diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2638b5c..86cf7f7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ var Tput = require('blessed').Tput
 console.log(tput.setaf(4) + 'hello' + tput.sgr0());
 ```
 
+To play around with it on the command line, it works just like tput:
+
+``` bash
+$ tput.js setaf 2
+$ tput.js sgr0
+```
+
+The higher level functionality is exposed in the main `blessed` module:
+
 ``` js
 var blessed = require('blessed')
   , program = blessed();
diff --git a/bin/tput.js b/bin/tput.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f5d7126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/tput.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+var tput = require('../lib/tput')(process.env.TERM || 'xterm')
+  , argv = process.argv.slice(2)
+  , cmd = argv.shift();
+
+if (tput[cmd]) {
+  process.stdout.write(tput[cmd].apply(tput, argv));
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5f073d2..1f09f29 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
   "author": "Christopher Jeffrey",
   "version": "0.0.3",
   "main": "./lib/program.js",
+  "bin": "./bin/tput.js",
+  "preferGlobal": false,
   "repository": "git://github.com/chjj/blessed.git",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/chjj/blessed",
   "bugs": { "url": "http://github.com/chjj/blessed/issues" },
-  "keywords": ["curses", "tui"],
-  "tags": ["curses", "tui"],
+  "keywords": ["curses", "tui", "tput"],
+  "tags": ["curses", "tui", "tput"],
   "scripts": { "test": "node test", "bench": "node test --bench" }
 }