diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9dad209f1..4071cb226 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ts-node
 ts-node -e 'console.log("Hello, world!")'
 
 # Execute, and print, code with TypeScript.
-ts-node -p '"Hello, world!"'
+ts-node -p -e '"Hello, world!"'
 
 # Pipe scripts to execute with TypeScript.
 echo "console.log('Hello, world!')" | ts-node
@@ -123,13 +123,13 @@ Supports `--print`, `--eval` and `--require` from [node.js CLI options](https://
 
 _Environment variable denoted in parentheses._
 
-* `-T, --transpileOnly` Use TypeScript's faster `transpileModule` (`TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY`, default: `false`)
+* `-T, --transpile-only` Use TypeScript's faster `transpileModule` (`TS_NODE_TRANSPILE_ONLY`, default: `false`)
 * `--cacheDirectory` Configure the output file cache directory (`TS_NODE_CACHE_DIRECTORY`)
 * `-I, --ignore [pattern]` Override the path patterns to skip compilation (`TS_NODE_IGNORE`, default: `/node_modules/`)
 * `-P, --project [path]` Path to TypeScript JSON project file (`TS_NODE_PROJECT`)
 * `-C, --compiler [name]` Specify a custom TypeScript compiler (`TS_NODE_COMPILER`, default: `typescript`)
-* `-D, --ignoreDiagnostics [code]` Ignore TypeScript warnings by diagnostic code (`TS_NODE_IGNORE_DIAGNOSTICS`)
-* `-O, --compilerOptions [opts]` JSON object to merge with compiler options (`TS_NODE_COMPILER_OPTIONS`)
+* `-D, --ignore-diagnostics [code]` Ignore TypeScript warnings by diagnostic code (`TS_NODE_IGNORE_DIAGNOSTICS`)
+* `-O, --compiler-options [opts]` JSON object to merge with compiler options (`TS_NODE_COMPILER_OPTIONS`)
 * `--files` Load files from `tsconfig.json` on startup (`TS_NODE_FILES`, default: `false`)
 * `--pretty` Use pretty diagnostic formatter (`TS_NODE_PRETTY`, default: `false`)
 * `--no-cache` Disable the local TypeScript Node cache (`TS_NODE_CACHE`, default: `true`)
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 7a53b4173..2fe6c0cbe 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-tDLdM1i2NM914eRmQ2gkBTPB3b4=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "arg": {
+      "version": "4.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/arg/-/arg-4.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ZWc51jO3qegGkVh8Hwpv636EkbesNV5ZNQPCtRa+0qytRYPEs9IYT9qITY9buezqUH5uqyzlWLcufrzU2rffdg==",
+      "dev": true
+    },
     "argparse": {
       "version": "1.0.9",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.9.tgz",
@@ -731,11 +737,6 @@
         "brace-expansion": "^1.1.7"
       }
     },
-    "minimist": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-o1AIsg9BOD7sH7kU9M1d95omQoQ="
-    },
     "mkdirp": {
       "version": "0.5.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mkdirp/-/mkdirp-0.5.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a020a242..cd89628a9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "@types/semver": "^5.3.34",
     "@types/source-map-support": "^0.4.0",
     "@types/yn": "types/npm-yn#ca75f6c82940fae6a06fb41d2d37a6aa9b4ea8e9",
+    "arg": "^4.1.0",
     "chai": "^4.0.1",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.0",
     "mocha": "^5.0.1",
@@ -78,7 +79,6 @@
     "arrify": "^1.0.0",
     "diff": "^3.1.0",
     "make-error": "^1.1.1",
-    "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.6",
     "yn": "^2.0.0"
   }
diff --git a/src/bin.ts b/src/bin.ts
index 9ca3dd656..426d71646 100644
--- a/src/bin.ts
+++ b/src/bin.ts
@@ -3,79 +3,76 @@
 import { join, resolve } from 'path'
 import { start, Recoverable } from 'repl'
 import { inspect } from 'util'
-import arrify = require('arrify')
 import Module = require('module')
-import minimist = require('minimist')
+import arg = require('arg')
 import { diffLines } from 'diff'
 import { Script } from 'vm'
 import { readFileSync, statSync } from 'fs'
 import { register, VERSION, DEFAULTS, TSError, parse } from './index'
 
