diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml b/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
index ef3ec8b46..b7ac630f0 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ edition = "2018"
 path = "src/cksum.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+clap = "2.33"
 libc = "0.2.42"
 uucore = { version=">=0.0.7", package="uucore", path="../../uucore" }
 uucore_procs = { version=">=0.0.5", package="uucore_procs", path="../../uucore_procs" }
diff --git a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
index e1c75fffc..bc71a2d97 100644
--- a/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cksum/src/cksum.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate uucore;
 
+use clap::{App, Arg};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, stdin, BufReader, Read};
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -18,9 +19,10 @@ use std::path::Path;
 const CRC_TABLE_LEN: usize = 256;
 const CRC_TABLE: [u32; CRC_TABLE_LEN] = generate_crc_table();
 
+const VERSION: &str = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION");
+const NAME: &str = "cksum";
 const SYNTAX: &str = "[OPTIONS] [FILE]...";
 const SUMMARY: &str = "Print CRC and size for each file";
-const LONG_HELP: &str = "";
 
 // this is basically a hack to get "loops" to work on Rust 1.33.  Once we update to Rust 1.46 or
 // greater, we can just use while loops
@@ -160,10 +162,25 @@ fn cksum(fname: &str) -> io::Result<(u32, usize)> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
-    let matches = app!(SYNTAX, SUMMARY, LONG_HELP).parse(args.collect_str());
+mod options {
+    pub static FILE: &str = "file";
+}
 
-    let files = matches.free;
+pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
+    let args = args.collect_str();
+
+    let matches = App::new(executable!())
+        .name(NAME)
+        .version(VERSION)
+        .about(SUMMARY)
+        .usage(SYNTAX)
+        .arg(Arg::with_name(options::FILE).hidden(true).multiple(true))
+        .get_matches_from(args);
+
+    let files: Vec<String> = match matches.values_of(options::FILE) {
+        Some(v) => v.clone().map(|v| v.to_owned()).collect(),
+        None => vec![],
+    };
 
     if files.is_empty() {
         match cksum("-") {