diff --git a/connexion/cli.py b/connexion/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ea723a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/connexion/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import logging
+import sys
+from os import path
+
+import click
+from connexion import App
+
+from clickclick import AliasedGroup
+
+main = AliasedGroup(context_settings=dict(help_option_names=[
+    '-h', '--help']))
+
+
+@main.command()
+@click.argument('spec_file')
+@click.argument('base_path', required=False)
+@click.option('--port', '-p', default=5000, type=int, help='Port to listen.')
+@click.option('--server', '-s', default='gevent',
+              type=click.Choice(['gevent', 'tornado']),
+              help='Which WSGI server to use.')
+@click.option('--hide-spec',
+              help='Hides the API spec in JSON format which is by default available at `/swagger.json`.',
+              is_flag=True, default=True)
+@click.option('--hide-swagger-ui',
+              help='Hides the the Swagger UI which is by default available at `/ui`.',
+              is_flag=True, default=True)
+@click.option('--swagger-ui-url', metavar='URL',
+              help='Personalize what URL path the Swagger UI will be mounted.')
+@click.option('--swagger-ui-from', metavar='PATH',
+              help='Path to a customized Swagger UI dashboard.')
+@click.option('--auth-all-paths',
+              help='Enable authentication to paths not defined in the spec.',
+              is_flag=True, default=False)
+@click.option('--debug', '-d', help='Show debugging information.',
+              is_flag=True, default=False)
+def run(spec_file, base_path, port, server, debug):
+    """
+    Runs a server using the passed OpenAPI/Swagger 2.0 Specification file.
+
+    Possible arguments:
+
+    - SPEC_FILE: specification file of the API to run.
+
+    - BASE_PATH (optional): filesystem path from where to import the API handlers.
+    """
+    logging_level = logging.ERROR
+    if debug:
+        logging_level = logging.DEBUG
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging_level)
+
+    sys.path.insert(1, path.abspath(base_path or '.'))
+
+    app = App(__name__)
+    app.add_api(path.abspath(spec_file))
+    click.echo('Running at http://localhost:{}/...'.format(port))
+    app.run(port=port, server=server)
diff --git a/connexion/utils.py b/connexion/utils.py
index 3dc5f94..5573c5e 100644
--- a/connexion/utils.py
+++ b/connexion/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import string
 import flask
 import werkzeug.wrappers
 
-
 PATH_PARAMETER = re.compile(r'\{([^}]*)\}')
 
 # map Swagger type to flask path converter
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0b6240e..b623297 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ requests>=2.9.1
 six>=1.7
 strict-rfc3339>=0.6
 swagger_spec_validator>=2.0.2
+clickclick>=1.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index d2d413a..d26ebc1 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -88,5 +88,6 @@ setup(
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application Frameworks'
     ],
     include_package_data=True,  # needed to include swagger-ui (see MANIFEST.in)
-
+    entry_points={'console_scripts': ['connexion = connexion.cli:main',
+                                      'cnx = connexion.cli:main']}
 )
diff --git a/tests/api/test_parameters.py b/tests/api/test_parameters.py
index b25c039..8e42117 100644
--- a/tests/api/test_parameters.py
+++ b/tests/api/test_parameters.py
@@ -287,5 +287,3 @@ def test_args_kwargs(simple_app):
     resp = app_client.get('/v1.0/query-params-as-kwargs?foo=a&bar=b')
     assert resp.status_code == 200
     assert json.loads(resp.data.decode()) == {'foo': 'a'}
-
-
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6eccde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import logging
+
+from click.testing import CliRunner
+from connexion import App, __version__
+from connexion.cli import main
+
+import pytest
+from conftest import FIXTURES_FOLDER
+from mock import MagicMock
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def mock_app_run(monkeypatch):
+    test_server = MagicMock(wraps=App(__name__))
+    test_server.run = MagicMock(return_value=True)
+    test_app = MagicMock(return_value=test_server)
+    monkeypatch.setattr('connexion.cli.App', test_app)
+    return test_server
+
+
+def test_run_missing_spec():
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(main, ['run'], catch_exceptions=False)
+    assert "Missing argument" in result.output
+
+
+def test_run_simple_spec(mock_app_run):
+    spec_file = str(FIXTURES_FOLDER / 'simple/swagger.yaml')
+    default_port = 5000
+    default_server = 'gevent'
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(main,
+                           ['run', spec_file],
+                           catch_exceptions=False)
+
+    mock_app_run.run.assert_called_with(port=default_port, server=default_server)
+    assert 'Running at' in result.output
+
+
+def test_run_in_debug_mode(mock_app_run, monkeypatch):
+    spec_file = str(FIXTURES_FOLDER / 'simple/swagger.yaml')
+
+    logging_config = MagicMock(name='connexion.cli.logging.basicConfig')
+    monkeypatch.setattr('connexion.cli.logging.basicConfig',
+                        logging_config)
+
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    result = runner.invoke(main,
+                           ['run', spec_file, '-d'],
+                           catch_exceptions=False)
+
+    logging_config.assert_called_with(level=logging.DEBUG)