-interface Argv {
+const args = arg({
   // Node.js-like options.
-  eval?: string
-  print?: string
-  require?: string | string[]
-  // CLI options.
-  help?: boolean
-  version?: boolean
-  // Register options.
-  pretty?: boolean
-  typeCheck?: boolean
-  transpileOnly?: boolean
-  files?: boolean
-  compiler?: string
-  ignore?: string | string[]
-  project?: string
-  skipIgnore?: boolean
-  skipProject?: boolean
-  ignoreDiagnostics?: string | string[]
-  compilerOptions?: string
-  _: string[]
-}
+  '--eval': String,
+  '--print': Boolean,
+  '--require': [String],
 
-const argv = minimist<Argv>(process.argv.slice(2), {
-  stopEarly: true,
-  string: ['eval', 'print', 'compiler', 'project', 'ignoreDiagnostics', 'require', 'ignore'],
-  boolean: ['help', 'transpileOnly', 'typeCheck', 'version', 'files', 'pretty', 'skipProject', 'skipIgnore'],
-  alias: {
-    eval: ['e'],
-    print: ['p'],
-    require: ['r'],
-    help: ['h'],
-    version: ['v'],
-    typeCheck: ['type-check'],
-    transpileOnly: ['T', 'transpile-only'],
-    ignore: ['I'],
-    project: ['P'],
-    skipIgnore: ['skip-ignore'],
-    skipProject: ['skip-project'],
-    compiler: ['C'],
-    ignoreDiagnostics: ['D', 'ignore-diagnostics'],
-    compilerOptions: ['O', 'compiler-options']
-  },
-  default: {
-    files: DEFAULTS.files,
-    pretty: DEFAULTS.pretty,
-    typeCheck: DEFAULTS.typeCheck,
-    transpileOnly: DEFAULTS.transpileOnly,
-    ignore: DEFAULTS.ignore,
-    project: DEFAULTS.project,
-    skipIgnore: DEFAULTS.skipIgnore,
-    skipProject: DEFAULTS.skipProject,
-    compiler: DEFAULTS.compiler,
-    ignoreDiagnostics: DEFAULTS.ignoreDiagnostics
-  }
+  // CLI options.
+  '--files': Boolean,
+  '--help': Boolean,
+  '--version': arg.COUNT,
+
+  // Project options.
+  '--compiler': String,
+  '--compiler-options': parse,
+  '--project': String,
+  '--ignore-diagnostics': [String],
+  '--ignore': [String],
+  '--transpile-only': Boolean,
+  '--type-check': Boolean,
+  '--pretty': Boolean,
+  '--skip-project': Boolean,
+  '--skip-ignore': Boolean,
+
+  // Aliases.
+  '-e': '--eval',
+  '-p': '--print',
+  '-r': '--require',
+  '-h': '--help',
+  '-v': '--version',
+  '-T': '--transpile-only',
+  '-I': '--ignore',
+  '-P': '--project',
+  '-C': '--compiler',
+  '-D': '--ignore-diagnostics',
+  '-O': '--compiler-options'
+}, {
+  stopAtPositional: true
 })
 
-if (argv.help) {
+const {
+  '--help': help = false,
+  '--version': version = 0,
+  '--files': files = DEFAULTS.files,
+  '--compiler': compiler = DEFAULTS.compiler,
+  '--compiler-options': compilerOptions = DEFAULTS.compilerOptions,
+  '--project': project = DEFAULTS.project,
+  '--ignore-diagnostics': ignoreDiagnostics = DEFAULTS.ignoreDiagnostics,
+  '--ignore': ignore = DEFAULTS.ignore,
+  '--transpile-only': transpileOnly = DEFAULTS.transpileOnly,
+  '--type-check': typeCheck = DEFAULTS.typeCheck,
+  '--pretty': pretty = DEFAULTS.pretty,
+  '--skip-project': skipProject = DEFAULTS.skipProject,
+  '--skip-ignore': skipIgnore = DEFAULTS.skipIgnore
+} = args
+
+if (help) {
   console.log(`
 Usage: ts-node [options] [ -e script | script.ts ] [arguments]
 
