diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 26bdd5e..6595543 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 ### Fixed
 - Unhandled AssertionError when dumping pdf containing reference to object id 0 ([#318](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/318))
 
+### Changed
+- Using argparse instead of getopt for command line interface of dumppdf.py ([#321](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/pull/321))
+
 ### Removed
 - Files for external applications such as django, cgi and pyinstaller ([#314](https://github.com/pdfminer/pdfminer.six/issues/314))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_tools_dumppdf.py b/tests/test_tools_dumppdf.py
index 99f8834..b5febb0 100644
--- a/tests/test_tools_dumppdf.py
+++ b/tests/test_tools_dumppdf.py
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ def run(filename, options=None):
     absolute_path = absolute_sample_path(filename)
     with NamedTemporaryFile() as output_file:
         if options:
-            s = 'dumppdf -o%s %s %s' % (output_file.name, options, absolute_path)
+            s = 'dumppdf -o %s %s %s' % (output_file.name, options, absolute_path)
         else:
-            s = 'dumppdf -o%s %s' % (output_file.name, absolute_path)
-        dumppdf.main(s.split(' '))
+            s = 'dumppdf -o %s %s' % (output_file.name, absolute_path)
+        dumppdf.main(s.split(' ')[1:])
 
 
 class TestDumpPDF():
diff --git a/tools/dumppdf.py b/tools/dumppdf.py
index 110f196..01654d4 100755
--- a/tools/dumppdf.py
+++ b/tools/dumppdf.py
@@ -1,32 +1,29 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""Extract pdf structure in XML format"""
+import logging
+import os.path
+import re
+import sys
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+
+import six
 
-#
-# dumppdf.py - dump pdf contents in XML format.
-#
-#  usage: dumppdf.py [options] [files ...]
-#  options:
-#    -i objid : object id
-#
-import sys, os.path, re, logging
-from pdfminer.psparser import PSKeyword, PSLiteral, LIT
-from pdfminer.pdfparser import PDFParser
 from pdfminer.pdfdocument import PDFDocument, PDFNoOutlines
+from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
+from pdfminer.pdfparser import PDFParser
 from pdfminer.pdftypes import PDFObjectNotFound, PDFValueError
 from pdfminer.pdftypes import PDFStream, PDFObjRef, resolve1, stream_value
-from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
+from pdfminer.psparser import PSKeyword, PSLiteral, LIT
 from pdfminer.utils import isnumber
 
-
 ESC_PAT = re.compile(r'[\000-\037&<>()"\042\047\134\177-\377]')
+
+
 def e(s):
-    if six.PY3 and isinstance(s,six.binary_type):
-        s=str(s,'latin-1')
-    return ESC_PAT.sub(lambda m:'&#%d;' % ord(m.group(0)), s)
-
-import six # Python 2+3 compatibility
+    if six.PY3 and isinstance(s, six.binary_type):
+        s = str(s, 'latin-1')
+    return ESC_PAT.sub(lambda m: '&#%d;' % ord(m.group(0)), s)
 
 
-# dumpxml
 def dumpxml(out, obj, codec=None):
     if obj is None:
         out.write('<null />')
@@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ def dumpxml(out, obj, codec=None):
 
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
         out.write('<dict size="%d">\n' % len(obj))
-        for (k,v) in six.iteritems(obj):
+        for (k, v) in six.iteritems(obj):
             out.write('<key>%s</key>\n' % k)
             out.write('<value>')
             dumpxml(out, v)
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ def dumpxml(out, obj, codec=None):
 
     raise TypeError(obj)
 
-# dumptrailers
+
 def dumptrailers(out, doc):
     for xref in doc.xrefs:
         out.write('<trailer>\n')
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ def dumptrailers(out, doc):
         out.write('\n</trailer>\n\n')
     return
 
-# dumpallobjs
+
 def dumpallobjs(out, doc, codec=None):
     visited = set()
     out.write('<pdf>')
@@ -110,19 +107,20 @@ def dumpallobjs(out, doc, codec=None):
                 dumpxml(out, obj, codec=codec)
                 out.write('\n</object>\n\n')
             except PDFObjectNotFound as e:
-                print >>sys.stderr, 'not found: %r' % e
+                print('not found: %r' % e)
     dumptrailers(out, doc)
     out.write('</pdf>')
     return
 
