diff --git a/autocannon.js b/autocannon.js
index 8978f86e..39dd0f92 100755
--- a/autocannon.js
+++ b/autocannon.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 'use strict'
 
+const crossArgv = require('cross-argv')
 const minimist = require('minimist')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const os = require('os')
@@ -238,5 +239,6 @@ function runTracker (argv, ondone) {
 }
 
 if (require.main === module) {
-  start(parseArguments(process.argv.slice(2)))
+  const argv = crossArgv(process.argv.slice(2))
+  start(parseArguments(argv))
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f477b457..95c31256 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "color-support": "^1.1.1",
+    "cross-argv": "^1.0.0",
     "has-async-hooks": "^1.0.0",
     "hdr-histogram-js": "^1.1.4",
     "hdr-histogram-percentiles-obj": "^2.0.0",