 Options:
 
   -e, --eval [code]              Evaluate code
-  -p, --print [code]             Evaluate code and print result
+  -p, --print                    Print result of \`--eval\`
   -r, --require [path]           Require a node module before execution
 
   -h, --help                     Print CLI usage
@@ -85,8 +82,8 @@ Options:
   -I, --ignore [pattern]         Override the path patterns to skip compilation
   -P, --project [path]           Path to TypeScript JSON project file
   -C, --compiler [name]          Specify a custom TypeScript compiler
-  -D, --ignoreDiagnostics [code] Ignore TypeScript warnings by diagnostic code
-  -O, --compilerOptions [opts]   JSON object to merge with compiler options
+  -D, --ignore-diagnostics [code] Ignore TypeScript warnings by diagnostic code
+  -O, --compiler-options [opts]   JSON object to merge with compiler options
 
   --files                        Load files from \`tsconfig.json\` on startup
   --pretty                       Use pretty diagnostic formatter
@@ -97,38 +94,43 @@ Options:
   process.exit(0)
 }
 
+// Output project information.
+if (version === 1) {
+  console.log(`v${VERSION}`)
+  process.exit(0)
+}
+
 const cwd = process.cwd()
-const code = argv.eval === undefined ? argv.print : argv.eval
-const isEval = typeof argv.eval === 'string' || !!argv.print // Minimist struggles with empty strings.
-const isPrinted = argv.print !== undefined
+const code = args['--eval']
+const isPrinted = args['--print'] !== undefined
 
 // Register the TypeScript compiler instance.
 const service = register({
-  files: argv.files,
-  pretty: argv.pretty,
-  typeCheck: argv.typeCheck,
-  transpileOnly: argv.transpileOnly,
-  ignore: argv.ignore,
-  project: argv.project,
-  skipIgnore: argv.skipIgnore,
-  skipProject: argv.skipProject,
-  compiler: argv.compiler,
-  ignoreDiagnostics: argv.ignoreDiagnostics,
-  compilerOptions: parse(argv.compilerOptions) || DEFAULTS.compilerOptions,
-  readFile: isEval ? readFileEval : undefined,
-  fileExists: isEval ? fileExistsEval : undefined
+  files,
+  pretty,
+  typeCheck,
+  transpileOnly,
+  ignore,
+  project,
+  skipIgnore,
+  skipProject,
+  compiler,
+  ignoreDiagnostics,
+  compilerOptions,
+  readFile: code ? readFileEval : undefined,
+  fileExists: code ? fileExistsEval : undefined
 })
 
 // Output project information.
-if (argv.version) {
+if (version >= 2) {
   console.log(`ts-node v${VERSION}`)
   console.log(`node ${process.version}`)
-  console.log(`typescript v${service.ts.version}`)
+  console.log(`compiler v${service.ts.version}`)
   process.exit(0)
 }
 
 // Require specified modules before start-up.
-(Module as any)._preloadModules(arrify(argv.require))
+if (args['--require']) (Module as any)._preloadModules(args['--require'])
 
 /**
  * Eval helpers.
@@ -138,16 +140,16 @@ const EVAL_PATH = join(cwd, EVAL_FILENAME)
 const EVAL_INSTANCE = { input: '', output: '', version: 0, lines: 0 }
 
 // Execute the main contents (either eval, script or piped).
-if (isEval) {
-  evalAndExit(code as string, isPrinted)
+if (code) {
+  evalAndExit(code, isPrinted)
 } else {
-  if (argv._.length) {
-    process.argv = ['node'].concat(resolve(cwd, argv._[0])).concat(argv._.slice(1))
+  if (args._.length) {
+    process.argv = ['node'].concat(resolve(cwd, args._[0])).concat(args._.slice(1))
     process.execArgv.unshift(__filename)
     Module.runMain()
   } else {
     // Piping of execution _only_ occurs when no other script is specified.
-    if ((process.stdin as any).isTTY) {
+    if (process.stdin.isTTY) {
       startRepl()
     } else {
       let code = ''
diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index 1803ed306..565285fa4 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
     })
 
