            quiet = bool(opts.quiet)
+            # load ~/.juliarc file
+            if opts.startupfile == 1
                 load_juliarc()
                 startup = false
+            elseif opts.startupfile == 2
+                startup = false
+            end
+            # load ~/.julia_history file
+            no_history_file = bool(opts.historyfile)
+            # add processors
+            if opts.nprocs > 1
+                addprocs(opts.nprocs)
+            end
+            # load processes from machine file
+            if opts.machinefile != C_NULL
+                addprocs(load_machine_file(bytestring(opts.machinefile)))
+            end
+            global is_interactive = bool(opts.isinteractive)
+            # REPL color
+            if opts.color == 0
+                color_set = false
+                global have_color = false
+            elseif opts.color == 1
+                color_set = true
+                global have_color = true
+            elseif opts.color == 2
+                color_set = true
+                global have_color = false
+            end
+            # eval expression
+            if opts.eval != C_NULL
+                repl = false
+                eval(Main, parse_input_line(bytestring(opts.eval)))
+                break
+            end
+            # eval expression and show result
+            if opts.print != C_NULL
+                repl = false
+                show(eval(Main, parse_input_line(bytestring(opts.print))))
+                println()
+                break
+            end
+            # eval expression but don't disable interactive mode
+            if opts.postboot != C_NULL
+                eval(Main, parse_input_line(bytestring(opts.postboot)))
+            end
+            # load file
+            if !isempty(args)
+                if args[1][1] != '-'
+                    if startup
+                        load_juliarc()
+                        startup = false
+                    end
+                    # program
+                    repl = false
+                    # remove filename from ARGS
+                    shift!(ARGS)
+                    ccall(:jl_exit_on_sigint, Void, (Cint,), 1)
+                    include(args[1])
+                else
+                    println(STDERR, "julia: unknown option `$(args[1])`")
+                    exit(1)
+                end
             end
-            # program
-            repl = false
-            # remove julia's arguments
-            splice!(ARGS, 1:length(ARGS), args[i+1:end])
-            ccall(:jl_exit_on_sigint, Void, (Cint,), 1)
-            include(args[i])
             break
-        else
-            error("unknown option: ", args[i])
         end
-        i += 1
+        return (quiet,repl,startup,color_set,no_history_file)
     end
-    return (quiet,repl,startup,color_set,no_history_file)
 end
 
 const roottask = current_task()
@@ -334,6 +341,8 @@ function init_load_path()
     push!(LOAD_PATH,abspath(JULIA_HOME,"..","share","julia","site",vers))
 end
 
+# start local process as head "master" process with process id  1
+# register this process as a local worker
 function init_head_sched()
     # start in "head node" mode
     global PGRP
@@ -377,6 +386,8 @@ function early_init()
     end
 end
 
+# starts the gc message task (for distrubuted gc) and
+# registers worker process termination method
 function init_parallel()
     start_gc_msgs_task()
     atexit(terminate_all_workers)
@@ -386,11 +397,13 @@ import .Terminals
 import .REPL
 
 function _start()
+    opts = JLOptions()
     try
         init_parallel()
-        init_bind_addr(ARGS)
-        any(a->(a=="--worker"), ARGS) || init_head_sched()
-        (quiet,repl,startup,color_set,no_history_file) = process_options(copy(ARGS))
+        init_bind_addr(opts)
+        # if this process is not a worker,
+        bool(opts.worker) || init_head_sched()
+        (quiet,repl,startup,color_set,no_history_file) = process_options(opts,copy(ARGS))
 
         local term
         global active_repl
diff --git a/base/deprecated.jl b/base/deprecated.jl
index 7eac86a21f797..0d026226a2f74 100644
--- a/base/deprecated.jl
+++ b/base/deprecated.jl
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ macro deprecate(old,new)
 end
 
 function depwarn(msg, funcsym)
-    if bool(compileropts().depwarn)
+    if bool(JLOptions().depwarn)
         bt = backtrace()
         caller = firstcaller(bt, funcsym)
         warn(msg, once=(caller!=C_NULL), key=caller, bt=bt)
diff --git a/base/inference.jl b/base/inference.jl
index 1dfc6d3c3b0c7..100b788016759 100644
--- a/base/inference.jl
+++ b/base/inference.jl
@@ -34,26 +34,6 @@ end
 
 inference_stack = EmptyCallStack()
 
-# Julia compiler options struct (see jl_compileropts_t in src/julia.h)
-immutable JLCompilerOpts
-    julia_home::Ptr{Cchar}
-    julia_bin::Ptr{Cchar}
-    build_path::Ptr{Cchar}
-    image_file::Ptr{Cchar}
-    cpu_target::Ptr{Cchar}
-    code_coverage::Int8
-    malloc_log::Int8
-    check_bounds::Int8
-    dumpbitcode::Int8
-    int_literals::Cint
-    compile_enabled::Int8
-    opt_level::Int8
-    depwarn::Int8
-    can_inline::Int8
-end
-
-compileropts() = unsafe_load(cglobal(:jl_compileropts, JLCompilerOpts))
-
 function is_static_parameter(sv::StaticVarInfo, s::Symbol)
     sp = sv.sp
     for i=1:2:length(sp)
@@ -1181,6 +1161,7 @@ function tmerge(typea::ANY, typeb::ANY)
     return u
 end
 
+
 tchanged(n::ANY, o::ANY) = is(o,NF) || (!is(n,NF) && !(n <: o))
 
 stupdate(state::(), changes::VarTable, vars) = copy(changes)
@@ -1592,7 +1573,7 @@ function typeinf(linfo::LambdaStaticData,atypes::Tuple,sparams::Tuple, def, cop)
 
     if !rec
         @assert fulltree.args[3].head === :body
-        if compileropts().can_inline == 1
+        if JLOptions().can_inline == 1
             fulltree.args[3] = inlining_pass(fulltree.args[3], sv, fulltree)[1]
             # inlining can add variables
             sv.vars = append_any(f_argnames(fulltree), fulltree.args[2][1])
diff --git a/base/options.jl b/base/options.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..12424db84dff0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/options.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# NOTE: This type needs to be kept in sync with jl_options in src/julia.h
+immutable JLOptions
+    version::Int8
+    quiet::Int8
+    julia_home::Ptr{Cchar}
+    julia_bin::Ptr{Cchar}
+    build_path::Ptr{Cchar}
+    eval::Ptr{Cchar}
+    print::Ptr{Cchar}
+    postboot::Ptr{Cchar}
+    load::Ptr{Cchar}
+    image_file::Ptr{Cchar}
+    cpu_target::Ptr{Cchar}
+    nprocs::Clong
+    machinefile::Ptr{Cchar}
+    isinteractive::Int8
+    color::Int8
+    historyfile::Int8
+    startupfile::Int8
+    compile_enabled::Int8
+    code_coverage::Int8
+    malloc_log::Int8
+    opt_level::Int8
+    check_bounds::Int8
+    int_literals::Cint
+    dumpbitcode::Int8
+    depwarn::Int8
+    can_inline::Int8
+    worker::Int8
+    bindto::Ptr{Cchar}
+end
+
+JLOptions() = unsafe_load(cglobal(:jl_options, JLOptions))
diff --git a/base/sysimg.jl b/base/sysimg.jl
index 868885f62d075..0cc4b317a5d29 100644
--- a/base/sysimg.jl
+++ b/base/sysimg.jl
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ include("reflection.jl")
 include("build_h.jl")
 include("version_git.jl")
 include("c.jl")
+include("options.jl")
 
 # core operations & types
 include("promotion.jl")
diff --git a/base/util.jl b/base/util.jl
index af7ac1495332e..cbe44658dd508 100644
--- a/base/util.jl
+++ b/base/util.jl
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ warn(err::Exception; prefix="ERROR: ", kw...) =
     warn(sprint(io->showerror(io,err)), prefix=prefix; kw...)
 
