diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6920943..aafec36 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -92,4 +92,9 @@ def read(fname):
         'python-dateutil',
     ],
     extras_require=EXTRAS,
+    entry_points={
+        'console_scripts': [
+            "udplog-send = udplog.cli:send",
+        ]
+    },
 )
diff --git a/udplog/cli.py b/udplog/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2015545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/udplog/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+# -*- test-case-name: udplog.test.test_cli -*-
+# Copyright (c) Rackspace US, Inc.
+# See LICENSE for details.
+
+"""
+Command line script entry points.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import division, absolute_import
+
+import socket
+import sys
+from os import path
+
+import simplejson
+
+from twisted.python import usage
+
+from udplog import udplog
+
+LEVEL_NAMES = {'CRITICAL', 'ERROR', 'WARNING', 'INFO', 'DEBUG'}
+
+class SendOptions(usage.Options):
+    synopsis = ("udplog-send --category=category [options] message ...\n"
+                "udplog-send --extra=json [options]")
+    optParameters = [
+        ['category', 'c', 'udplog_unknown',
+         "The type of log event"],
+        ['level', 'l', 'INFO',
+         "The log level"],
+        ['appname', 'a', 'udplog-send',
+         "The name of the application emitting the log event"],
+        ['extra', 'e', None,
+         "A JSON object (dictionary) of event fields to be merged into the "
+             "emitted event"],
+        ['udplog-host', 'h', udplog.DEFAULT_HOST,
+         "The hostname of the UDPLog server"],
+        ['udplog-port', 'p', udplog.DEFAULT_PORT,
+         "The portname of the UDPLog server"],
+    ]
+
+    def parseArgs(self, *args):
+        self['message'] = (" ".join(args)).decode('utf-8')
+
+
+    def postOptions(self):
+        if self['extra']:
+            try:
+                self['extra'] = simplejson.loads(self['extra'])
+            except Exception, exc:
+                raise usage.UsageError("Could not parse extra fields as a "
+                                       "JSON object: %s" % (exc,))
+        else:
+            self['extra'] = {}
+
+        if self['extra'].get('category'):
+            self['category'] = self['extra']['category']
+
+        if self['extra'].get('message'):
+            self['message'] = self['extra']['message']
+
+        if self['extra'].get('logLevel'):
+            self['level'] = self['extra']['logLevel']
+
+        if not self['category']:
+            raise usage.UsageError("No log category provided")
+
+        if not self['message']:
+            raise usage.UsageError("No log message provided")
+
+        self['level'] = self['level'].upper()
+        if self['level'] not in LEVEL_NAMES:
+            raise usage.UsageError("Log level must be one of " +
+                                   ", ".join(LEVEL_NAMES))
+
+def send(options=None):
+    config = SendOptions()
+    try:
+        config.parseOptions(options)
+    except usage.UsageError, exc:
+        name = path.basename(sys.argv[0])
+        print "%s: %s" % (name, exc)
+        print "%s: Try --help for usage details." % (name,)
+        return 1
+
+    eventDict = {
+        'message': config['message'],
+        'logLevel': config['level'],
+        'appname': config['appname'],
+    }
+
+    eventDict.update(config['extra'])
+
+    eventDict.setdefault('hostname', socket.gethostname())
+
+    logger = udplog.UDPLogger()
+    logger.log(config['category'], eventDict)
+
+    return 0
diff --git a/udplog/test/test_cli.py b/udplog/test/test_cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62afbeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/udplog/test/test_cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) Rackspace US, Inc.
+# See LICENSE for details.
+"""
+Tests for L{udplog.cli}.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import division, absolute_import
+
+from twisted.python import usage
+from twisted.trial.unittest import TestCase
+
+from udplog.cli import SendOptions
+
+class SendOptionsTests(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for L{udplog.cli.SendOptions}.
+    """
+
+    def test_message(self):
+        """
+        Non-option arguments are the log message.
+        """
+        options = ["foo"]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        config.parseOptions(options)
+        self.assertEqual('foo', config['message'])
+
+
+    def test_messageMultiple(self):
+        """
+        Multiple non-option arguments are joined by spaces.
+        """
+        options = ["foo", "bar"]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        config.parseOptions(options)
+        self.assertEqual('foo bar', config['message'])
+
+
+    def test_messageEmpty(self):
+        """
+        An empty log message raises an exception.
+        """
+        options = [""]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        exc = self.assertRaises(usage.UsageError, config.parseOptions,
+                                                  options)
+        self.assertEqual("No log message provided", str(exc))
+
+
+    def test_messageMissing(self):
+        """
+        Not providing a message raises an exception.
+        """
+        options = []
+        config = SendOptions()
+        exc = self.assertRaises(usage.UsageError, config.parseOptions,
+                                                  options)
+        self.assertEqual("No log message provided", str(exc))
+
+
+    def test_category(self):
+        """
+        The log category is parsed.
+        """
+        options = ["--category=foo", "bar"]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        config.parseOptions(options)
+        self.assertEqual("foo", config['category'])
+
+
+    def test_categoryEmpty(self):
+        """
+        An empty log category raises an exception.
+        """
+        options = ["--category="]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        exc = self.assertRaises(usage.UsageError, config.parseOptions,
+                                                  options)
+        self.assertEqual("No log category provided", str(exc))
+
+
+    def test_extra(self):
+        """
+        Extra fields as JSON are merged in.
+        """
+        options = ["""--extra={"foo": "baz"}""", "bar"]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        config.parseOptions(options)
+        self.assertEqual("baz", config['extra']['foo'])
+
+
+    def test_extraMessage(self):
+        """
+        The log message may also be provided in the extra fields.
+        """
+        options = ["""--extra={"message": "bar"}"""]
+        config = SendOptions()
+        config.parseOptions(options)
+        self.assertEqual("bar", config['message'])