diff --git a/src/apex/apex_options.cpp b/src/apex/apex_options.cpp
index 465bbeb6..10c48a69 100644
--- a/src/apex/apex_options.cpp
+++ b/src/apex/apex_options.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <memory>
 #include "utils.hpp"
+#include "proc_read.h"
 
 namespace apex
 {
@@ -136,6 +138,10 @@ namespace apex
         std::cout << #name << " : " << options.member_variable() << std::endl;
         FOREACH_APEX_STRING_OPTION(apex_macro)
 #undef apex_macro
+        std::unique_ptr<std::string> tmpstr = proc_data_reader::get_command_line();
+        if (tmpstr.length() > 0) {
+            std::cout << tmpstr << std::endl;
+        }
         return;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/apex/proc_read.cpp b/src/apex/proc_read.cpp
index 32ab03be..801a722f 100644
--- a/src/apex/proc_read.cpp
+++ b/src/apex/proc_read.cpp
@@ -694,6 +694,21 @@ double msr_current_power_high(void) {
 }
 #endif
 
+std::unique_ptr<std::string> proc_data_reader::get_command_line(void) {
+  std::string line;
+  std::fstream myfile ("/proc/self/cmdline");
+  std::stringstream ss;
+  if (myfile.is_open())
+  {
+    while ( getline (myfile,line) )
+    {
+      ss << line << '\n';
+    }
+    myfile.close();
+  } else {
+    // it wasn't there, so return nothing.
+  }
+  return std::move(ss.str());
 }
 
 #endif // APEX_HAVE_PROC
diff --git a/src/apex/proc_read.h b/src/apex/proc_read.h
index b4ec5bbe..7ec00a1c 100644
--- a/src/apex/proc_read.h
+++ b/src/apex/proc_read.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <atomic>
 #include <thread>
 #include <string>
+#include <memory>
 #include "pthread_wrapper.hpp"
 #include "apex_options.hpp"
 
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class proc_data_reader {
         stop_reading();
         delete worker_thread;
     }
+    static std::unique_ptr<std::string> get_command_line(void);
 };
 
 class ProcData {