 function julia_cmd(julia=joinpath(JULIA_HOME, "julia"))
-    opts = compileropts()
+    opts = JLOptions()
     cpu_target = bytestring(opts.cpu_target)
     image_file = bytestring(opts.image_file)
     `$julia -C$cpu_target -J$image_file`
diff --git a/doc/man/julia.1 b/doc/man/julia.1
index 62762e548d34a..67f2bdb552e34 100644
--- a/doc/man/julia.1
+++ b/doc/man/julia.1
@@ -56,6 +56,22 @@ If a Julia source file is given as a \fIprogram\fP (optionally followed by
 .SH "COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS"
 .TP 25
 
+.TP
+-v, --version
+Display version information
+
+.TP
+-h, --help
+Print help message
+
+.TP
+-q, --quiet
+Quiet startup without banner
+
+.TP
+-H, --home <dir>
+Set location of julia executable
+
 .TP
 -e, --eval <expr>
 Evaluate <expr>
@@ -65,56 +81,60 @@ Evaluate <expr>
 Evaluate and show <expr>
 
 .TP
--f, --no-startup
-Don't load ~/.juliarc.jl
+-P, --post-boot <expr>
+Evaluate <expr>, but don't disable interactive mode
 
 .TP
--F
-Load ~/.juliarc.jl, then handle remaining inputs
+-L, --load <file>
+Load <file> immediately on all processors
 
 .TP
--h, --help
-Print this message
+-J, --sysimage <file>
+Start up with the given system image file
 
 .TP
--H, --home <dir>
-Set location of julia executable
+-C, --cpu-target <target>
+Limit usage of cpu features up to <target>
 
 .TP
--i
-Force isinteractive() to be true
+-p, --procs <n>
+Run n local processes
 
 .TP
--J, --sysimage <file>
-Start up with the given system image file
+--machinefile <file>
+Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
 
 .TP
--L, --load <file>
-Load <file> right after boot on all processors
+-i
+Force isinteractive() to be true
 
 .TP
--p <n>
-Run n local processes
+--color={yes|no}
+Enable or disable color text
 
 .TP
--P, --post-boot <expr>
-Evaluate <expr> right after boot
+--history-file={yes|no}
+Load or save history
 
 .TP
--q, --quiet
-Quiet startup without banner
+--startup-file={yes|no}
+Load ~/.juliarc.jl
 
 .TP
--v, --version
-Display version information
+--compile={yes|no|all}
+Enable or disable compiler, or request exhaustive compilation
 
 .TP
---code-coverage
-Count executions of source lines
+--code-coverage={none|user|all}, --code-coverage
+Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent to 'user')
 
 .TP
---color={yes|no}
-Enable or disable color text
+--track-allocation={none|user|all}, --track-allocation
+Count bytes allocated by each source line
+
+.TP
+-O, --optimize
+Run time-intensive code optimizations
 
 .TP
 --check-bounds={yes|no}
@@ -125,12 +145,16 @@ Emit bounds checks always or never (ignoring declarations)
 Select integer literal size independent of platform
 
 .TP
---machinefile <file>
-Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
+--dump-bitcode={yes|no}
+Dump bitcode for the system image (used with --build)
+
+.TP
+--depwarn={yes|no}
+Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings
 
 .TP
---no-history-file
-Don't load or save history
+--inline={yes|no}
+Control whether inlining is permitted (overrides functions declared as @inline)
 
 .SH FILES
 .I ~/.juliarc.jl
diff --git a/doc/manual/getting-started.rst b/doc/manual/getting-started.rst
index 533b3f5d7187a..a5a21496ae319 100644
--- a/doc/manual/getting-started.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/getting-started.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 .. _man-getting-started:
 
 *****************
- Getting Started  
+ Getting Started
 *****************
 
 Julia installation is straightforward, whether using precompiled
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ passwordless ``ssh`` login, with Julia installed at the same location as the
 current host. Each machine definition takes the form
 ``[count*][user@]host[:port] [bind_addr[:port]]`` . ``user`` defaults to current user,
 ``port`` to the standard ssh port. ``count`` is the number of workers to spawn
-on the node, and defaults to 1. The optional ``bind-to bind_addr[:port]`` 
-specifies the ip-address and port that other workers should use to 
+on the node, and defaults to 1. The optional ``bind-to bind_addr[:port]``
+specifies the ip-address and port that other workers should use to
 connect to this worker.
-    
-    
+
+
 If you have code that you want executed whenever julia is run, you can
 put it in ``~/.juliarc.jl``:
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ put it in ``~/.juliarc.jl``:
     $ echo 'println("Greetings! 你好! 안녕하세요?")' > ~/.juliarc.jl
     $ julia
     Greetings! 你好! 안녕하세요?
-    
+
     ...
 
 .. raw:: latex
@@ -103,38 +103,46 @@ There are various ways to run Julia code and provide options, similar to
 those available for the ``perl`` and ``ruby`` programs::
 
     julia [options] [program] [args...]
-     -v, --version            Display version information
-     -h, --help               Print this message
-     -q, --quiet              Quiet startup without banner
-     -H, --home <dir>         Set location of julia executable
-
-     -e, --eval <expr>        Evaluate <expr>
-     -E, --print <expr>       Evaluate and show <expr>
-     -P, --post-boot <expr>   Evaluate <expr>, but don't disable interactive mode
-     -L, --load <file>        Load <file> immediately on all processors
-     -J, --sysimage <file>    Start up with the given system image file
-
-     -p <n>                   Run n local processes
-     --machinefile <file>     Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
-               
-     -i                       Force isinteractive() to be true
-     --no-history-file        Don't load or save history
-     -f, --no-startup         Don't load ~/.juliarc.jl
-     -F                       Load ~/.juliarc.jl, then handle remaining inputs
-     --color={yes|no}         Enable or disable color text
-
-     --compile={yes|no|all}   Enable or disable compiler, or request exhaustive compilation
-                     
-     --code-coverage={none|user|all}, --code-coverage
+    -v, --version             Display version information
+    -h, --help                Print this message
+    -q, --quiet               Quiet startup without banner
+    -H, --home <dir>          Set location of julia executable
+
+    -e, --eval <expr>         Evaluate <expr>
+    -E, --print <expr>        Evaluate and show <expr>
+    -P, --post-boot <expr>    Evaluate <expr>, but don't disable interactive mode
+    -L, --load <file>         Load <file> immediately on all processors
+    -J, --sysimage <file>     Start up with the given system image file
+    -C, --cpu-target <target> Limit usage of cpu features up to <target>
+
+    -p, --procs <n>           Run n local processes
+    --machinefile <file>      Run processes on hosts listed in <file>
+
+    -i                        Force isinteractive() to be true
+    --color={yes|no}          Enable or disable color text
+
+    --history-file={yes|no}   Load or save history
+    --no-history-file         Don't load history file (deprecated, use --history-file=no)
+    --startup-file={yes|no}   Load ~/.juliarc.jl
+    -f, --no-startup          Don't load ~/.juliarc (deprecated, use --startup-file=no)
+    -F                        Load ~/.juliarc (deprecated, use --startup-file=yes)
+
+    --compile={yes|no|all}    Enable or disable compiler, or request exhaustive compilation
+
+    --code-coverage={none|user|all}, --code-coverage
                               Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent to 'user')
-     --track-allocation={none|user|all}
+
+    --track-allocation={none|user|all}, --track-allocation
                               Count bytes allocated by each source line
-     --check-bounds={yes|no}  Emit bounds checks always or never (ignoring declarations)
-     -O, --optimize           Run time-intensive code optimizations
-     --int-literals={32|64}   Select integer literal size independent of platform
-     --dump-bitcode={yes|no}  Dump bitcode for the system image (used with --build)
-     --depwarn={yes|no}       Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings
 
+    -O, --optimize
+                              Run time-intensive code optimizations
+
+    --check-bounds={yes|no}   Emit bounds checks always or never (ignoring declarations)
+    --int-literals={32|64}    Select integer literal size independent of platform
+    --dump-bitcode={yes|no}   Dump bitcode for the system image (used with --build)
+    --depwarn={yes|no}        Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings
+    --inline={yes|no}         Control whether inlining is permitted (overrides functions declared as @inline)
 
