diff --git a/lib/allocators/gc.nelua b/lib/allocators/gc.nelua
index e390d859..6e4177b3 100644
--- a/lib/allocators/gc.nelua
+++ b/lib/allocators/gc.nelua
@@ -533,9 +533,12 @@ end
 
 local function nelua_main(): cint <cimport,nodecl> end
 
+global arg: span(cstring)
+
 local function main(argc: cint, argv: cchar**): cint <entrypoint>
   gc:start(&argc)
   gc:_mark_statics()
+  arg = {data=argv, size=argc}
   local ret: cint = nelua_main()
   gc:stop()
   return ret
diff --git a/lib/arg.nelua b/lib/arg.nelua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34724210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arg.nelua
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+-- Include this file to get have the global "arg"
+-- with your program command line arguments.
+
+## if pragmas.nogc then
+
+require 'span'
+
+global arg: span(cstring)
+
+local function nelua_main(): cint <cimport,nodecl> end
+
+local function main(argc: cint, argv: cchar**): cint <entrypoint>
+  arg = {data=argv, size=argc}
+  return nelua_main()
+end
+
+## else
+
+require 'allocators.gc'
+
+## end
diff --git a/rockspecs/nelua-dev-1.rockspec b/rockspecs/nelua-dev-1.rockspec
index 7edd317d..0e4c395b 100644
--- a/rockspecs/nelua-dev-1.rockspec
+++ b/rockspecs/nelua-dev-1.rockspec
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ build = {
       ['lib/allocators/stack.nelua']        = 'lib/allocators/stack.nelua',
       ['lib/allocators/heap.nelua']         = 'lib/allocators/heap.nelua',
       ['lib/allocators/pool.nelua']         = 'lib/allocators/pool.nelua',
+      ['lib/arg.nelua']            = 'lib/arg.nelua',
       ['lib/basic.nelua']          = 'lib/basic.nelua',
       ['lib/io.nelua']             = 'lib/io.nelua',
       ['lib/math.nelua']           = 'lib/math.nelua',