diff --git a/src/dotnet/Parser.cs b/src/dotnet/Parser.cs
index 4b53bfa45..0c208cfa5 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/Parser.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/Parser.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
                                     RemoveCommandParser.Remove(),
                                     ListCommandParser.List(),
                                     NuGetCommandParser.NuGet(),
+                                    CacheCommandParser.Cache(),
                                     Create.Command("msbuild", ""),
                                     Create.Command("vstest", ""), 
                                     CompleteCommandParser.Complete(),
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/CacheCommandParser.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/CacheCommandParser.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..580f0fb48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/CacheCommandParser.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// 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.Linq;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.CommandLine;
+using Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Cache;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
+{
+    internal static class CacheCommandParser
+    {
+        public static Command Cache() =>
+            Create.Command(
+                LocalizableStrings.AppFullName,
+                LocalizableStrings.AppDescription,
+                Accept.ZeroOrMoreArguments,
+                CommonOptions.HelpOption(),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "-e|--entries",
+                    LocalizableStrings.ProjectEntryDescription,
+                    Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
+                        .With(name: LocalizableStrings.ProjectEntries)
+                        .Forward()),
+                CommonOptions.FrameworkOption(),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "--framework-version",
+                    LocalizableStrings.FrameworkVersionOptionDescription,
+                    Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
+                        .With(name: LocalizableStrings.FrameworkVersionOption)
+                        .ForwardAs(o => $"/p:FX_Version={o.Arguments.Single()}")),
+                CommonOptions.RuntimeOption(),
+                CommonOptions.ConfigurationOption(),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "-o|--output",
+                    LocalizableStrings.OutputOptionDescription,
+                    Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
+                        .With(name: LocalizableStrings.OutputOption)
+                        .ForwardAs(o => $"/p:ComposeDir={o.Arguments.Single()}")),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "-w |--working-dir",
+                    LocalizableStrings.IntermediateWorkingDirOptionDescription,
+                    Accept.ExactlyOneArgument
+                        .With(name: LocalizableStrings.IntermediateWorkingDirOption)
+                        .ForwardAs(o => $"/p:ComposeWorkingDir={o.Arguments.Single()}")),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "--preserve-working-dir",
+                    LocalizableStrings.PreserveIntermediateWorkingDirOptionDescription,
+                    Accept.NoArguments
+                        .ForwardAs(o => $"/p:PreserveComposeWorkingDir=true")),
+                Create.Option(
+                    "--skip-optimization",
+                    LocalizableStrings.SkipOptimizationOptionDescription,
+                    Accept.NoArguments
+                          .ForwardAs("/p:SkipOptimization=true")),
+                CommonOptions.VerbosityOption());
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/LocalizableStrings.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/LocalizableStrings.cs
index 677ae5618..9596af025 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/LocalizableStrings.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/LocalizableStrings.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Cache
 
         public const string AppDescription = "Caches the specified assemblies for the .NET Platform. By default, these will be optimized for the target runtime and framework.";
 
-        public const string ProjectEntries = "ProjectEntries";
+        public const string ProjectEntries = "PROJECT_ENTRIES";
 
         public const string ProjectEntryDescription = "The XML file that contains the list of packages to be cached.";
 
diff --git a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/Program.cs
index 2e995ea42..d4325ab1a 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/commands/dotnet-cache/Program.cs
@@ -23,113 +23,31 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Cache
         {
             DebugHelper.HandleDebugSwitch(ref args);
 
-            var app = new CommandLineApplication(throwOnUnexpectedArg: false);
-            app.Name = "dotnet cache";
-            app.FullName = LocalizableStrings.AppFullName;
-            app.Description = LocalizableStrings.AppDescription;
-            app.AllowArgumentSeparator = true;
-            app.ArgumentSeparatorHelpText = HelpMessageStrings.MSBuildAdditionalArgsHelpText;
-            app.HelpOption("-h|--help");
+            var msbuildArgs = new List<string>();
 
-            CommandOption projectArgument = app.Option(
-                $"-e|--entries <{LocalizableStrings.ProjectEntries}>", LocalizableStrings.ProjectEntryDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var parser = Parser.Instance;
 
-            CommandOption frameworkOption = app.Option(
-                $"-f|--framework <{LocalizableStrings.FrameworkOption}>", LocalizableStrings.FrameworkOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var result = parser.ParseFrom("dotnet cache", args);
 
-            CommandOption runtimeOption = app.Option(
-                $"-r|--runtime <{LocalizableStrings.RuntimeOption}>", LocalizableStrings.RuntimeOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            Reporter.Output.WriteLine(result.Diagram());
 
-            CommandOption outputOption = app.Option(
-                $"-o|--output <{LocalizableStrings.OutputOption}>", LocalizableStrings.OutputOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            result.ShowHelpIfRequested();
 
-            CommandOption fxOption = app.Option(
-                $"--framework-version <{LocalizableStrings.FrameworkVersionOption}>", LocalizableStrings.FrameworkVersionOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
+            var appliedBuildOptions = result["dotnet"]["cache"];
 
-            CommandOption skipOptimizationOption = app.Option(
-                $"--skip-optimization", LocalizableStrings.SkipOptimizationOptionDescription,
-                CommandOptionType.NoValue);
-
-            CommandOption workingDir = app.Option(
-               $"-w |--working-dir <{LocalizableStrings.IntermediateWorkingDirOption}>", LocalizableStrings.IntermediateWorkingDirOptionDescription,
-               CommandOptionType.SingleValue);
-
-            CommandOption preserveWorkingDir = app.Option(
-               $"--preserve-working-dir", LocalizableStrings.PreserveIntermediateWorkingDirOptionDescription,
-               CommandOptionType.NoValue);
-
-            CommandOption verbosityOption = MSBuildForwardingApp.AddVerbosityOption(app);
-
-            List<string> msbuildArgs = null;
-            app.OnExecute(() =>
+            if (!result.HasOption("-e"))
             {
-                msbuildArgs = new List<string>();
-
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(projectArgument.Value()))
-                {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException(LocalizableStrings.SpecifyEntries);
-                }
-
-                msbuildArgs.Add("/t:ComposeCache");
-                msbuildArgs.Add(projectArgument.Value());
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(frameworkOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:TargetFramework={frameworkOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(runtimeOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:RuntimeIdentifier={runtimeOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    var outputPath = Path.GetFullPath(outputOption.Value());
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:ComposeDir={outputPath}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(fxOption.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:FX_Version={fxOption.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(workingDir.Value()))
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:ComposeWorkingDir={workingDir.Value()}");
-                }
-
-                if (skipOptimizationOption.HasValue())
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:SkipOptimization={skipOptimizationOption.HasValue()}");
-                }
-
-                if (preserveWorkingDir.HasValue())
-                {
-                    msbuildArgs.Add($"/p:PreserveComposeWorkingDir={preserveWorkingDir.HasValue()}");
-                }
-
-                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);
+                throw new InvalidOperationException(LocalizableStrings.SpecifyEntries);
             }
 
+            var msbuildArgs = msbuildArgs = new List<string>();
+
+            msbuildArgs.Add("/t:ComposeCache");
+
+            msbuildArgs.AddRange(appliedBuildOptions.OptionValuesToBeForwarded());
+
+            msbuildArgs.AddRange(appliedBuildOptions.Arguments);
+
             return new CacheCommand(msbuildArgs, msbuildPath);
         }