diff --git a/src/argparse.c b/src/argparse.c
index 6d97558..9e495b7 100644
--- a/src/argparse.c
+++ b/src/argparse.c
@@ -205,6 +205,37 @@ int argparse_add_flag(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, struct arg_flag *flag)
   return 0;
 }
 
+/**
+* @brief add an arg_int to the context for later parsing
+*
+* @param ctx - the context the command should be added to
+* @param integer - the arg_int to add
+*
+* @return 0 = everything is fine, -1 error occured
+*/
+int argparse_add_int(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, struct arg_int *integer)
+{
+  if (ctx == NULL || integer == NULL)
+  {
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  integer->base.type=ARG_INT;
+
+
+  // check if the array size has to be increased
+  if (ctx->nr_arguments % ARGPARSE_INITIAL_COMMAND_NR == 0)
+  {
+    ctx->arguments= (void **) realloc(ctx->arguments, sizeof(void *)*(ctx->nr_arguments+ARGPARSE_INITIAL_COMMAND_NR));
+  }
+
+  // append the command to the array
+  ctx->arguments[ctx->nr_arguments]=integer;
+  ctx->nr_arguments++;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
 /**
 * @brief internal function to print usage information, not exported to user
 *
@@ -249,6 +280,11 @@ void argparse_usage(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, char *program)
                                             to_flag(ctx->arguments[i])->long_flag,
                                             to_flag(ctx->arguments[i])->description);
             break;
+      case ARG_INT:
+            printf("\t-%c <integer> | --%s=<integer>\t\t%s\n", to_flag(ctx->arguments[i])->short_flag,
+                                           to_flag(ctx->arguments[i])->long_flag,
+                                           to_flag(ctx->arguments[i])->description);
+            break;
       default:
         break;
     };
@@ -378,6 +414,37 @@ int argparse_parse(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, int argc, char **argv)
             }
           }
         }
+        else if (argv[i][0]=='-' && to_argbase(ctx->arguments[r])->type == ARG_INT)
+        {
+          // check for long argument format or short
+          if(argv[i][1]=='-')
+          {
+            char *tok=strtok(argv[i],"=");
+            if (strcmp(tok+2,to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->long_flag)==0)
+            {
+              to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->base.set=1;
+              tok=strtok(NULL,"=");
+              found=1;
+              if (to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->value != NULL)
+              {
+                *(to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->value)=(int) strtol(tok,NULL,10);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            if(argv[i][1] == to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->short_flag)
+            {
+              found=1;
+              to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->base.set=1;
+              if (to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->value != NULL)
+              {
+                *(to_int(ctx->arguments[r])->value)=(int) strtol(argv[i+1],NULL,10);
+              }
+              i++;
+            }
+          }
+        }
       }
 
       if (found == 0)
diff --git a/src/argparse.h b/src/argparse.h
index 2266e39..e605a26 100644
--- a/src/argparse.h
+++ b/src/argparse.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #define to_cmd(ptr) ((struct arg_parse_cmd *)ptr)   ///< convert a pointer to an arg_parse_cmd structure pointer
 #define to_str(ptr) ((struct arg_str *)ptr)         ///< convert a pointer to an arg_str structure pointer
 #define to_flag(ptr) ((struct arg_flag *) ptr)      ///< convert a pointer to an arg_flag structure pointer
+#define to_int(ptr) ((struct arg_int *) ptr)        ///< convert a pointer to an arg_int structure pointer
 
 /**
 * @brief supported argument types
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ struct arg_str {
 };
 
 /**
-*  qbrief structure repsenting a simple flag command line argument
+*  @brief structure representing a simple flag command line argument
 */
 struct arg_flag {
   struct arg_base base;           ///< base of the command line argument
@@ -129,6 +130,18 @@ struct arg_flag {
   int (*cb)(void *ctx, void *userdata);  ///< callback called if argument is found
 };
 
+/**
+*  @brief structure representing a simple int command line argument
+*/
+struct arg_int {
+  struct arg_base base;           ///< base of the command line argument
+  char short_flag;                ///< one char flag identifying the argument, ignored if NULL
+  const char *long_flag;          ///< multi char flag identifying the argument, ignore if NULL
+  const char *description;        ///< short description of the argument
+  int *value;                     ///< the value of the option
+};
+
+
 
 /**
 * @brief structure for the argparse context, holding argparse specific data structures
@@ -145,6 +158,7 @@ void argparse_free(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx);
 int argparse_add_command(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, struct arg_parse_cmd *cmd);   ///< add a commandline command to the context
 int argparse_add_string(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, struct arg_str *str);          ///< add a string argument to the context
 int argparse_add_flag(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, struct arg_flag *flag);          ///< add a flag argument to the context
+int argparse_add_int(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx, struct arg_int *integer);          ///< add a integer argument to the context
 int argparse_parse(struct arg_parse_ctx *ctx,int argc, char **argv);              ///< parse the given commandline in the context
 
 #endif