 Resources
 ---------
diff --git a/src/ast.c b/src/ast.c
index 767d9bd71151e..a8ff4cc29e50a 100644
--- a/src/ast.c
+++ b/src/ast.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ void jl_init_frontend(void)
     fl_null_sym = symbol("null");
 
     // Enable / disable syntax deprecation warnings
-    jl_parse_depwarn((int)jl_compileropts.depwarn);
+    jl_parse_depwarn((int)jl_options.depwarn);
 }
 
 DLLEXPORT void jl_lisp_prompt(void)
@@ -247,9 +247,9 @@ static jl_value_t *scm_to_julia_(value_t e, int eo)
         }
         if (
 #ifdef _P64
-            jl_compileropts.int_literals==32
+            jl_options.int_literals==32
 #else
-            jl_compileropts.int_literals!=64
+            jl_options.int_literals!=64
 #endif
             ) {
             if (i64 > (int64_t)S32_MAX || i64 < (int64_t)S32_MIN)
diff --git a/src/cgutils.cpp b/src/cgutils.cpp
index d13e115139178..161b421a19d87 100644
--- a/src/cgutils.cpp
+++ b/src/cgutils.cpp
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void jl_gen_llvm_gv_array(llvm::Module *mod, SmallVector<GlobalVariable*,
                     ConstantInt::get(T_size,globalUnique+1),
                     "jl_globalUnique")));
 
-    Constant *feature_string = ConstantDataArray::getString(jl_LLVMContext, jl_compileropts.cpu_target);
+    Constant *feature_string = ConstantDataArray::getString(jl_LLVMContext, jl_options.cpu_target);
     globalvars.push_back(addComdat(new GlobalVariable(
                     *mod,
                     feature_string->getType(),
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static void jl_gen_llvm_gv_array(llvm::Module *mod, SmallVector<GlobalVariable*,
                     "jl_sysimg_cpu_target")));
 
     // For native also store the cpuid
-    if (strcmp(jl_compileropts.cpu_target,"native") == 0) {
+    if (strcmp(jl_options.cpu_target,"native") == 0) {
         uint32_t info[4];
 
         jl_cpuid((int32_t*)info, 1);
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ static Value *emit_bounds_check(Value *a, jl_value_t *ty, Value *i, Value *len,
     Value *im1 = builder.CreateSub(i, ConstantInt::get(T_size, 1));
 #if CHECK_BOUNDS==1
     if (((ctx->boundsCheck.empty() || ctx->boundsCheck.back()==true) &&
-         jl_compileropts.check_bounds != JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF) ||
-        jl_compileropts.check_bounds == JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON) {
+         jl_options.check_bounds != JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF) ||
+         jl_options.check_bounds == JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON) {
         Value *ok = builder.CreateICmpULT(im1, len);
         BasicBlock *failBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(),"fail",ctx->f);
         BasicBlock *passBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(),"pass");
@@ -1427,8 +1427,8 @@ static Value *emit_array_nd_index(Value *a, jl_value_t *ex, size_t nd, jl_value_
     Value *stride = ConstantInt::get(T_size, 1);
 #if CHECK_BOUNDS==1
     bool bc = ((ctx->boundsCheck.empty() || ctx->boundsCheck.back()==true) &&
-               jl_compileropts.check_bounds != JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF) ||
-        jl_compileropts.check_bounds == JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON;
+               jl_options.check_bounds != JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF) ||
+              jl_options.check_bounds == JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON;
     BasicBlock *failBB=NULL, *endBB=NULL;
     if (bc) {
         failBB = BasicBlock::Create(getGlobalContext(), "oob");
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index a9f2e388787ce..1dc53938ca03b 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ static void coverageVisitLine(std::string filename, int line)
 
 void write_log_data(logdata_t logData, const char *extension)
 {
-    std::string base = std::string(jl_compileropts.julia_home);
+    std::string base = std::string(jl_options.julia_home);
     base = base + "/../share/julia/base/";
     logdata_t::iterator it = logData.begin();
     for (; it != logData.end(); it++) {
@@ -3194,7 +3194,7 @@ static Value *emit_expr(jl_value_t *expr, jl_codectx_t *ctx, bool isboxed,
     }
     else if (head == boundscheck_sym) {
         if (jl_array_len(ex->args) > 0 &&
-            jl_compileropts.check_bounds == JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT) {
+            jl_options.check_bounds == JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT) {
             jl_value_t *arg = args[0];
             if (arg == jl_true) {
                 ctx->boundsCheck.push_back(true);
@@ -3735,8 +3735,8 @@ static Function *emit_function(jl_lambda_info_t *lam, bool cstyle)
 
     // step 5. set up debug info context and create first basic block
     bool in_user_code = !jl_is_submodule(lam->module, jl_base_module) && !jl_is_submodule(lam->module, jl_core_module);
-    bool do_coverage = jl_compileropts.code_coverage == JL_LOG_ALL || (jl_compileropts.code_coverage == JL_LOG_USER && in_user_code);
-    bool do_malloc_log = jl_compileropts.malloc_log  == JL_LOG_ALL || (jl_compileropts.malloc_log    == JL_LOG_USER && in_user_code);
+    bool do_coverage = jl_options.code_coverage == JL_LOG_ALL || (jl_options.code_coverage == JL_LOG_USER && in_user_code);
+    bool do_malloc_log = jl_options.malloc_log  == JL_LOG_ALL || (jl_options.malloc_log    == JL_LOG_USER && in_user_code);
     jl_value_t *stmt = jl_cellref(stmts,0);
     std::string filename = "no file";
     char *dbgFuncName = lam->name->name;
@@ -4813,7 +4813,7 @@ static void init_julia_llvm_env(Module *m)
     jl_TargetMachine->addAnalysisPasses(*FPM);
 #endif
     FPM->add(createTypeBasedAliasAnalysisPass());
-    if (jl_compileropts.opt_level>=1)
+    if (jl_options.opt_level>=1)
         FPM->add(createBasicAliasAnalysisPass());
     // list of passes from vmkit
     FPM->add(createCFGSimplificationPass()); // Clean up disgusting code
@@ -4882,13 +4882,13 @@ static void init_julia_llvm_env(Module *m)
     FPM->add(createJumpThreadingPass());         // Thread jumps
     FPM->add(createDeadStoreEliminationPass());  // Delete dead stores
 #if LLVM33 && !defined(INSTCOMBINE_BUG)
-    if (jl_compileropts.opt_level>=1)
+    if (jl_options.opt_level>=1)
         FPM->add(createSLPVectorizerPass());     // Vectorize straight-line code
 #endif
 
     FPM->add(createAggressiveDCEPass());         // Delete dead instructions
 #if LLVM33 && !defined(INSTCOMBINE_BUG)
-    if (jl_compileropts.opt_level>=1)
+    if (jl_options.opt_level>=1)
         FPM->add(createInstructionCombiningPass());   // Clean up after SLP loop vectorizer
 #endif
 #if LLVM35
@@ -4905,7 +4905,7 @@ extern "C" void jl_init_codegen(void)
 #ifdef JL_DEBUG_BUILD
     cl::ParseEnvironmentOptions("Julia", "JULIA_LLVM_ARGS");
 #endif
-    imaging_mode = jl_compileropts.build_path != NULL;
+    imaging_mode = jl_options.build_path != NULL;
 
