diff --git a/src/CLI2.cpp b/src/CLI2.cpp
index 67441f950..3fd286ecd 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI2.cpp
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ void CLI2::prepareFilter ()
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Return all the MISCELLANEOUS args.
+// Return all the MISCELLANEOUS args as strings.
 const std::vector <std::string> CLI2::getWords ()
 {
   std::vector <std::string> words;
@@ -721,6 +721,18 @@ const std::vector <std::string> CLI2::getWords ()
   return words;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Return all the MISCELLANEOUS args.
+const std::vector <A2> CLI2::getMiscellaneous ()
+{
+  std::vector <A2> misc;
+  for (const auto& a : _args)
+    if (a.hasTag ("MISCELLANEOUS"))
+      misc.push_back (a);
+
+  return misc;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Search for 'value' in _entities category, return canonicalized value.
 bool CLI2::canonicalize (
diff --git a/src/CLI2.h b/src/CLI2.h
index f24938cd0..6bada618a 100644
--- a/src/CLI2.h
+++ b/src/CLI2.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public:
   void addContext (bool readable, bool writeable);
   void prepareFilter ();
   const std::vector <std::string> getWords ();
+  const std::vector <A2> getMiscellaneous ();
   bool canonicalize (std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&);
   std::string getBinary () const;
   std::string getCommand (bool canonical = true) const;