diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 70a0ad51..d2aa20ad 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -39,6 +39,13 @@ function cli()
 				type: [String, Array],
 				default: defaultOptions.excludedKeywords
 			},
+			"exclude-scheme":
+			{
+				rename: "excludedSchemes",
+				info: "URI schemes to ignore. Can be used multiple times.",
+				type: [String, Array],
+				default: defaultOptions.excludedSchemes
+			},
 			"exclude-external":
 			{
 				rename: "excludeExternalLinks",
@@ -152,15 +159,20 @@ cli.prototype.input = function(args, showArgs)
 	}
 	else if (args.input != null)
 	{
-		// TODO :: remove this when nopter's default values for Arrays are fixed
+		// TODO :: remove these when nopter's default values for Arrays are fixed
 		if (args.excludedKeywords === undefined)
 		{
 			args.excludedKeywords = defaultOptions.excludedKeywords;
 		}
+		if (args.excludedSchemes === undefined)
+		{
+			args.excludedSchemes = defaultOptions.excludedSchemes;
+		}
 		
 		run(args.input,
 		{
 			excludedKeywords:       args.excludedKeywords,
+			excludedSchemes:        args.excludedSchemes,
 			excludeExternalLinks:   args.excludeExternalLinks===true,
 			excludeInternalLinks:   args.excludeInternalLinks===true,
 			excludeLinksToSamePage: args.verbose!==true,