 #if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR == 3 && LLVM_VERSION_MINOR <= 3
     // this option disables LLVM's signal handlers
@@ -5002,9 +5002,9 @@ extern "C" void jl_init_codegen(void)
             TheTriple,
             "",
 #if LLVM35
-            strcmp(jl_compileropts.cpu_target,"native") ? jl_compileropts.cpu_target : sys::getHostCPUName().data(),
+            strcmp(jl_options.cpu_target,"native") ? jl_options.cpu_target : sys::getHostCPUName().data(),
 #else
-            strcmp(jl_compileropts.cpu_target,"native") ? jl_compileropts.cpu_target : "",
+            strcmp(jl_options.cpu_target,"native") ? jl_options.cpu_target : "",
 #endif
             MAttrs);
     assert(jl_TargetMachine);
diff --git a/src/dump.c b/src/dump.c
index ae220b78d9663..0db25eda4e544 100644
--- a/src/dump.c
+++ b/src/dump.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ static void jl_load_sysimg_so(char *fname)
         sysimg_gvars = (jl_value_t***)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_gvars");
         globalUnique = *(size_t*)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_globalUnique");
         const char *cpu_target = (const char*)jl_dlsym(jl_sysimg_handle, "jl_sysimg_cpu_target");
-        if (strcmp(cpu_target,jl_compileropts.cpu_target) != 0)
+        if (strcmp(cpu_target,jl_options.cpu_target) != 0)
             jl_error("Julia and the system image were compiled for different architectures.\n"
                      "Please delete or regenerate sys.{so,dll,dylib}.\n");
         uint32_t info[4];
diff --git a/src/gf.c b/src/gf.c
index 5dc3cede44578..ffaba35f04e52 100644
--- a/src/gf.c
+++ b/src/gf.c
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ static jl_function_t *cache_method(jl_methtable_t *mt, jl_tuple_t *type,
         return newmeth;
     }
     else {
-        if (jl_compileropts.compile_enabled == 0) {
+        if (jl_options.compile_enabled == 0) {
             if (method->linfo->unspecialized == NULL) {
                 JL_PRINTF(JL_STDERR,"code missing for %s", method->linfo->name->name);
                 jl_static_show(JL_STDERR, (jl_value_t*)type);
diff --git a/src/init.c b/src/init.c
index c222bf63da4eb..21c705467165f 100644
--- a/src/init.c
+++ b/src/init.c
@@ -88,20 +88,34 @@ DLLEXPORT void gdblookup(ptrint_t ip);
 
 static const char system_image_path[256] = JL_SYSTEM_IMAGE_PATH;
 
-jl_compileropts_t jl_compileropts = { NULL, // julia_home
-                                      NULL, // julia_bin
-                                      NULL, // build_path
-                                      system_image_path, // image_file
-                                      NULL, // cpu_target ("native", "core2", etc...)
-                                      0,    // code_coverage
-                                      0,    // malloc_log
-                                      JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT,
-                                      JL_COMPILEROPT_DUMPBITCODE_OFF,
-                                      0,    // int_literals
-                                      JL_COMPILEROPT_COMPILE_DEFAULT,
-                                      0,    // opt_level
-                                      1,    // depwarn
-                                      1     // can_inline
+jl_options_t jl_options = { 0,    // version
+                            0,    // quiet
+                            NULL, // julia_home
+                            NULL, // julia_bin
+                            NULL, // build_path
+                            NULL, // eval
+                            NULL, // print
+                            NULL, // postboot
+                            NULL, // load
+                            system_image_path, // image_file
+                            NULL, // cpu_taget ("native", "core2", etc...)
+                            0,    // nprocs
+                            NULL, // machinefile
+                            0,    // isinteractive
+                            0,    // color
+                            0,    // historyfile
+                            0,    // startupfile
+                            JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_DEFAULT, // compile_enabled
+                            0,    // code_coverage
+                            0,    // malloc_log
+                            0,    // opt_level
+                            JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT, // check_bounds
+                            0,    // int_literals
+                            JL_OPTIONS_DUMPBITCODE_OFF, // dump_bitcode
+                            1,    // depwarn
+                            1,    // can_inline
+                            0,    // worker
+                            NULL, // bindto
 };
 
 int jl_boot_file_loaded = 0;
@@ -485,9 +499,9 @@ DLLEXPORT void jl_atexit_hook()
 #if defined(JL_GC_MARKSWEEP) && defined(GC_FINAL_STATS)
     jl_print_gc_stats(JL_STDERR);
 #endif
-    if (jl_compileropts.code_coverage)
+    if (jl_options.code_coverage)
         jl_write_coverage_data();
-    if (jl_compileropts.malloc_log)
+    if (jl_options.malloc_log)
         jl_write_malloc_log();
     if (jl_base_module) {
         jl_value_t *f = jl_get_global(jl_base_module, jl_symbol("_atexit"));
@@ -809,7 +823,7 @@ static int isabspath(const char *in)
         }
     }
 #else
-    if (jl_compileropts.image_file[0] == '/') return 1; // absolute path
+    if (jl_options.image_file[0] == '/') return 1; // absolute path
 #endif
     return 0; // relative path
 }
@@ -842,13 +856,13 @@ static char *abspath(const char *in)
 #else
     DWORD n = GetFullPathName(in, 0, NULL, NULL);
     if (n <= 0) {
-        ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_compileropts.image_file path too long or GetFullPathName failed\n");
+        ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_options.image_file path too long or GetFullPathName failed\n");
         exit(1);
     }
     char *out = (char*)malloc(n);
     DWORD m = GetFullPathName(in, n, out, NULL);
     if (n != m + 1) {
-        ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_compileropts.image_file path too long or GetFullPathName failed\n");
+        ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_options.image_file path too long or GetFullPathName failed\n");
         exit(1);
     }
 #endif
@@ -856,12 +870,12 @@ static char *abspath(const char *in)
 }
 
 static void jl_resolve_sysimg_location(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
-{ // this function resolves the paths in jl_compileropts to absolute file locations as needed
+{ // this function resolves the paths in jl_options to absolute file locations as needed
   // and it replaces the pointers to `julia_home`, `julia_bin`, `image_file`, and `build_path`
   // it may fail, print an error, and exit(1) if any of these paths are longer than PATH_MAX
   //
   // note: if you care about lost memory, you should call the appropriate `free()` function
-  // on the original pointer for each `char*` you've inserted into `jl_compileropts`, after
+  // on the original pointer for each `char*` you've inserted into `jl_options`, after
   // calling `julia_init()`
     char *free_path = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX);
     size_t path_size = PATH_MAX;
@@ -870,41 +884,41 @@ static void jl_resolve_sysimg_location(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
         exit(1);
     }
     if (path_size >= PATH_MAX) {
-        ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_compileropts.julia_bin path too long\n");
+        ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_options.julia_bin path too long\n");
         exit(1);
     }
-    jl_compileropts.julia_bin = strdup(free_path);
-    if (!jl_compileropts.julia_home) {
-        jl_compileropts.julia_home = getenv("JULIA_HOME");
-        if (!jl_compileropts.julia_home) {
-            jl_compileropts.julia_home = dirname(free_path);
+    jl_options.julia_bin = strdup(free_path);
+    if (!jl_options.julia_home) {
+        jl_options.julia_home = getenv("JULIA_HOME");
+        if (!jl_options.julia_home) {
+            jl_options.julia_home = dirname(free_path);
         }
     }
-    if (jl_compileropts.julia_home)
-        jl_compileropts.julia_home = abspath(jl_compileropts.julia_home);
+    if (jl_options.julia_home)
+        jl_options.julia_home = abspath(jl_options.julia_home);
     free(free_path);
     free_path = NULL;
-    if (jl_compileropts.image_file) {
-        if (rel == JL_IMAGE_JULIA_HOME && !isabspath(jl_compileropts.image_file)) {
+    if (jl_options.image_file) {
+        if (rel == JL_IMAGE_JULIA_HOME && !isabspath(jl_options.image_file)) {
             // build time path, relative to JULIA_HOME
             free_path = (char*)malloc(PATH_MAX);
             int n = snprintf(free_path, PATH_MAX, "%s" PATHSEPSTRING "%s",
-                     jl_compileropts.julia_home, jl_compileropts.image_file);
+                     jl_options.julia_home, jl_options.image_file);
             if (n >= PATH_MAX || n < 0) {
-                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_compileropts.image_file path too long\n");
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "fatal error: jl_options.image_file path too long\n");
                 exit(1);
             }
-            jl_compileropts.image_file = free_path;
+            jl_options.image_file = free_path;
         }
-        if (jl_compileropts.image_file)
-            jl_compileropts.image_file = abspath(jl_compileropts.image_file);
+        if (jl_options.image_file)
+            jl_options.image_file = abspath(jl_options.image_file);
         if (free_path) {
             free(free_path);
             free_path = NULL;
         }
     }
-    if (jl_compileropts.build_path)
-        jl_compileropts.build_path = abspath(jl_compileropts.build_path);
+    if (jl_options.build_path)
+        jl_options.build_path = abspath(jl_options.build_path);
 }
 
 void _julia_init(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
@@ -916,11 +930,11 @@ void _julia_init(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
     jl_resolve_sysimg_location(rel);
 
