diff --git a/src/svi.cc b/src/svi.cc
index 3557e47..421ff3c 100644
--- a/src/svi.cc
+++ b/src/svi.cc
@@ -1,18 +1,30 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include "SvnRunner.h"
+#include <getopt.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
+enum
+{
+    OPT_VERSION = 256,
+};
+
 int main(int argc, char * argv[])
 {
-    cout << "Hello there." << endl;
-    SvnRunner runner({"ls"});
-    for(;;)
+    static char const optstring[] = "+";
+    static struct option const longopts[] = {
+        {"version", no_argument, NULL, OPT_VERSION},
+        {NULL, 0, NULL, 0},
+    };
+    for (int o; (o = getopt_long(argc, argv, optstring, longopts, NULL)) != -1; )
     {
-        const char * line = runner.get_line();
-        if (line == NULL)
+        switch (o)
+        {
+        case OPT_VERSION:
+            printf("version 0.0.0alpha0\n");
             break;
-        fprintf(stdout, ">> %s", line);
+        }
     }
-    fprintf(stdout, "Exit status: %d\n", runner.status());
+
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 101a94d..c9be4f3 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 def options(opt):
     opt.load("compiler_cxx")
 
-def configure(cnf):
-    cnf.load("compiler_cxx")
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.load("compiler_cxx")
+    conf.check(header_name = "getopt.h")
 
 def build(bld):
     bld(features = "cxx cxxprogram",