diff --git a/src/CLIParser.cpp b/src/CLIParser.cpp
index 788db58..fcbfabb 100644
--- a/src/CLIParser.cpp
+++ b/src/CLIParser.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ void CLIParser::build() {
                     "enable gdb server and specify port to use")
             ("dump-ir",
                     "dump the intermediate representation")
+			("dump-structure", po::value<std::string>(),
+					"dump model structure to ELK file")
             ("quantum", po::value<unsigned>(),
                     "SystemC quantum time in ns")
             ("reset,r", po::value<std::string>(),
diff --git a/src/sc_main.cpp b/src/sc_main.cpp
index f4fbab3..2d875ae 100644
--- a/src/sc_main.cpp
+++ b/src/sc_main.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <scc/configurable_tracer.h>
 #include <scc/configurer.h>
+#include <scc/hierarchy_dumper.h>
 #include <scc/report.h>
 #include <scc/scv/scv_tr_db.h>
 #include <scc/tracer.h>
@@ -78,6 +79,9 @@ int sc_main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (of.is_open()) cfg.dump_configuration(of);
     }
     cfg.configure();
+    std::unique_ptr<scc::hierarchy_dumper> dumper;
+    if(parser.is_set("dump-structure"))
+        dumper.reset(new scc::hierarchy_dumper(parser.get<std::string>("dump-structure"), scc::hierarchy_dumper::D3JSON));
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // overwrite config with command line settings
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////