diff --git a/src/CLI.cpp b/src/CLI.cpp
index f81f91ea..6a536c74 100644
--- a/src/CLI.cpp
+++ b/src/CLI.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,16 @@ bool CLI::canonicalize (
   return false;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+std::string CLI::getCommand () const
+{
+  for (const auto& a : _args)
+    if (a.hasTag ("CMD"))
+      return a.attribute ("canonical");
+
+  return "";
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 const std::string CLI::dump (const std::string& title) const
 {
diff --git a/src/CLI.h b/src/CLI.h
index 80cfed57..bff6a89a 100644
--- a/src/CLI.h
+++ b/src/CLI.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public:
   void add (const std::string&);
   void analyze ();
   bool canonicalize (std::string&, const std::string&, const std::string&) const;
+  std::string getCommand () const;
   const std::string dump (const std::string& title = "CLI Parser") const;
 
 private: