diff --git a/cmd/wire/main.go b/cmd/wire/main.go
index 35d9ea0..2256155 100644
--- a/cmd/wire/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wire/main.go
@@ -19,90 +19,105 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
+	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/token"
 	"go/types"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/google/subcommands"
 	"github.com/google/wire/internal/wire"
 	"github.com/pmezard/go-difflib/difflib"
 	"golang.org/x/tools/go/types/typeutil"
 )
 
-const usage = "usage: wire [gen|diff|show|check] [...]"
-
 func main() {
-	var (
-		exitCode = 0
-		err      error
-	)
-	switch {
-	case len(os.Args) == 2 && (os.Args[1] == "help" || os.Args[1] == "-h" || os.Args[1] == "-help" || os.Args[1] == "--help"):
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, usage)
-		os.Exit(0)
-	case len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "show":
-		err = show(".")
-	case len(os.Args) > 2 && os.Args[1] == "show":
-		err = show(os.Args[2:]...)
-	case len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "check":
-		err = check(".")
-	case len(os.Args) > 2 && os.Args[1] == "check":
-		err = check(os.Args[2:]...)
-	case len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "diff":
-		exitCode, err = diff(".")
-	case len(os.Args) > 2 && os.Args[1] == "diff":
-		exitCode, err = diff(os.Args[2:]...)
-	case len(os.Args) == 2 && os.Args[1] == "gen":
-		err = generate(".")
-	case len(os.Args) > 2 && os.Args[1] == "gen":
-		err = generate(os.Args[2:]...)
-	// No explicit command given, assume "gen".
-	case len(os.Args) == 1:
-		err = generate(".")
-	case len(os.Args) > 1:
-		err = generate(os.Args[1:]...)
-	default:
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, usage)
-		exitCode = 64
+	subcommands.Register(subcommands.CommandsCommand(), "")
+	subcommands.Register(subcommands.FlagsCommand(), "")
+	subcommands.Register(subcommands.HelpCommand(), "")
+	subcommands.Register(&checkCmd{}, "")
+	subcommands.Register(&diffCmd{}, "")
+	subcommands.Register(&genCmd{}, "")
+	subcommands.Register(&showCmd{}, "")
+	flag.Parse()
+
+	// Initialize the default logger to log to stderr.
+	log.SetFlags(0)
+	log.SetPrefix("wire: ")
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+
+	// TODO(rvangent): Use subcommands's VisitCommands instead of hardcoded map,
+	// once there is a release that contains it:
+	// allCmds := map[string]bool{}
+	// subcommands.DefaultCommander.VisitCommands(func(_ *subcommands.CommandGroup, cmd subcommands.Command) { allCmds[cmd.Name()] = true })
+	allCmds := map[string]bool{
+		"commands": true, // builtin
+		"help":     true, // builtin
+		"flags":    true, // builtin
+		"check":    true,
+		"diff":     true,
+		"gen":      true,
+		"show":     true,
 	}
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "wire:", err)
-		// Don't override more specific error codes from above
-		// (e.g., diff returns 2 on error).
-		if exitCode == 0 {
-			exitCode = 1
-		}
+	// Default to running the "gen" command.
+	if args := flag.Args(); len(args) == 0 || !allCmds[args[0]] {
+		genCmd := &genCmd{}
+		os.Exit(int(genCmd.Execute(context.Background(), flag.CommandLine)))
 	}
-	os.Exit(exitCode)
+	os.Exit(int(subcommands.Execute(context.Background())))
 }
 
-// generate runs the gen subcommand.
-//
-// Given one or more packages, gen will create the wire_gen.go file for each.
-func generate(pkgs ...string) error {
+// packages returns the slice of packages to run wire over based on f.
+// It defaults to ".".
+func packages(f *flag.FlagSet) []string {
+	pkgs := f.Args()
+	if len(pkgs) == 0 {
+		pkgs = []string{"."}
+	}
+	return pkgs
+}
+
+type genCmd struct{}
+
+func (*genCmd) Name() string { return "gen" }
+func (*genCmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return "generate the wire_gen.go file for each package"
+}
+func (*genCmd) Usage() string {
+	return `gen [packages]
+
+  Given one or more packages, gen creates the wire_gen.go file for each.
+
+  If no packages are listed, it defaults to ".".
+`
+}
+func (*genCmd) SetFlags(_ *flag.FlagSet) {}
+func (*genCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{}) subcommands.ExitStatus {
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		log.Println("failed to get working directory: ", err)
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
-	outs, errs := wire.Generate(context.Background(), wd, os.Environ(), pkgs)
+	outs, errs := wire.Generate(ctx, wd, os.Environ(), packages(f))
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		logErrors(errs)
-		return errors.New("generate failed")
+		log.Println("generate failed")
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
 	if len(outs) == 0 {
-		return nil
+		return subcommands.ExitSuccess
 	}
 	success := true
 	for _, out := range outs {
 		if len(out.Errs) > 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: generate failed\n", out.PkgPath)
 			logErrors(out.Errs)
+			log.Printf("%s: generate failed\n", out.PkgPath)
 			success = false
 		}
 		if len(out.Content) == 0 {
@@ -110,53 +125,63 @@ func generate(pkgs ...string) error {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := out.Commit(); err == nil {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: wrote %s\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath)
+			log.Printf("%s: wrote %s\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath)
 		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: failed to write %s: %v\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath, err)
+			log.Printf("%s: failed to write %s: %v\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath, err)
 			success = false
 		}
 	}
 	if !success {
-		return errors.New("at least one generate failure")
+		log.Println("at least one generate failure")
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
-	return nil
+	return subcommands.ExitSuccess
 }
 
-// diff runs the diff subcommand.
-//
-// Given one or more packages, diff will generate the content for the
-// wire_gen.go file, and output the diff against the existing file.
-//
-// Similar to the diff command, it returns 0 if no diff, 1 if different, 2
-// plus an error if trouble.
-func diff(pkgs ...string) (int, error) {
-	errReturn := func(err error) (int, error) {
-		return 2, err
-	}
-	okReturn := func(hadDiff bool) (int, error) {
-		if hadDiff {
-			return 1, nil
-		}
-		return 0, nil
-	}
+type diffCmd struct{}
+
+func (*diffCmd) Name() string { return "diff" }
+func (*diffCmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return "output a diff between existing wire_gen.go files and what gen would generate"
+}
+func (*diffCmd) Usage() string {
+	return `diff [packages]
+
+  Given one or more packages, diff generates the content for their wire_gen.go
+  files and outputs the diff against the existing files.
+
+  If no packages are listed, it defaults to ".".
+
+  Similar to the diff command, it returns 0 if no diff, 1 if different, 2
+  plus an error if trouble.
+`
+}
+func (*diffCmd) SetFlags(_ *flag.FlagSet) {}
+func (*diffCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{}) subcommands.ExitStatus {
+	const (
+		errReturn  = subcommands.ExitStatus(2)
+		diffReturn = subcommands.ExitStatus(1)
+	)
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
-		return errReturn(err)
+		log.Println("failed to get working directory: ", err)
+		return errReturn
 	}
-	outs, errs := wire.Generate(context.Background(), wd, os.Environ(), pkgs)
+	outs, errs := wire.Generate(ctx, wd, os.Environ(), packages(f))
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		logErrors(errs)
-		return errReturn(errors.New("generate failed"))
+		log.Println("generate failed")
+		return errReturn
 	}
 	if len(outs) == 0 {
-		return okReturn(false)
+		return subcommands.ExitSuccess
 	}
 	success := true
 	hadDiff := false
 	for _, out := range outs {
 		if len(out.Errs) > 0 {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: generate failed\n", out.PkgPath)
 			logErrors(out.Errs)
+			log.Printf("%s: generate failed\n", out.PkgPath)
 			success = false
 		}
 		if len(out.Content) == 0 {
@@ -170,32 +195,50 @@ func diff(pkgs ...string) (int, error) {
 			B: difflib.SplitLines(string(out.Content)),
 		}); err == nil {
 			if diff != "" {
-				fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "%s: diff from %s:\n%s", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath, diff)
+				// Print the actual diff to stdout, not stderr.
+				fmt.Printf("%s: diff from %s:\n%s\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath, diff)
 				hadDiff = true
 			}
 		} else {
-			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s: failed to diff %s: %v\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath, err)
+			log.Printf("%s: failed to diff %s: %v\n", out.PkgPath, out.OutputPath, err)
 			success = false
 		}
 	}
 	if !success {
-		return errReturn(errors.New("at least one generate failure"))
+		log.Println("at least one generate failure")
+		return errReturn
 	}
-	return okReturn(hadDiff)
+	if hadDiff {
+		return diffReturn
+	}
+	return subcommands.ExitSuccess
 }
 
-// show runs the show subcommand.
-//
-// Given one or more packages, show will find all the provider sets
-// declared as top-level variables and print what other provider sets it
-// imports and what outputs it can produce, given possible inputs.
-// It also lists any injector functions defined in the package.
-func show(pkgs ...string) error {
+type showCmd struct{}
+
+func (*showCmd) Name() string { return "show" }
+func (*showCmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return "describe all top-level provider sets"
+}
+func (*showCmd) Usage() string {
+	return `show [packages]
+
+  Given one or more packages, show finds all the provider sets declared as
+  top-level variables and prints what other provider sets they import and what
+  outputs they can produce, given possible inputs. It also lists any injector
+  functions defined in the package.
+
+  If no packages are listed, it defaults to ".".
+`
+}
+func (*showCmd) SetFlags(_ *flag.FlagSet) {}
+func (*showCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{}) subcommands.ExitStatus {
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		log.Println("failed to get working directory: ", err)
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
-	info, errs := wire.Load(context.Background(), wd, os.Environ(), pkgs)
+	info, errs := wire.Load(ctx, wd, os.Environ(), packages(f))
 	if info != nil {
 		keys := make([]wire.ProviderSetID, 0, len(info.Sets))
 		for k := range info.Sets {
@@ -261,27 +304,41 @@ func show(pkgs ...string) error {
 	}
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		logErrors(errs)
-		return errors.New("error loading packages")
+		log.Println("error loading packages")
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
-	return nil
+	return subcommands.ExitSuccess
 }
 
-// check runs the check subcommand.
-//
-// Given one or more packages, check will print any type-checking or
-// Wire errors found with top-level variable provider sets or injector
-// functions.
-func check(pkgs ...string) error {
+type checkCmd struct{}
+
+func (*checkCmd) Name() string { return "check" }
+func (*checkCmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return "print any Wire errors found"
+}
+func (*checkCmd) Usage() string {
+	return `check [packages]
+
+  Given one or more packages, check prints any type-checking or Wire errors
+  found with top-level variable provider sets or injector functions.
+
+  If no packages are listed, it defaults to ".".
+`
+}
+func (*checkCmd) SetFlags(_ *flag.FlagSet) {}
+func (*checkCmd) Execute(ctx context.Context, f *flag.FlagSet, args ...interface{}) subcommands.ExitStatus {
 	wd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		log.Println("failed to get working directory: ", err)
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
-	_, errs := wire.Load(context.Background(), wd, os.Environ(), pkgs)
+	_, errs := wire.Load(ctx, wd, os.Environ(), packages(f))
 	if len(errs) > 0 {
 		logErrors(errs)
-		return errors.New("error loading packages")
+		log.Println("error loading packages")
+		return subcommands.ExitFailure
 	}
-	return nil
+	return subcommands.ExitSuccess
 }
 
 type outGroup struct {
@@ -503,6 +560,6 @@ func formatProviderSetName(importPath, varName string) string {
 
 func logErrors(errs []error) {
 	for _, err := range errs {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, strings.Replace(err.Error(), "\n", "\n\t", -1))
+		log.Println(strings.Replace(err.Error(), "\n", "\n\t", -1))
 	}
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5bf5c56..5a3912f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ module github.com/google/wire
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0
+	github.com/google/subcommands v1.0.1
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190422233926-fe54fb35175b
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 57add19..88ea58c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0 h1:+dTQ8DZQJz0Mb/HjFlkptS1FeQ4cWSnN941F8aEG4SQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=
+github.com/google/subcommands v1.0.1 h1:/eqq+otEXm5vhfBrbREPCSVQbvofip6kIz+mX5TUH7k=
+github.com/google/subcommands v1.0.1/go.mod h1:ZjhPrFU+Olkh9WazFPsl27BQ4UPiG37m3yTrtFlrHVk=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
diff --git a/internal/alldeps b/internal/alldeps
index fc533ad..e2ede73 100644
--- a/internal/alldeps
+++ b/internal/alldeps
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+github.com/google/subcommands
 github.com/google/wire
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib
 golang.org/x/tools