diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 906b0fa..d6221cf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ comment that can span lines /*
 {"foo": "bar", "bacon": "eggs"}
 ```
 
+You can also use `json5.tool` for validating json.
+
+```
+python3 -m json5.tool < myfile.json5
+```
+As of right now, there is no formatting on the output; original whitespace and comments is maintained. 
+In the future, pretty-printing, stripping comments, and other options may be added.
+
 See also the [full documentation](https://json-five.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
 
 ## Key features
diff --git a/json5/dumper.py b/json5/dumper.py
index ee2b340..1915477 100644
--- a/json5/dumper.py
+++ b/json5/dumper.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def process_leading_wsc(self, node):
 
     @singledispatchmethod
     def dump(self, node):
-        raise NotImplementedError('foo')
+        raise NotImplementedError(f'Cannot dump node of type {type(node)}')
 
     to_json = dump.register
 
diff --git a/json5/loader.py b/json5/loader.py
index 9dd0bde..5de11c1 100644
--- a/json5/loader.py
+++ b/json5/loader.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def load(f, **kwargs):
     :return:
     """
     text = f.read()
-    return loads(text)
+    return loads(text, **kwargs)
 
 def loads(s, *args, loader=None, **kwargs):
     """
diff --git a/json5/tool.py b/json5/tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2e72a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json5/tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import argparse
+from json5 import loads, dump, load
+from json5.loader import ModelLoader
+from json5.dumper import ModelDumper
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    prog = 'python -m json5.tool'
+    description = ('Command line interface for the json5 module '
+                   'analogous to the json.tool CLI.')
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog, description=description)
+    parser.add_argument('infile', nargs='?',
+                        type=argparse.FileType(encoding="utf-8"),
+                        help='a JSON file to be validated',
+                        default=sys.stdin)
+    parser.add_argument('outfile', nargs='?',
+                        type=argparse.FileType('w', encoding="utf-8"),
+                        help='write the output of infile to outfile',
+                        default=sys.stdout)
+    parser.add_argument('--json-lines', action='store_true', default=False,
+                        help='parse input using the JSON Lines format.')
+    options = parser.parse_args()
+
+    dump_args = {
+        'dumper': ModelDumper()
+    }
+
+    with options.infile as infile, options.outfile as outfile:
+        try:
+            if options.json_lines:
+                objs = (loads(line, loader=ModelLoader()) for line in infile)
+            else:
+                objs = (load(infile, loader=ModelLoader()), )
+            for obj in objs:
+                dump(obj, outfile, **dump_args)
+                outfile.write('\n')
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise SystemExit(e)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    try:
+        main()
+    except BrokenPipeError as exc:
+        sys.exit(exc.errno)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e873b84..37379a6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='json-five',
-    version='0.6.5',
+    version='0.7.5',
     packages=['json5'],
     url='https://github.com/spyoungtech/json-five',
     license='Apache',
diff --git a/tests/test_json_tool.py b/tests/test_json_tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17ec3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_json_tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import subprocess
+import pytest
+import io
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('json_string', [
+"""{"foo":"bar"}""",
+"""{"foo": "bar"}""",
+"""{"foo":"bar","bacon":"eggs"}""",
+"""{"foo":  "bar", "bacon" :  "eggs"}""",
+"""["foo","bar","baz"]""",
+"""[ "foo", "bar"  , "baz"   ]""",
+"""{"foo":\n "bar"\n}""",
+"""{"foo": {"bacon": "eggs"}}""",
+"""   {"foo":"bar"}""",
+"""{"foo": "bar"}   """,
+"""{'foo': 'bar'}""",
+"""{"foo": 'bar'}""",
+"""{"foo": "bar",}""",
+"""["foo","bar", "baz",]""",
+"""["foo", "bar", "baz", ]""",
+"""["foo", "bar", "baz"  ,]""",
+"""[["foo"], ["foo","bar"], "baz"]""",
+"""{unquoted: "foo"}""",
+"""{unquoted: "foo"}""",
+"""["foo"]""",
+"""["foo" , ]""",
+])
+def test_tool(json_string):
+    r = subprocess.run(
+        ["python3", "-m", "json5.tool"],
+        universal_newlines=True,
+        input=json_string,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+    )
+    assert r.stdout[:-1] == json_string