     // If we are able to load the sysimg and get a cpu_target, use that unless user has overridden
-    if (jl_compileropts.cpu_target == NULL) {
-        const char * sysimg_cpu_target = jl_get_system_image_cpu_target(jl_compileropts.image_file);
+    if (jl_options.cpu_target == NULL) {
+        const char * sysimg_cpu_target = jl_get_system_image_cpu_target(jl_options.image_file);
 
         // If we can't load anything from the sysimg, default to native
-        jl_compileropts.cpu_target = sysimg_cpu_target ? sysimg_cpu_target : "native";
+        jl_options.cpu_target = sysimg_cpu_target ? sysimg_cpu_target : "native";
     }
 
     jl_page_size = jl_getpagesize();
@@ -998,7 +1012,7 @@ void _julia_init(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
 
     jl_init_serializer();
 
-    if (!jl_compileropts.image_file) {
+    if (!jl_options.image_file) {
         jl_core_module = jl_new_module(jl_symbol("Core"));
         jl_init_intrinsic_functions();
         jl_init_primitives();
@@ -1015,9 +1029,9 @@ void _julia_init(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
         jl_init_box_caches();
     }
 
-    if (jl_compileropts.image_file) {
+    if (jl_options.image_file) {
         JL_TRY {
-            jl_restore_system_image(jl_compileropts.image_file);
+            jl_restore_system_image(jl_options.image_file);
         }
         JL_CATCH {
             JL_PRINTF(JL_STDERR, "error during init:\n");
@@ -1175,7 +1189,7 @@ void _julia_init(JL_IMAGE_SEARCH rel)
     jl_gc_enable();
 #endif
 
-    if (jl_compileropts.image_file)
+    if (jl_options.image_file)
         jl_init_restored_modules();
 
     jl_install_sigint_handler();
@@ -1205,15 +1219,15 @@ void jl_compile_all(void);
 
 DLLEXPORT void julia_save()
 {
-    const char *build_path = jl_compileropts.build_path;
+    const char *build_path = jl_options.build_path;
     if (build_path) {
-        if (jl_compileropts.compile_enabled == JL_COMPILEROPT_COMPILE_ALL)
+        if (jl_options.compile_enabled == JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_ALL)
             jl_compile_all();
         char *build_ji;
         if (asprintf(&build_ji, "%s.ji",build_path) > 0) {
             jl_save_system_image(build_ji);
             free(build_ji);
-            if (jl_compileropts.dumpbitcode == JL_COMPILEROPT_DUMPBITCODE_ON) {
+            if (jl_options.dumpbitcode == JL_OPTIONS_DUMPBITCODE_ON) {
                 char *build_bc;
                 if (asprintf(&build_bc, "%s.bc",build_path) > 0) {
                     jl_dump_bitcode(build_bc);
diff --git a/src/jlapi.c b/src/jlapi.c
index 59a3733d1f4bc..96becb40edcb9 100644
--- a/src/jlapi.c
+++ b/src/jlapi.c
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ DLLEXPORT void jl_init_with_image(const char *julia_home_dir, const char *image_
 {
     if (jl_is_initialized()) return;
     libsupport_init();
-    jl_compileropts.julia_home = julia_home_dir;
+    jl_options.julia_home = julia_home_dir;
     if (image_relative_path != NULL)
-        jl_compileropts.image_file = image_relative_path;
+        jl_options.image_file = image_relative_path;
     julia_init(JL_IMAGE_JULIA_HOME);
     //TODO: these should be part of Multi.__init__()
     //currently, we have them here since we may not want them
@@ -246,17 +246,17 @@ DLLEXPORT int jl_is_debugbuild(void)
 
 DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_get_julia_home(void)
 {
-    return jl_cstr_to_string(jl_compileropts.julia_home);
+    return jl_cstr_to_string(jl_options.julia_home);
 }
 
 DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_get_julia_bin(void)
 {
-    return jl_cstr_to_string(jl_compileropts.julia_bin);
+    return jl_cstr_to_string(jl_options.julia_bin);
 }
 
 DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_get_image_file(void)
 {
-    return jl_cstr_to_string(jl_compileropts.image_file);
+    return jl_cstr_to_string(jl_options.image_file);
 }
 
 DLLEXPORT int jl_ver_major(void)
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index c3879f7c1a696..29a9798d23e91 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -1323,42 +1323,67 @@ void jl_print_gc_stats(JL_STREAM *s);
 // debugging
 void show_execution_point(char *filename, int lno);
 
-// compiler options -----------------------------------------------------------
-
+// julia options -----------------------------------------------------------
+// NOTE: This struct needs to be kept in sync with JLOptions type in base/options.jl
 typedef struct {
+    int8_t version;
+    int8_t quiet;
     const char *julia_home;
     const char *julia_bin;
     const char *build_path;
+    const char *eval;
+    const char *print;
+    const char *postboot;
+    const char *load;
     const char *image_file;
     const char *cpu_target;
+    long   nprocs;
+    const char *machinefile;
+    int8_t isinteractive;
+    int8_t color;
+    int8_t historyfile;
+    int8_t startupfile;
+    int8_t compile_enabled;
     int8_t code_coverage;
     int8_t malloc_log;
+    int8_t opt_level;
     int8_t check_bounds;
+    int    int_literals;
     int8_t dumpbitcode;
-    int int_literals;
-    int8_t compile_enabled;
-    int8_t opt_level;
     int8_t depwarn;
     int8_t can_inline;
-} jl_compileropts_t;
+    int8_t worker;
+    const char *bindto;
+} jl_options_t;
 
-extern DLLEXPORT jl_compileropts_t jl_compileropts;
+extern DLLEXPORT jl_options_t jl_options;
 
-// Settings for code_coverage and mallog_log
+// Settings for code_coverage and malloc_log
+// NOTE: if these numbers change, test/cmdlineargs.jl will have to be updated
 #define JL_LOG_NONE 0
 #define JL_LOG_USER 1
 #define JL_LOG_ALL  2
 
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT 0
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON 1
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF 2
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_COMPILE_DEFAULT 1
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_COMPILE_OFF 0
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_COMPILE_ON  1
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_COMPILE_ALL 2
+#define JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT 0
+#define JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON 1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF 2
+
+#define JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_DEFAULT 1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_OFF 0
+#define JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_ON  1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_ALL 2
+
+#define JL_OPTIONS_DUMPBITCODE_ON 1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_DUMPBITCODE_OFF 2
+
+#define JL_OPTIONS_COLOR_ON 1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_COLOR_OFF 2
+
+#define JL_OPTIONS_HISTORYFILE_ON 1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_HISTORYFILE_OFF 0
 
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_DUMPBITCODE_ON 1
-#define JL_COMPILEROPT_DUMPBITCODE_OFF 2
+#define JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_ON 1
+#define JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_OFF 2
 
 // Version information
 #include "julia_version.h"
diff --git a/src/toplevel.c b/src/toplevel.c
index 82e3dd03e3d67..4f7834c0c4caa 100644
--- a/src/toplevel.c
+++ b/src/toplevel.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jl_array_t *jl_module_init_order = NULL;
 // load time init procedure: in build mode, only record order
 void jl_module_load_time_initialize(jl_module_t *m)
 {
-    int build_mode = (jl_compileropts.build_path != NULL);
+    int build_mode = (jl_options.build_path != NULL);
     if (build_mode) {
         if (jl_module_init_order == NULL)
             jl_module_init_order = jl_alloc_cell_1d(0);
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index 2fe67f6e0ca40..8c97294bc5bc1 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TESTS = all linalg $(filter-out TestHelpers runtests testdefs,$(subst .jl,,$(wil
 default: all
 
