diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 2901d9e24b..464ca689bc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use clap::{App, Arg};
 use log::LevelFilter;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{prelude::*, BufReader};
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let matches = App::new("nushell")
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
                 .multiple(false)
                 .takes_value(false),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("script")
+                .help("the nu script to run")
+                .index(1),
+        )
         .get_matches();
 
     let loglevel = match matches.value_of("loglevel") {
@@ -76,6 +83,8 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         }
     }
 
+    builder.try_init()?;
+
     match matches.values_of("commands") {
         None => {}
         Some(values) => {
@@ -89,12 +98,30 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
         }
     }
 
-    builder.try_init()?;
+    match matches.value_of("script") {
+        Some(script) => {
+            let file = File::open(script)?;
+            let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+            for line in reader.lines() {
+                let line = line?;
+                if !line.starts_with('#') {
+                    futures::executor::block_on(nu::run_pipeline_standalone(
+                        line,
+                        matches.is_present("stdin"),
+                    ))?;
+                }
+            }
+            return Ok(());
+        }
+
+        None => {
+            println!(
+                "Welcome to Nushell {} (type 'help' for more info)",
+                clap::crate_version!()
+            );
+            futures::executor::block_on(nu::cli())?;
+        }
+    }
 
-    println!(
-        "Welcome to Nushell {} (type 'help' for more info)",
-        clap::crate_version!()
-    );
-    futures::executor::block_on(nu::cli())?;
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index c0c247f0cd..0e6a3f13ba 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ mod tests {
                     loc: fixtures().join("sample_data.xlsx"),
                     at: 0
                 },
+                Res {
+                    loc: fixtures().join("script.nu"),
+                    at: 0
+                },
                 Res {
                     loc: fixtures().join("sgml_description.json"),
                     at: 0
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/formats/script.nu b/tests/fixtures/formats/script.nu
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b79dfdcbbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/formats/script.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/Users/gedge/src/github.com/nushell/nushell/target/debug/nu
+echo "done"
diff --git a/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs b/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs
index f26b3fe2ce..05cbdbc665 100644
--- a/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs
+++ b/tests/shell/pipeline/commands/external.rs
@@ -122,6 +122,19 @@ mod nu_commands {
     }
 }
 
+mod nu_script {
+    use super::nu;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn run_nu_script() {
+        let actual = nu!(cwd: "tests/fixtures/formats", r#"
+        nu script.nu
+        "#);
+
+        assert_eq!(actual, "done");
+    }
+}
+
 mod tilde_expansion {
     use super::nu;