diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7a3f49..2a1ec41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,8 +14,16 @@ This library is inspired by the [PHP library PDFMerger](https://github.com/myoky
 
 `npm install --save pdf-merger-js`
 
+of global installation if you want to use the cli tool:
+
+`npm install -g pdf-merger-js`
+
 ## Usage
 
+### CLI
+
+`pdf-merge --output ./merged.pdf ./input1.pdf#1-2 ./input2.pdf#1,2,5-7`
+
 ### node.js
 
 The node.js version has the following export functions:
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a75018f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+import { program } from 'commander'
+
+import PDFMerger from './index.js'
+import { parsePagesString } from './parsePagesString.js'
+
+import packageJson from './package.json' assert { type: 'json' };
+
+async function main() {
+  program
+    .version(packageJson.version)
+    .description(packageJson.description)
+    .option('-o, --output <outputFile>', 'Merged PDF output file path')
+    .arguments('<inputFiles...>')
+    .action(async (inputFiles, cmd) => {
+      const outputFile = cmd.output;
+
+      if (!outputFile) {
+        console.error('Please provide an output file using the --output flag');
+        return;
+      }
+
+      try {
+        await mergePDFs(outputFile, inputFiles);
+        console.log(`Merged PDFs successfully into ${outputFile}`);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('An error occurred while merging PDFs:', error);
+      }
+    });
+
+  program.parse(process.argv);
+}
+
+async function mergePDFs(outputFile, inputFiles) {
+  const merger = new PDFMerger();
+
+  for (const inputFile of inputFiles) {
+    const [filePath, pageRange] = inputFile.split('#');
+    const pages = pageRange ? parsePagesString(pageRange) : null;
+    await merger.add(filePath, pages);
+  }
+  await merger.save(outputFile);
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index ade5dec..1e8f133 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
       "version": "5.0.0",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^11.1.0",
         "pdf-lib": "^1.17.1"
       },
+      "bin": {
+        "pdf-merger-js": "cli.js"
+      },
       "devDependencies": {
         "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
         "jest": "^29.7.0",
@@ -2054,6 +2058,14 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/commander": {
+      "version": "11.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-11.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yPVavfyCcRhmorC7rWlkHn15b4wDVgVmBA7kV4QVBsF7kv/9TKJAbAXVTxvTnwP8HHKjRCJDClKbciiYS7p0DQ==",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=16"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
@@ -9152,6 +9164,11 @@
         "delayed-stream": "~1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "commander": {
+      "version": "11.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-11.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yPVavfyCcRhmorC7rWlkHn15b4wDVgVmBA7kV4QVBsF7kv/9TKJAbAXVTxvTnwP8HHKjRCJDClKbciiYS7p0DQ=="
+    },
     "concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eaa6d14..60e452e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
   "main": "./index.js",
   "types": "./index.d.ts",
   "browser": "./browser.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "pdf-merge": "cli.js"
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "standard": "standard",
     "standard:fix": "standard --fix",
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
   "author": "nbesli",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^11.1.0",
     "pdf-lib": "^1.17.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/cli.test.js b/test/cli.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b33a499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cli.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import path from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import pdfDiff from 'pdf-diff'
+import { exec } from 'child_process'
+import util from 'util'
+import { jest } from '@jest/globals'
+
+const asyncExec = util.promisify(exec)
+
+const __dirname = path.dirname(new URL(import.meta.url).pathname)
+const FIXTURES_DIR = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures')
+const TMP_DIR = path.join(__dirname, 'tmp')
+
+jest.setTimeout(10000)
+
+async function mergePDFsCli (outputFile, inputFiles) {
+  const { stdout, stderr } = await asyncExec(`node ./cli.js --output ${outputFile} ${inputFiles.join(' ')}`)
+  return { stdout, stderr }
+}
+
+describe('issues', () => {
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await fs.ensureDir(TMP_DIR)
+  })
+
+  test('should merge two pdfs', async () => {
+    await mergePDFsCli(path.join(TMP_DIR, 'Testfile_AB.pdf'), [
+      path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'Testfile_A.pdf'),
+      path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'Testfile_B.pdf')
+    ])
+    const diff1 = await pdfDiff(
+      path.join(FIXTURES_DIR, 'Testfile_AB.pdf'),
+      path.join(TMP_DIR, 'Testfile_AB.pdf')
+    )
+    expect(diff1).toBeFalsy()
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await fs.remove(TMP_DIR)
+  })
+})