diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26daea9..e8637c0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ go 1.12
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20180916011732-0a3d74bf9ce4
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0
-	go.coder.com/cli v0.1.0
+	go.coder.com/cli v0.4.0
 	go.coder.com/flog v0.0.0-20190129195112-eaed154a0db8
 	go.coder.com/retry v0.0.0-20180926062817-cf12c95974ac
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190422183909-d864b10871cd
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c24ed7b..df0d6a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1 h1:iURUrRGxPUNPdy5/HRSm+Yj6okJ6UtLINN0Q9M4+h3I=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 h1:zPAT6CGy6wXeQ7NtTnaTerfKOsV6V6F8agHXFiazDkg=
+github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.1.4/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
-go.coder.com/cli v0.1.0 h1:ZAjpjXJxMnwj1TqXUi7nnXXuxiPRfwfoC2kViN93oMM=
-go.coder.com/cli v0.1.0/go.mod h1:pbVagI9YH/HHMManxPFML4P527GDREwsb+yciZ7mtB8=
+go.coder.com/cli v0.4.0 h1:PruDGwm/CPFndyK/eMowZG3vzg5CgohRWeXWCTr3zi8=
+go.coder.com/cli v0.4.0/go.mod h1:hRTOURCR3LJF1FRW9arecgrzX+AHG7mfYMwThPIgq+w=
 go.coder.com/flog v0.0.0-20190129195112-eaed154a0db8 h1:PtQ3moPi4EAz3cyQhkUs1IGIXa2QgJpP60yMjOdu0kk=
 go.coder.com/flog v0.0.0-20190129195112-eaed154a0db8/go.mod h1:83JsYgXYv0EOaXjIMnaZ1Fl6ddNB3fJnDZ/8845mUJ8=
 go.coder.com/retry v0.0.0-20180926062817-cf12c95974ac h1:ekdpsuykRy/E+SDq5BquFomNhRCk8OOyhtnACW9Bi50=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a63211..d2c2b8e 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+
 	"go.coder.com/cli"
 	"go.coder.com/flog"
 )
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func (c *rootCmd) Spec() cli.CommandSpec {
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *rootCmd) RegisterFlags(fl *flag.FlagSet) {
+func (c *rootCmd) RegisterFlags(fl *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	fl.BoolVar(&c.skipSync, "skipsync", false, "skip syncing local settings and extensions to remote host")
 	fl.BoolVar(&c.syncBack, "b", false, "sync extensions back on termination")
 	fl.BoolVar(&c.printVersion, "version", false, "print version information and exit")
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ func (c *rootCmd) RegisterFlags(fl *flag.FlagSet) {
 	fl.StringVar(&c.sshFlags, "ssh-flags", "", "custom SSH flags")
 }
 
-func (c *rootCmd) Run(fl *flag.FlagSet) {
+func (c *rootCmd) Run(fl *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	if c.printVersion {
 		fmt.Printf("%v\n", version)
 		os.Exit(0)