-# dumpoutline
+
 def dumpoutline(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
                 dumpall=False, codec=None, extractdir=None):
     fp = open(fname, 'rb')
     parser = PDFParser(fp)
     doc = PDFDocument(parser, password)
-    pages = dict( (page.pageid, pageno) for (pageno,page)
-                  in enumerate(PDFPage.create_pages(doc), 1) )
+    pages = dict((page.pageid, pageno) for (pageno, page)
+                 in enumerate(PDFPage.create_pages(doc), 1))
+
     def resolve_dest(dest):
         if isinstance(dest, str):
             dest = resolve1(doc.get_dest(dest))
@@ -133,10 +131,11 @@ def dumpoutline(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
         if isinstance(dest, PDFObjRef):
             dest = dest.resolve()
         return dest
+
     try:
         outlines = doc.get_outlines()
         outfp.write('<outlines>\n')
-        for (level,title,dest,a,se) in outlines:
+        for (level, title, dest, a, se) in outlines:
             pageno = None
             if dest:
                 dest = resolve_dest(dest)
@@ -145,7 +144,8 @@ def dumpoutline(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
                 action = a
                 if isinstance(action, dict):
                     subtype = action.get('S')
-                    if subtype and repr(subtype) == '/\'GoTo\'' and action.get('D'):
+                    if subtype and repr(subtype) == '/\'GoTo\'' and action.get(
+                            'D'):
                         dest = resolve_dest(action['D'])
                         pageno = pages[dest[0].objid]
             s = e(title).encode('utf-8', 'xmlcharrefreplace')
@@ -164,9 +164,11 @@ def dumpoutline(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
     fp.close()
     return
 
-# extractembedded
+
 LITERAL_FILESPEC = LIT('Filespec')
 LITERAL_EMBEDDEDFILE = LIT('EmbeddedFile')
+
+
 def extractembedded(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
                     dumpall=False, codec=None, extractdir=None):
     def extract1(obj):
@@ -184,8 +186,8 @@ def extractembedded(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
         path = os.path.join(extractdir, filename)
         if os.path.exists(path):
             raise IOError('file exists: %r' % path)
-        print >>sys.stderr, 'extracting: %r' % path
-        out = file(path, 'wb')
+        print('extracting: %r' % path)
+        out = open(path, 'wb')
         out.write(fileobj.get_data())
         out.close()
         return
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ def extractembedded(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
     fp.close()
     return
 
-# dumppdf
+
 def dumppdf(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
             dumpall=False, codec=None, extractdir=None):
     fp = open(fname, 'rb')
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ def dumppdf(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
             obj = doc.getobj(objid)
             dumpxml(outfp, obj, codec=codec)
     if pagenos:
-        for (pageno,page) in enumerate(PDFPage.create_pages(doc)):
+        for (pageno, page) in enumerate(PDFPage.create_pages(doc)):
             if pageno in pagenos:
                 if codec:
                     for obj in page.contents:
@@ -225,51 +227,119 @@ def dumppdf(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password='',
     if (not objids) and (not pagenos) and (not dumpall):
         dumptrailers(outfp, doc)
     fp.close()
-    if codec not in ('raw','binary'):
+    if codec not in ('raw', 'binary'):
         outfp.write('\n')
     return
 