 $(TESTS) ::
-	@$(call PRINT_JULIA, $(call spawn,$(JULIA_EXECUTABLE)) --check-bounds=yes -f ./runtests.jl $@)
+	@$(call PRINT_JULIA, $(call spawn,$(JULIA_EXECUTABLE)) --check-bounds=yes --startup-file=no ./runtests.jl $@)
 
 perf:
 	@$(MAKE) -C perf all
diff --git a/test/cmdlineargs.jl b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..37476f4771c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmdlineargs.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+let exename = joinpath(JULIA_HOME, (ccall(:jl_is_debugbuild, Cint, ()) == 0 ? "julia" : "julia-debug"))
+    # --version
+    let v = split(readall(`$exename -v`), "julia version ")[end]
+        @test VERSION == VersionNumber(v)
+    end
+    @test readall(`$exename -v`) == readall(`$exename --version`)
+
+    # --help
+    @unix_only begin
+        @test startswith(readall(`$exename -h`), "julia [options] [program] [args...]")
+        @test startswith(readall(`$exename --help`), "julia [options] [program] [args...]")
+    end
+
+    # --quiet
+    # This flag is indirectly tested in test/repl.jl
+
+    # --home
+    @test success(`$exename -H $JULIA_HOME`)
+    @test success(`$exename --home=$JULIA_HOME`)
+
+    # --eval
+    @test  success(`$exename -e "exit(0)"`)
+    @test !success(`$exename -e "exit(1)"`)
+    @test  success(`$exename --eval="exit(0)"`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --eval="exit(1)"`)
+    @test !success(`$exename -e`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --eval`)
+
+    # --print
+    @test readall(`$exename -E "1+1"`) == "2\n"
+    @test readall(`$exename --print="1+1"`) == "2\n"
+    @test !success(`$exename -E`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --print`)
+
+    # --post-boot
+    @test  success(`$exename -P "exit(0)"`)
+    @test !success(`$exename -P "exit(1)"`)
+    @test  success(`$exename --post-boot="exit(0)"`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --post-boot="exit(1)"`)
+    @test !success(`$exename -P`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --post-boot`)
+
+    # --load
+    let testfile = tempname()
+        try
+            open(testfile, "w") do io
+                println(io, "testvar = :test")
+            end
+            @test split(readchomp(`$exename --load=$testfile -P "println(testvar)"`), '\n')[end] == "test"
+            @test split(readchomp(`$exename -P "println(testvar)" -L $testfile`), '\n')[end] == "test"
+        finally
+            rm(testfile)
+        end
+    end
+    # -L, --load requires an argument
+    @test !success(`$exename -L`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --load`)
+
+    # --cpu-target
+    @test !success(`$exename -C invalidtarget`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --cpu-target=invalidtarget`)
+
+    # --procs
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -q -p 2 -P "println(nworkers()); exit(0)"`) == "2"
+    @test !success(`$exename -p 0`)
+    @test !success(`$exename --procs=1.0`)
+
+    # --machinefile
+    # this does not check that machinefile works,
+    # only that the filename gets correctly passed to the option struct
+    let fname = tempname()
+        touch(fname)
+        try
+            @test readchomp(`$exename --machinefile $fname -e "println(bytestring(Base.JLOptions().machinefile))"`) == fname
+        finally
+            rm(fname)
+        end
+    end
+
+    # -i, isinteractive
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "isinteractive()"`) == "false"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "isinteractive()" -i`) == "true"
+
+    # --color
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --color=yes -E "Base.have_color"`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --color=no -E "Base.have_color"`) == "false"
+    @test !success(`$exename --color=false`)
+
+    # --history-file
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().historyfile)" --history-file=yes`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().historyfile)" --history-file=no`) == "false"
+    @test !success(`$exename --history-file=false`)
+
+    # --startup-file
+    let JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_ON = 1,
+        JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_OFF = 2
+        @test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "Base.JLOptions().startupfile" --startup-file=yes`)) == JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_ON
+        @test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "Base.JLOptions().startupfile" --startup-file=no`)) == JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_OFF
+    end
+    @test !success(`$exename --startup-file=false`)
+
+    # --code-coverage
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage)"`) == "false"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage)" --code-coverage=none`) == "false"
+
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage)" --code-coverage`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().code_coverage)" --code-coverage=user`) == "true"
+
+    # --track-allocation
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().malloc_log)"`) == "false"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().malloc_log)" --track-allocation=none`) == "false"
+
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().malloc_log)" --track-allocation`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().malloc_log)" --track-allocation=user`) == "true"
+
+    # --optimize
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().opt_level)"`) == "false"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().opt_level)" -O`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().opt_level)" --optimize`) == "true"
+
+    # --check-bounds
+    let JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT = 0,
+        JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON = 1,
+        JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF = 2
+        @test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.JLOptions().check_bounds)"`)) == JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_DEFAULT
+        @test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.JLOptions().check_bounds)" --check-bounds=yes`)) == JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON
+        @test int(readchomp(`$exename -E "int(Base.JLOptions().check_bounds)" --check-bounds=no`)) == JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF
+    end
+    # check-bounds takes yes/no as argument
+    @test !success(`$exename -E "exit(0)" --check-bounds=false`)
+
+    # --depwarn
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --depwarn=no -E "Base.syntax_deprecation_warnings(true)"`) == "false"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --depwarn=yes -E "Base.syntax_deprecation_warnings(false)"`) == "true"
+    @test !success(`$exename --depwarn=false`)
+
+    # --inline
+    @test readchomp(`$exename -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().can_inline)"`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --inline=yes -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().can_inline)"`) == "true"
+    @test readchomp(`$exename --inline=no -E "bool(Base.JLOptions().can_inline)"`) == "false"
+    # --inline takes yes/no as arugment
+    @test !success(`$exename --inline=false`)
+
+    # test passing arguments
+    let testfile = tempname()
+        try
+            # write a julia source file that just prints ARGS to STDOUT and exits
+            open(testfile, "w") do io
+                println(io, "println(ARGS)")
+            end
+            @test readchomp(`$exename $testfile foo -bar --baz`) ==  "UTF8String[\"foo\",\"-bar\",\"--baz\"]"
+            @test !success(`$exename --foo $testfile`)
+        finally
+            rm(testfile)
+        end
+    end
+end
diff --git a/test/repl.jl b/test/repl.jl
index 52ff4bf0a21be..48537b77a6af6 100644
--- a/test/repl.jl
+++ b/test/repl.jl
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ master = Base.TTY(RawFD(fdm); readable = true)
 
 nENV = copy(ENV)
 nENV["TERM"] = "dumb"
-p = spawn(setenv(`$exename -f --quiet`,nENV),slave,slave,slave)
+p = spawn(setenv(`$exename --startup-file=no --quiet`,nENV),slave,slave,slave)
 start_reading(master)
 Base.wait_readnb(master,1)
 write(master,"1\nquit()\n")
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ close(master)
 end
 
 # Test stream mode
-outs, ins, p = readandwrite(`$exename -f --quiet`)
+outs, ins, p = readandwrite(`$exename --startup-file=no --quiet`)
 write(ins,"1\nquit()\n")
 @test readall(outs) == "1\n"
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index d9154c168b5a5..410f8c06c5c6f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ testnames = [
     "sysinfo", "rounding", "ranges", "mod2pi", "euler", "show",
     "lineedit", "replcompletions", "repl", "test", "goto",
     "llvmcall", "grisu", "nullable", "meta", "profile",
-    "libgit2", "docs", "base64"
+    "libgit2", "docs", "base64", "cmdlineargs"
 ]
 
 if isdir(joinpath(JULIA_HOME, Base.DOCDIR, "examples"))
diff --git a/test/spawn.jl b/test/spawn.jl
index b5154d8870c97..c22fa6c23c464 100644
--- a/test/spawn.jl
+++ b/test/spawn.jl
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ close(sock)
 
 # issue #4535
 exename=joinpath(JULIA_HOME,(ccall(:jl_is_debugbuild,Cint,())==0?"julia":"julia-debug"))
-@test readall(`$exename -f -e 'println(STDERR,"Hello World")'` .> `cat`) == "Hello World\n"
+@test readall(`$exename --startup-file=no -e 'println(STDERR,"Hello World")'` .> `cat`) == "Hello World\n"
 