     it('should print scripts', function (done) {
-      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} -p "import { example } from './tests/complex/index';example()"`, function (err, stdout) {
+      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} -pe "import { example } from './tests/complex/index';example()"`, function (err, stdout) {
         expect(err).to.equal(null)
         expect(stdout).to.equal('example\n')
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
           [
             BIN_EXEC,
             '-O "{\\\"allowJs\\\":true}"',
-            '-p "import { main } from \'./tests/allow-js/run\';main()"'
+            '-pe "import { main } from \'./tests/allow-js/run\';main()"'
           ].join(' '),
           function (err, stdout) {
             expect(err).to.equal(null)
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
           [
             BIN_EXEC,
             '-O "{\\\"allowJs\\\":true}"',
-            '-p "import { Foo2 } from \'./tests/allow-js/with-jsx\'; Foo2.sayHi()"'
+            '-pe "import { Foo2 } from \'./tests/allow-js/with-jsx\'; Foo2.sayHi()"'
           ].join(' '),
           function (err, stdout) {
             expect(err).to.equal(null)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
 
     it('should be able to ignore diagnostic', function (done) {
       exec(
-        `${BIN_EXEC} --ignoreDiagnostics 2345 -e "import * as m from './tests/module';console.log(m.example(123))"`,
+        `${BIN_EXEC} --ignore-diagnostics 2345 -e "import * as m from './tests/module';console.log(m.example(123))"`,
         function (err) {
           if (err === null) {
             return done('Command was expected to fail, but it succeeded.')
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
     })
 
     it.skip('eval should work with source maps', function (done) {
-      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} -p "import './tests/throw'"`, function (err) {
+      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} -pe "import './tests/throw'"`, function (err) {
         if (err === null) {
           return done('Command was expected to fail, but it succeeded.')
         }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
     })
 
     it('should support transpile only mode', function (done) {
-      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} --transpileOnly -p "x"`, function (err) {
+      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} --transpile-only -pe "x"`, function (err) {
         if (err === null) {
           return done('Command was expected to fail, but it succeeded.')
         }
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
     })
 
     it('should pipe into an eval script', function (done) {
-      const cp = exec(`${BIN_EXEC} --fast -p 'process.stdin.isTTY'`, function (err, stdout) {
+      const cp = exec(`${BIN_EXEC} --transpile-only -pe 'process.stdin.isTTY'`, function (err, stdout) {
         expect(err).to.equal(null)
         expect(stdout).to.equal('undefined\n')
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ describe('ts-node', function () {
     })
 
     it('should support require flags', function (done) {
-      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} -r ./tests/hello-world -p "console.log('success')"`, function (err, stdout) {
+      exec(`${BIN_EXEC} -r ./tests/hello-world -pe "console.log('success')"`, function (err, stdout) {
         expect(err).to.equal(null)
         expect(stdout).to.equal('Hello, world!\nsuccess\nundefined\n')
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 901b0da88..9ac1d2d59 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ export interface Options {
   transpileOnly?: boolean | null
   files?: boolean | null
   compiler?: string
-  ignore?: string | string[]
+  ignore?: string[]
   project?: string
   skipIgnore?: boolean | null
   skipProject?: boolean | null
   compilerOptions?: object
-  ignoreDiagnostics?: number | string | Array<number | string>
+  ignoreDiagnostics?: Array<number | string>
   readFile?: (path: string) => string | undefined
   fileExists?: (path: string) => boolean
   transformers?: _ts.CustomTransformers
@@ -176,11 +176,12 @@ export function register (opts: Options = {}): Register {
   const options = Object.assign({}, DEFAULTS, opts)
   const originalJsHandler = require.extensions['.js']
 
-  const ignoreDiagnostics = arrify(options.ignoreDiagnostics).concat([
+  const ignoreDiagnostics = [
     6059, // "'rootDir' is expected to contain all source files."
     18002, // "The 'files' list in config file is empty."
-    18003 // "No inputs were found in config file."
-  ]).map(Number)
+    18003, // "No inputs were found in config file."
+    ...(options.ignoreDiagnostics || [])
+  ].map(Number)
 
   const memoryCache: MemoryCache = {
     contents: Object.create(null),