 
-# main
-def main(argv):
-    import getopt
-    def usage():
-        print ('usage: %s [-d] [-a] [-p pageid] [-P password] [-r|-b|-t] [-T] [-E directory] [-i objid] file ...' % argv[0])
-        return 100
-    try:
-        (opts, args) = getopt.getopt(argv[1:], 'dap:P:rbtTE:i:o:')
-    except getopt.GetoptError:
-        return usage()
-    if not args: return usage()
-    objids = []
-    pagenos = set()
-    codec = None
-    password = ''
-    dumpall = False
-    proc = dumppdf
-    outfp = sys.stdout
-    extractdir = None
-    for (k, v) in opts:
-        if k == '-d': logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
-        elif k == '-o': outfp = open(v, 'w')
-        elif k == '-i': objids.extend( int(x) for x in v.split(',') )
-        elif k == '-p': pagenos.update( int(x)-1 for x in v.split(',') )
-        elif k == '-P': password = v
-        elif k == '-a': dumpall = True
-        elif k == '-r': codec = 'raw'
-        elif k == '-b': codec = 'binary'
-        elif k == '-t': codec = 'text'
-        elif k == '-T': proc = dumpoutline
-        elif k == '-E':
-            extractdir = v
-            proc = extractembedded
+def create_parser():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, add_help=True)
+    parser.add_argument('files', type=str, default=None, nargs='+',
+                        help='One or more paths to PDF files.')
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-d', '--debug', default=False, action='store_true',
+        help='Use debug logging level.')
+    procedure_parser = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    procedure_parser.add_argument(
+        '-T', '--extract-toc', default=False, action='store_true',
+        help='Extract structure of outline')
+    procedure_parser.add_argument(
+        '-E', '--extract-embedded', type=str,
+        help='Extract embedded files')
+
+    parse_params = parser.add_argument_group(
+        'Parser', description='Used during PDF parsing')
+    parse_params.add_argument(
+        "--page-numbers", type=int, default=None, nargs="+",
+        help="A space-seperated list of page numbers to parse.")
+    parse_params.add_argument(
+        "-p", "--pagenos", type=str,
+        help="A comma-separated list of page numbers to parse. Included for "
+             "legacy applications, use --page-numbers for more idiomatic "
+             "argument entry.")
+    parse_params.add_argument(
+        '-i', '--objects', type=str,
+        help='Comma separated list of object numbers to extract')
+    parse_params.add_argument(
+        '-a', '--all', default=False, action='store_true',
+        help='If the structure of all objects should be extracted')
+    parse_params.add_argument(
+        '-P', '--password', type=str, default='',
+        help='The password to use for decrypting PDF file.')
+
+    output_params = parser.add_argument_group(
+        'Output', description='Used during output generation.')
+    output_params.add_argument(
+        '-o', '--outfile', type=str, default='-',
+        help='Path to file where output is written. Or "-" (default) to '
+             'write to stdout.')
+    codec_parser = output_params.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    codec_parser.add_argument(
+        '-r', '--raw-stream', default=False, action='store_true',
+        help='Write stream objects without encoding')
+    codec_parser.add_argument(
+        '-b', '--binary-stream', default=False, action='store_true',
+        help='Write stream objects with binary encoding')
+    codec_parser.add_argument(
+        '-t', '--text-stream', default=False, action='store_true',
+        help='Write stream objects as plain text')
+
+    return parser
+
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    parser = create_parser()
+    args = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+
+    if args.debug:
+        logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    if args.outfile == '-':
+        outfp = sys.stdout
+    else:
+        outfp = open(args.outfile, 'w')
+
+    if args.objects:
+        objids = [int(x) for x in args.objects.split(',')]
+    else:
+        objids = []
+
+    if args.page_numbers:
+        pagenos = {x - 1 for x in args.page_numbers}
+    elif args.pagenos:
+        pagenos = {int(x) - 1 for x in args.pagenos.split(',')}
+    else:
+        pagenos = set()
+
+    password = args.password
     if six.PY2 and sys.stdin.encoding:
         password = password.decode(sys.stdin.encoding)
 
-    for fname in args:
+    if args.raw_stream:
+        codec = 'raw'
+    elif args.binary_stream:
+        codec = 'binary'
+    elif args.text_stream:
+        codec = 'text'
+    else:
+        codec = None
+
+    if args.extract_toc:
+        extractdir = None
+        proc = dumpoutline
+    elif args.extract_embedded:
+        extractdir = args.extract_embedded
+        proc = extractembedded
+    else:
+        extractdir = None
+        proc = dumppdf
+
+    for fname in args.files:
         proc(outfp, fname, objids, pagenos, password=password,
-             dumpall=dumpall, codec=codec, extractdir=extractdir)
+             dumpall=args.all, codec=codec, extractdir=extractdir)
     outfp.close()
 
-if __name__ == '__main__': sys.exit(main(sys.argv))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())