 # issue #6310
 @test readall(`echo "2+2"` |> `$exename -f`) == "4\n"
diff --git a/ui/repl.c b/ui/repl.c
index d9576e25f4127..3399760cbed86 100644
--- a/ui/repl.c
+++ b/ui/repl.c
@@ -44,62 +44,101 @@ static int imagepathspecified = 0;
 
 static const char *usage = "julia [options] [program] [args...]\n";
 static const char *opts =
-    " -v, --version            Display version information\n"
-    " -h, --help               Print this message\n"
-    " -q, --quiet              Quiet startup without banner\n"
-    " -H, --home <dir>         Set location of julia executable\n\n"
+    " -v, --version             Display version information\n"
+    " -h, --help                Print this message\n"
+    " -q, --quiet               Quiet startup without banner\n"
+    " -H, --home <dir>          Set location of julia executable\n\n"
 
-    " -e, --eval <expr>        Evaluate <expr>\n"
-    " -E, --print <expr>       Evaluate and show <expr>\n"
-    " -P, --post-boot <expr>   Evaluate <expr>, but don't disable interactive mode\n"
-    " -L, --load <file>        Load <file> immediately on all processors\n"
-    " -J, --sysimage <file>    Start up with the given system image file\n"
-    " -C --cpu-target <target> Limit usage of cpu features up to <target>\n\n"
+    " -e, --eval <expr>         Evaluate <expr>\n"
+    " -E, --print <expr>        Evaluate and show <expr>\n"
+    " -P, --post-boot <expr>    Evaluate <expr>, but don't disable interactive mode\n"
+    " -L, --load <file>         Load <file> immediately on all processors\n"
+    " -J, --sysimage <file>     Start up with the given system image file\n"
+    " -C, --cpu-target <target> Limit usage of cpu features up to <target>\n\n"
 
-    " -p <n>                   Run n local processes\n"
-    " --machinefile <file>     Run processes on hosts listed in <file>\n\n"
+    " -p, --procs <n>           Run n local processes\n"
+    " --machinefile <file>      Run processes on hosts listed in <file>\n\n"
 
-    " -i                       Force isinteractive() to be true\n"
-    " --no-history-file        Don't load or save history\n"
-    " -f, --no-startup         Don't load ~/.juliarc.jl\n"
-    " -F                       Load ~/.juliarc.jl, then handle remaining inputs\n"
-    " --color={yes|no}         Enable or disable color text\n\n"
+    " -i                        Force isinteractive() to be true\n"
+    " --color={yes|no}          Enable or disable color text\n\n"
+    " --history-file={yes|no}   Load or save history\n"
+    " --no-history-file         Don't load history file (deprecated, use --history-file=no)\n"
+    " --startup-file={yes|no}   Load ~/.juliarc.jl\n"
+    " -f, --no-startup          Don't load ~/.juliarc (deprecated, use --startup-file=no)\n"
+    " -F                        Load ~/.juliarc (deprecated, use --startup-file=yes)\n\n"
 
-    " --compile={yes|no|all}   Enable or disable compiler, or request exhaustive compilation\n\n"
+    " --compile={yes|no|all}    Enable or disable compiler, or request exhaustive compilation\n\n"
 
     " --code-coverage={none|user|all}, --code-coverage\n"
-    "                          Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent to 'user')\n"
-    " --track-allocation={none|user|all}\n"
-    "                          Count bytes allocated by each source line\n"
-    " --check-bounds={yes|no}  Emit bounds checks always or never (ignoring declarations)\n"
-    " --inline={yes|no}        Control whether inlining is permitted (even for functions declared as @inline)\n"
-    " -O, --optimize           Run time-intensive code optimizations\n"
-    " --int-literals={32|64}   Select integer literal size independent of platform\n"
-    " --dump-bitcode={yes|no}  Dump bitcode for the system image (used with --build)\n"
-    " --depwarn={yes|no}       Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings\n";
+    "                           Count executions of source lines (omitting setting is equivalent to 'user')\n\n"
+
+    " --track-allocation={none|user|all}, --track-allocation\n"
+    "                           Count bytes allocated by each source line\n\n"
+    " -O, --optimize\n"
+    "                           Run time-intensive code optimizations\n\n"
+
+    " --check-bounds={yes|no}   Emit bounds checks always or never (ignoring declarations)\n"
+    " --int-literals={32|64}    Select integer literal size independent of platform\n"
+    " --dump-bitcode={yes|no}   Dump bitcode for the system image (used with --build)\n"
+    " --depwarn={yes|no}        Enable or disable syntax and method deprecation warnings\n"
+    " --inline={yes|no}         Control whether inlining is permitted (overrides functions declared as @inline)\n";
 
