diff --git a/features/cli_usage.feature b/features/cli_usage.feature
index 3903b5d..a7329e0 100644
--- a/features/cli_usage.feature
+++ b/features/cli_usage.feature
@@ -6,5 +6,10 @@ Feature: CLI usage
     Then the exit status must be 64
     And the output must contain exactly:
       """
-      Usage: producer [-v] [-n] [-t host.example] recipe_file
+      Usage: producer [options] [recipes]
+
+      options:
+          -v, --verbose                    enable verbose mode
+          -n, --dry-run                    enable dry run mode
+          -t, --target HOST                target host
       """
diff --git a/lib/producer/core.rb b/lib/producer/core.rb
index 5208076..4e1c85f 100644
--- a/lib/producer/core.rb
+++ b/lib/producer/core.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'etc'
 require 'forwardable'
+require 'optparse'
 require 'pathname'
 
 require 'net/ssh'
diff --git a/lib/producer/core/cli.rb b/lib/producer/core/cli.rb
index 3e483cf..52d1993 100644
--- a/lib/producer/core/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/producer/core/cli.rb
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ module Producer
     class CLI
       ArgumentError = Class.new(::ArgumentError)
 
-      OPTIONS_USAGE = '[-v] [-n] [-t host.example]'.freeze
-      USAGE = "Usage: #{File.basename $0} #{OPTIONS_USAGE} recipe_file".freeze
+      USAGE = "Usage: #{File.basename $0} [options] [recipes]".freeze
 
       EX_USAGE    = 64
       EX_SOFTWARE = 70
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@ module Producer
           begin
             cli.parse_arguments!
             cli.run
-          rescue ArgumentError
-            stderr.puts USAGE
+          rescue ArgumentError => e
+            stderr.puts e.message
             exit EX_USAGE
           rescue RuntimeError => e
             stderr.puts "#{e.class.name.split('::').last}: #{e.message}"
@@ -25,40 +24,55 @@ module Producer
         end
       end
 
-      attr_reader :arguments, :env
+      attr_reader :arguments, :stdin, :stdout, :stderr, :env
 
       def initialize(args, stdin: $stdin, stdout: $stdout, stderr: $stderr)
         @arguments  = args
         @stdin      = stdin
         @stdout     = stdout
-        @env        = Env.new(input: stdin, output: stdout, error_output: stderr)
+        @stderr     = stderr
+        @env        = build_env
       end
 
       def parse_arguments!
-        @arguments = arguments.each_with_index.inject([]) do |m, (e, i)|
-          case e
-          when '-v'
-            env.verbose = true
-          when '-n'
-            env.dry_run = true
-          when '-t'
-            env.target = arguments.delete_at i + 1
-          else
-            m << e
-          end
-          m
-        end
-
-        fail ArgumentError unless @arguments.any?
+        option_parser.parse!(@arguments)
+        fail ArgumentError, option_parser if @arguments.empty?
       end
 
       def run(worker: Worker.new(@env))
-        worker.process recipe.tasks
+        evaluate_recipes.each { |recipe| worker.process recipe.tasks }
         @env.cleanup
       end
 
-      def recipe
-        @recipe ||= Recipe::FileEvaluator.evaluate(@arguments.first, env)
+      def evaluate_recipes
+        @arguments.map { |e| Recipe::FileEvaluator.evaluate(e, @env) }
+      end
+
+
+      private
+
+      def build_env
+        Env.new(input: @stdin, output: @stdout, error_output: @stderr)
+      end
+
+      def option_parser
+        OptionParser.new do |opts|
+          opts.banner = USAGE
+          opts.separator ''
+          opts.separator 'options:'
+
+          opts.on '-v', '--verbose', 'enable verbose mode' do |e|
+            env.verbose = true
+          end
+
+          opts.on '-n', '--dry-run', 'enable dry run mode' do |e|
+            env.dry_run = true
+          end
+
+          opts.on '-t', '--target HOST', 'target host' do |e|
+            env.target = e
+          end
+        end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/producer/core/cli_spec.rb b/spec/producer/core/cli_spec.rb
index 0499e0f..c4fa56e 100644
--- a/spec/producer/core/cli_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/producer/core/cli_spec.rb
@@ -5,28 +5,42 @@ module Producer::Core
     include ExitHelpers
     include FixturesHelpers
 
-    let(:recipe_file) { fixture_path_for 'recipes/some_recipe.rb' }
     let(:options)     { [] }
+    let(:recipe_file) { fixture_path_for 'recipes/some_recipe.rb' }
     let(:arguments)   { [*options, recipe_file] }
 
     subject(:cli)     { described_class.new(arguments) }
 
     describe '.run!' do
-      let(:stderr)    { StringIO.new }
-      subject(:run!)  { described_class.run! arguments, stderr: stderr }
+      subject(:run!) { described_class.run! arguments }
 
