diff --git a/bal_release/src/lib/libcmdline/cmdline.h b/bal_release/src/lib/libcmdline/cmdline.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cad20b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bal_release/src/lib/libcmdline/cmdline.h
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ *
+ *  <:copyright-BRCM:2016:DUAL/GPL:standard
+ *
+ *     Copyright (c) 2016 Broadcom
+ *     All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ *  Unless you and Broadcom execute a separate written software license
+ *  agreement governing use of this software, this software is licensed
+ *  to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
+ *  (the "GPL"), available at http://www.broadcom.com/licenses/GPLv2.php,
+ *  with the following added to such license:
+ *
+ *     As a special exception, the copyright holders of this software give
+ *     you permission to link this software with independent modules, and
+ *     to copy and distribute the resulting executable under terms of your
+ *     choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked independent
+ *     module, the terms and conditions of the license of that module.
+ *     An independent module is a module which is not derived from this
+ *     software.  The special exception does not apply to any modifications
+ *     of the software.
+ *
+ *  Not withstanding the above, under no circumstances may you combine
+ *  this software in any way with any other Broadcom software provided
+ *  under a license other than the GPL, without Broadcom's express prior
+ *  written consent.
+ *
+ *  :>
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+/*
+ * cmdline.h - Command line argument helper
+ */
+
+#ifndef _CMDLINE_H_
+#define _CMDLINE_H_
+
+#include <bcmos_system.h>
+
+/** Argument flags */
+typedef enum
+{
+    CL_ARGUMENT_FLAG_NONE = 0,
+    CL_ARGUMENT_FLAG_MANDATORY = 0x1,
+} cl_argument_flags;
+
+/** Command line argument */
+typedef struct cl_argument
+{
+    const char *long_name;      /**< Command line option: long form */
+    const char *short_name;     /**< Command line option: short form */
+    const char *extra_arg;      /**< Extra arguments */
+    const char *description;    /**< Description */
+    const char *owner;          /**< Owner module */
+    cl_argument_flags flags;    /**< Command line argument flags */
+} cl_argument;
+
+/** Print usage flags */
+typedef enum
+{
+    CL_ARGUMENT_USAGE_FLAG_NONE = 0,
+    CL_ARGUMENT_USAGE_FLAG_OWNER = 0x1, /**< Print argument owners */
+} cl_argument_usage_flags;
+
+/** Print usage
+ * \param[in]   app                     Application name. Can be NULL
+ * \param[in]   arg                     Argument that triggered command line parsing error. Can be NULL
+ * \param[in]   supported_args          Array of supported arguments
+ * \param[in]   num_supported_args      Number of elements in supported_args[] array
+ * \param[in]   flags                   Usage flags
+ * \returns     BCM_ERR_PARM
+ */
+bcmos_errno cl_print_usage(const char *app, const char *arg,
+    const cl_argument supported_args[], int num_supported_args,
+    cl_argument_usage_flags flags);
+
+/** Validate parameters
+ *
+ * - make sure that there are no unknown parameters
+ * - make sure that all mandatory parameters are present
+ *
+ * \param[in]   argc                    Number of command line arguments
+ * \param[in]   argv                    Command line arguments
+ * \param[in]   supported_args          Array of supported arguments
+ * \param[in]   num_supported_args      Number of elements in supported_args[] array
+ * \returns     BCM_ERR_OK or BCM_ERR_PARM
+ */
+bcmos_errno cl_validate(int argc, char *argv[],
+    const cl_argument supported_args[], int num_supported_args);
+
+/** Get CL parameter by name
+ *
+ * \param[in]   name                    Parameter name
+ * \param[in]   supported_args          Supported arguments array
+ * \param[in]   num_supported_args      Supported arguments array size
+ * \returns argument descriptor pointer or NULL if not found
+ */
+const cl_argument *cl_parm_get(const char *name, const cl_argument supported_args[],
+    int num_supported_args);
+
+#endif /* _CMDLINE_H_ */