 void parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
 {
-    static char* shortopts = "+H:hJ:C:O";
+    enum { machinefile = 300,
+	       color,
+	       history_file,
+	       no_history_file,
+	       startup_file,
+	       compile,
+	       code_coverage,
+	       track_allocation,
+	       check_bounds,
+	       int_literals,
+	       dump_bitcode,
+	       depwarn,
+	       can_inline,
+	       worker,
+	       bind_to
+    };
+    static char* shortopts = "+vhqFfH:e:E:P:L:J:C:ip:Ob:";
     static struct option longopts[] = {
-        { "home",          required_argument, 0, 'H' },
-        { "build",         required_argument, 0, 'b' },
-        { "lisp",          no_argument,       &lisp_prompt, 1 },
-        { "help",          no_argument,       0, 'h' },
-        { "sysimage",      required_argument, 0, 'J' },
-        { "code-coverage", optional_argument, 0, 'c' },
-        { "cpu-target",    required_argument, 0, 'C' },
-        { "track-allocation",required_argument, 0, 'm' },
-        { "check-bounds",  required_argument, 0, 300 },
-        { "optimize",      no_argument,       0, 'O' },
-        { "int-literals",  required_argument, 0, 301 },
-        { "dump-bitcode",  required_argument, 0, 302 },
-        { "compile",       required_argument, 0, 303 },
-        { "depwarn",       required_argument, 0, 304 },
-        { "inline",        required_argument, 0, 305 },
+        // exposed command line options
+        { "version",         no_argument,       0, 'v' },
+        { "help",            no_argument,       0, 'h' },
+        { "quiet",           no_argument,       0, 'q' },
+        { "home",            required_argument, 0, 'H' },
+        { "eval",            required_argument, 0, 'e' },
+        { "print",           required_argument, 0, 'E' },
+        { "post-boot",       required_argument, 0, 'P' },
+        { "load",            required_argument, 0, 'L' },
+        { "sysimage",        required_argument, 0, 'J' },
+        { "cpu-target",      required_argument, 0, 'C' },
+        { "procs",           required_argument, 0, 'p' },
+        { "machinefile",     required_argument, 0, machinefile },
+        { "color",           required_argument, 0, color },
+        { "history-file",    required_argument, 0, history_file },
+        { "no-history-file", no_argument,       0, no_history_file }, // deprecated
+        { "startup-file",    required_argument, 0, startup_file },
+        { "no-startup",      no_argument,       0, 'f' },  // deprecated
+        { "compile",         required_argument, 0, compile },
+        { "code-coverage",   optional_argument, 0, code_coverage },
+        { "track-allocation",optional_argument, 0, track_allocation },
+        { "optimize",        no_argument,       0, 'O' },
+        { "check-bounds",    required_argument, 0, check_bounds },
+        { "int-literals",    required_argument, 0, int_literals },
+        { "dump-bitcode",    required_argument, 0, dump_bitcode },
+        { "depwarn",         required_argument, 0, depwarn },
+        { "inline",          required_argument, 0, can_inline},
+        // hidden command line options
+        { "build",           required_argument, 0, 'b' },
+        { "worker",          no_argument,       0, worker },
+        { "bind-to",         required_argument, 0, bind_to },
+        { "lisp",            no_argument,       &lisp_prompt, 1 },
         { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
     };
     int c;
+    char *endptr;
     opterr = 0;
     int skip = 0;
     int lastind = optind;
@@ -108,31 +147,103 @@ void parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
         case 0:
             break;
         case '?':
-            if (optind != lastind) skip++;
-            lastind = optind;
+	    if (optind != lastind) skip++;
+	    lastind = optind;
+	    break;
+        case 'v': // version
+            jl_options.version = 1;
+            break;
+        case 'h': // help
+            ios_printf(ios_stdout, "%s%s", usage, opts);
+            exit(0);
+        case 'q': // quiet
+            jl_options.quiet = 1;
             break;
-        case 'H':
-            jl_compileropts.julia_home = strdup(optarg);
+        case 'H': // home
+            jl_options.julia_home = strdup(optarg);
             break;
-        case 'b':
-            jl_compileropts.build_path = strdup(optarg);
-            if (!imagepathspecified)
-                jl_compileropts.image_file = NULL;
+        case 'e': // eval
+            jl_options.eval = strdup(optarg);
+            break;
+        case 'E': // print
+            jl_options.print = strdup(optarg);
             break;
-        case 'J':
-            jl_compileropts.image_file = strdup(optarg);
+        case 'P': // post-boot
+            jl_options.postboot = strdup(optarg);
+            break;
+        case 'L': // load
+            jl_options.load = strdup(optarg);
+            break;
+        case 'J': // sysimage
+            jl_options.image_file = strdup(optarg);
             imagepathspecified = 1;
             break;
-        case 'C':
-            jl_compileropts.cpu_target = strdup(optarg);
+        case 'C': // cpu-target
+            jl_options.cpu_target = strdup(optarg);
             break;
-        case 'h':
-            ios_printf(ios_stdout, "%s%s", usage, opts);
-            exit(0);
-        case 'O':
-            jl_compileropts.opt_level = 1;
+        case 'p': // procs
+            errno = 0;
+            jl_options.nprocs = strtol(optarg, &endptr, 10);
+            if (errno != 0 || optarg == endptr || *endptr != 0 || jl_options.nprocs < 1) {
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: -p,--procs=<n> must be an integer >= 1\n");
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            break;
+        case machinefile:
+            jl_options.machinefile = strdup(optarg);
+            break;
+        case color:
+            if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
+                jl_options.color = JL_OPTIONS_COLOR_ON;
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
+                jl_options.color = JL_OPTIONS_COLOR_OFF;
+            else {
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --color={yes|no} (%s)\n", optarg);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            break;
+        case history_file:
+            if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
+                jl_options.historyfile = JL_OPTIONS_HISTORYFILE_ON;
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
+                jl_options.historyfile = JL_OPTIONS_HISTORYFILE_OFF;
+            else {
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --history-file={yes|no} (%s)\n", optarg);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            break;
+        case no_history_file:
+	        jl_options.historyfile = JL_OPTIONS_HISTORYFILE_OFF;
+            break;
+        case startup_file:
+            if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
+                jl_options.startupfile = JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_ON;
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
+                jl_options.startupfile = JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_OFF;
+            else {
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --startup-file={yes|no} (%s)\n", optarg);
+                exit(1);
+            }
             break;
-        case 'c':
+        case 'f':
+	        jl_options.startupfile = JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_OFF;
+	        break;
+        case 'F':
+	        jl_options.startupfile = JL_OPTIONS_STARTUPFILE_ON;
+	        break;
+        case compile:
+            if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
+                jl_options.compile_enabled = JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_ON;
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
+                jl_options.compile_enabled = JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_OFF;
+            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"all"))
+                jl_options.compile_enabled = JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_ALL;
+            else {
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --compile (%s)\n", optarg);
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            break;
+        case code_coverage:
             if (optarg != NULL) {
                 if (!strcmp(optarg,"user"))
                     codecov = JL_LOG_USER;
@@ -146,7 +257,7 @@ void parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
                 codecov = JL_LOG_USER;
             }
             break;
-        case 'm':
+        case track_allocation:
             if (optarg != NULL) {
                 if (!strcmp(optarg,"user"))
                     malloclog = JL_LOG_USER;
@@ -156,72 +267,85 @@ void parse_opts(int *argcp, char ***argvp)
                     malloclog = JL_LOG_NONE;
                 break;
             }
-        case 300:
+            else {
+                malloclog = JL_LOG_USER;
+            }
+            break;
+        case 'O': // optimize
+            jl_options.opt_level = 1;
+            break;
+        case 'i': // isinteractive
+            jl_options.isinteractive = 1;
+            break;
+        case check_bounds:
             if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
-                jl_compileropts.check_bounds = JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON;
+                jl_options.check_bounds = JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_ON;
             else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
-                jl_compileropts.check_bounds = JL_COMPILEROPT_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF;
+                jl_options.check_bounds = JL_OPTIONS_CHECK_BOUNDS_OFF;
+            else {
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --check-bounds={yes|no} (%s)\n", optarg);
+		        exit(1);
+	        }
             break;
-        case 301:
+        case int_literals:
             if (!strcmp(optarg,"32"))
-                jl_compileropts.int_literals = 32;
+                jl_options.int_literals = 32;
             else if (!strcmp(optarg,"64"))
-                jl_compileropts.int_literals = 64;
+                jl_options.int_literals = 64;
             else {
-                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid integer literal size (%s)\n", optarg);
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --int-literals={32|64} (%s)\n", optarg);
                 exit(1);
             }
             break;
-        case 302:
+        case dump_bitcode:
             if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
-                jl_compileropts.dumpbitcode = JL_COMPILEROPT_DUMPBITCODE_ON;
+                jl_options.dumpbitcode = JL_OPTIONS_DUMPBITCODE_ON;
             else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
-                jl_compileropts.dumpbitcode = JL_COMPILEROPT_DUMPBITCODE_OFF;
+                jl_options.dumpbitcode = JL_OPTIONS_DUMPBITCODE_OFF;
             break;
-        case 303:
+        case depwarn:
             if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
-                jl_compileropts.compile_enabled = 1;
+                jl_options.depwarn = 1;
             else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
-                jl_compileropts.compile_enabled = 0;
-            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"all"))
-                jl_compileropts.compile_enabled = 2;
+                jl_options.depwarn = 0;
             else {
-                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --compile (%s)\n", optarg);
+                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --depwarn={yes|no} (%s)\n", optarg);
                 exit(1);
             }
             break;
-        case 304:
+        case can_inline:
             if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
-                jl_compileropts.depwarn = 1;
+                jl_options.can_inline = 1;
             else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
-                jl_compileropts.depwarn = 0;
-            else {
-                ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --depwarn (%s)\n", optarg);
-                exit(1);
-            }
-            break;
-        case 305:      /* inline */
-            if (!strcmp(optarg,"yes"))
-                jl_compileropts.can_inline = 1;
-            else if (!strcmp(optarg,"no"))
-                jl_compileropts.can_inline = 0;
+                jl_options.can_inline = 0;
             else {
                 ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: invalid argument to --inline (%s)\n", optarg);
                 exit(1);
             }
             break;
+        case 'b': // build
+            jl_options.build_path = strdup(optarg);
+            if (!imagepathspecified)
+                jl_options.image_file = NULL;
+            break;
+        case worker:
+            jl_options.worker = 1;
+            break;
+        case bind_to:
+            jl_options.bindto = strdup(optarg);
+            break;
         default:
             ios_printf(ios_stderr, "julia: unhandled option -- %c\n",  c);
             ios_printf(ios_stderr, "This is a bug, please report it.\n");
             exit(1);
         }
     }
-    jl_compileropts.code_coverage = codecov;
-    jl_compileropts.malloc_log    = malloclog;
+    jl_options.code_coverage = codecov;
+    jl_options.malloc_log = malloclog;
     optind -= skip;
     *argvp += optind;
     *argcp -= optind;
-    if (jl_compileropts.image_file==NULL && *argcp > 0) {
+    if (jl_options.image_file==NULL && *argcp > 0) {
         if (strcmp((*argvp)[0], "-")) {
             program = (*argvp)[0];
         }