diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/Program.cs
index 96214a26d..081a5c1e5 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/Program.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 // Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
 // Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli;
-using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.CommandLine;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils;
 using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.MSBuild;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 
 namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish
 {
@@ -21,100 +19,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish
         {
             DebugHelper.HandleDebugSwitch(ref args);
 
-            CommandLineApplication app = new CommandLineApplication(throwOnUnexpectedArg: false);
-            app.Name = "dotnet publish";
-            app.FullName = LocalizableStrings.AppFullName;
-            app.Description = LocalizableStrings.AppDescription;
-            app.HandleRemainingArguments = true;
-            app.ArgumentSeparatorHelpText = HelpMessageStrings.MSBuildAdditionalArgsHelpText;
-            app.HelpOption("-h|--help");
+            var msbuildArgs = new List<string>();
 
-            CommandArgument projectArgument = app.Argument($"<{LocalizableStrings.ProjectArgument}>",
-                LocalizableStrings.ProjectArgDescription);
+            var parser = Parser.Instance;
 
-            CommandOption frameworkOption = app.Option(
-                $"-f|--framework <{LocalizableStrings.FrameworkOption}>", LocalizableStrings.FrameworkOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var result = parser.ParseFrom("dotnet publish", args);
 
-            CommandOption runtimeOption = app.Option(
-                $"-r|--runtime <{LocalizableStrings.RuntimeOption}>", LocalizableStrings.RuntimeOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            msbuildArgs.Add("/t:Publish");
 
-            CommandOption outputOption = app.Option(
-                $"-o|--output <{LocalizableStrings.OutputOption}>", LocalizableStrings.OutputOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var appliedPublishOption = result.AppliedOptions["publish"];
 
-            CommandOption configurationOption = app.Option(
-                $"-c|--configuration <{LocalizableStrings.ConfigurationOption}>", LocalizableStrings.ConfigurationOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            msbuildArgs.AddRange(appliedPublishOption.Arguments);
 
-            CommandOption versionSuffixOption = app.Option(
-               $"--version-suffix <{LocalizableStrings.VersionSuffixOption}>", LocalizableStrings.VersionSuffixOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-
-            CommandOption filterProjOption = app.Option(
-               $"--filter <{LocalizableStrings.FilterProjOption}>", LocalizableStrings.FilterProjOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-
-            CommandOption verbosityOption = AddVerbosityOption(app);
-
-            List<string> msbuildArgs = null;
-            app.OnExecute(() =>
-            {
-                msbuildArgs = new List<string>();
-
-                msbuildArgs.Add("/t:Publish");
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(projectArgument.Value))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add(projectArgument.Value);
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(frameworkOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:TargetFramework={frameworkOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(runtimeOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:RuntimeIdentifier={runtimeOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:PublishDir={outputOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(configurationOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:Configuration={configurationOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(versionSuffixOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:VersionSuffix={versionSuffixOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(filterProjOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:FilterProjectFiles={filterProjOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(verbosityOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/verbosity:{verbosityOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                msbuildArgs.AddRange(app.RemainingArguments);
-
-                return 0;
-            });
-
-            int exitCode = app.Execute(args);
-            if (msbuildArgs == null)
-            {
-                throw new CommandCreationException(exitCode);
-            }
+            msbuildArgs.AddRange(appliedPublishOption.ArgsToBeForwarded());
 
             return new PublishCommand(msbuildArgs, msbuildPath);
         }
@@ -136,4 +53,4 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Publish
             return cmd.Execute();
         }
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/PublishCommandParser.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/PublishCommandParser.cs
index a9ede850d..1526659fa 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/PublishCommandParser.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-publish/PublishCommandParser.cs
@@ -10,27 +10,36 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
         public static Command Publish() =>
             Create.Command("publish",
                            ".NET Publisher",
-                           Accept.ExactlyOneArgument,
+                           Accept.ZeroOrMoreArguments,
                            CommonOptions.HelpOption(),
                            Create.Option("-f|--framework",
                                          "Target framework to publish for. The target framework has to be specified in the project file.",
                                          Accept.AnyOneOf(Suggest.TargetFrameworksFromProjectFile)
-                                               .With(name: "FRAMEWORK")),
+                                               .With(name: "FRAMEWORK")
+                                               .ForwardAs("/p:TargetFramework={0}")),
                            Create.Option("-r|--runtime",
                                          "Publish the project for a given runtime. This is used when creating self-contained deployment. Default is to publish a framework-dependent app.",
                                          Accept.AnyOneOf(Suggest.RunTimesFromProjectFile)
-                                               .With(name: "RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER")),
+                                               .With(name: "RUNTIME_IDENTIFIER")
+                                               .ForwardAs("/p:RuntimeIdentifier={0}")),
                            Create.Option("-o|--output",
                                          "Output directory in which to place the published artifacts.",
                                          Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
-                                               .With(name: "OUTPUT_DIR")),
+                                               .With(name: "OUTPUT_DIR")
+                                               .ForwardAs("/p:PublishDir={0}")),
                            Create.Option("-c|--configuration", "Configuration to use for building the project.  Default for most projects is  \"Debug\".",
                                          Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
                                                .With(name: "CONFIGURATION")
-                                               .WithSuggestionsFrom("DEBUG", "RELEASE")),
+                                               .WithSuggestionsFrom("DEBUG", "RELEASE")
+                                               .ForwardAs("/p:Configuration={0}")),
                            Create.Option("--version-suffix", "Defines the value for the $(VersionSuffix) property in the project.",
                                          Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
-                                               .With(name: "VERSION_SUFFIX")),
+                                               .With(name: "VERSION_SUFFIX")
+                                               .ForwardAs("/p:VersionSuffix={0}")),
+                           Create.Option("--filter", "The XML file that contains the list of packages to be excluded from publish step.",
+                                         Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
+                                               .With(name: "PROFILE_XML")
+                                               .ForwardAs("/p:FilterProjectFiles={0}")),
                            CommonOptions.VerbosityOption());
     }
 }
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