-      context 'when given arguments are invalid' do
+      it 'builds a new CLI instance with given arguments' do
+        expect(described_class)
+          .to receive(:new).with(arguments, anything).and_call_original
+        run!
+      end
+
+      it 'parses new CLI instance arguments' do
+        expect_any_instance_of(described_class).to receive :parse_arguments!
+        run!
+      end
+
+      it 'runs the new CLI instance' do
+        expect_any_instance_of(described_class).to receive :run
+        run!
+      end
+
+      context 'when no recipe is given' do
         let(:arguments) { [] }
 
         it 'exits with a return status of 64' do
-          expect { run! }.to raise_error(SystemExit) do |e|
-            expect(e.status).to eq 64
-          end
+          expect { described_class.run! arguments, stderr: StringIO.new }
+            .to raise_error(SystemExit) { |e| expect(e.status).to eq 64 }
         end
 
         it 'prints the usage on the error stream' do
-          trap_exit { run! }
-          expect(stderr.string).to match /\AUsage: .+/
+          expect { trap_exit { run! } }
+            .to output(/\AUsage: .+/).to_stderr
         end
       end
 
@@ -34,92 +48,95 @@ module Producer::Core
         let(:recipe_file) { fixture_path_for 'recipes/raise.rb' }
 
         it 'exits with a return status of 70' do
-          expect { run! }.to raise_error(SystemExit) do |e|
-            expect(e.status).to eq 70
-          end
+          expect { described_class.run! arguments, stderr: StringIO.new }
+            .to raise_error(SystemExit) { |e| expect(e.status).to eq 70 }
         end
 
         it 'prints exception name and message and the error stream' do
-          trap_exit { run! }
-          expect(stderr.string).to eq "RemoteCommandExecutionError: false\n"
+          expect { trap_exit { run! } }
+            .to output("RemoteCommandExecutionError: false\n").to_stderr
         end
       end
     end
 
-    describe '#env' do
-      let(:stdin)   { StringIO.new }
-      let(:stdout)  { StringIO.new }
-      let(:stderr)  { StringIO.new }
-
-      subject(:cli) { described_class.new(arguments,
-                        stdin: stdin, stdout: stdout, stderr: stderr) }
-
-      it 'returns an env' do
+    describe '#initialize' do
+      it 'assigns an env' do
         expect(cli.env).to be_an Env
       end
 
       it 'assigns CLI stdin as the env input' do
-        expect(cli.env.input).to be stdin
+        expect(cli.env.input).to be cli.stdin
       end
 
       it 'assigns CLI stdout as the env output' do
-        expect(cli.env.output).to be stdout
+        expect(cli.env.output).to be cli.stdout
       end
 
       it 'assigns CLI stderr as the env error output' do
-        expect(cli.env.error_output).to be stderr
+        expect(cli.env.error_output).to be cli.stderr
       end
     end
 
     describe '#parse_arguments!' do
-      context 'with options' do
-        let(:options) { %w[-v -t some_host.example] }
+      let(:options) { %w[-v -t some_host.example] }
 
-        before { cli.parse_arguments! }
+      it 'removes options from arguments' do
+        cli.parse_arguments!
+        expect(cli.arguments).to eq [recipe_file]
+      end
 
-        it 'removes options from arguments' do
-          expect(cli.arguments).to eq [recipe_file]
-        end
+      context 'with verbose option' do
+        let(:options) { %w[-v] }
 
-        context 'verbose' do
-          let(:options) { %w[-v] }
-
-          it 'enables env verbose mode' do
-            expect(cli.env).to be_verbose
-          end
-        end
-
-        context 'dry run' do
-          let(:options) { %w[-n] }
-
-          it 'enables env dry run mode' do
-            expect(cli.env).to be_dry_run
-          end
-        end
-
-        context 'target' do
-          let(:options) { %w[-t some_host.example] }
-
-          it 'assigns the given target to the env' do
-            expect(cli.env.target).to eq 'some_host.example'
-          end
+        it 'enables env verbose mode' do
+          cli.parse_arguments!
+          expect(cli.env).to be_verbose
         end
       end
 
-      context 'without arguments' do
+      context 'with dry run option' do
+        let(:options) { %w[-n] }
+
+        it 'enables env dry run mode' do
+          cli.parse_arguments!
+          expect(cli.env).to be_dry_run
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with target option' do
+        let(:options) { %w[-t some_host.example] }
+
+        it 'assigns the given target to the env' do
+          cli.parse_arguments!
+          expect(cli.env.target).to eq 'some_host.example'
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'with combined options' do
+        let(:options) { %w[-vn]}
+
+        it 'handles combined options' do
+          cli.parse_arguments!
+          expect(cli.env).to be_verbose.and be_dry_run
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'when no arguments remains after parsing' do
         let(:arguments) { [] }
 
-        it 'raises the argument error exception' do
-          expect { cli.parse_arguments! }.to raise_error described_class::ArgumentError
+        it 'raises an error' do
+          expect { cli.parse_arguments! }
+            .to raise_error described_class::ArgumentError
         end
       end
     end
 
     describe '#run' do
-      it 'processes recipe tasks with a worker' do
+      it 'processes recipes tasks with a worker' do
         worker = instance_spy Worker
         cli.run worker: worker
-        expect(worker).to have_received(:process).with cli.recipe.tasks
+        expect(worker).to have_received(:process)
+          .with all be_an_instance_of Task
       end
 
       it 'cleans up the env' do
@@ -128,12 +145,9 @@ module Producer::Core
       end
     end
 
-    describe '#recipe' do
-      it 'returns the evaluated recipe' do
-        expect(cli.recipe.tasks).to match [
-          an_object_having_attributes(name: :some_task),
-          an_object_having_attributes(name: :another_task)
-        ]
+    describe '#evaluate_recipes' do
+      it 'returns the evaluated recipes' do
+        expect(cli.evaluate_recipes).to all be_an_instance_of Recipe
       end
     end
   end