diff --git a/oletools/olemeta.py b/oletools/olemeta.py
index 66318a0..573f1c5 100644
--- a/oletools/olemeta.py
+++ b/oletools/olemeta.py
@@ -48,19 +48,20 @@ http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools
 # 2016-10-25       PL: - fixed print for Python 3
 # 2016-10-28       PL: - removed the UTF8 codec for console display
 # 2017-04-26 v0.51 PL: - fixed absolute imports (issue #141)
+# 2017-05-04       PL: - added optparse and xglob (issue #141)
 
-__version__ = '0.51'
+__version__ = '0.51dev7'
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # TODO:
-# + optparse
 # + nicer output: table with fixed columns, datetime, etc
 # + CSV output
 # + option to only show available properties (by default)
+# + display codepage names
 
 #=== IMPORTS =================================================================
 
-import sys, os, codecs
+import sys, os, optparse
 
 # IMPORTANT: it should be possible to run oletools directly as scripts
 # in any directory without installing them with pip or setup.py.
@@ -75,17 +76,13 @@ if not _parent_dir in sys.path:
     sys.path.insert(0, _parent_dir)
 
 from oletools.thirdparty import olefile
+from oletools.thirdparty import xglob
 from oletools.thirdparty.tablestream import tablestream
 
 
 #=== MAIN =================================================================
 
-def main():
-    try:
-        ole = olefile.OleFileIO(sys.argv[1])
-    except IndexError:
-        sys.exit(__doc__)
-
+def process_ole(ole):
     # parse and display metadata:
     meta = ole.get_metadata()
 
@@ -128,7 +125,53 @@ def main():
             t.write_row([prop, value], colors=[None, 'yellow'])
     t.close()
 
-    ole.close()
+
+# === MAIN ===================================================================
+
+def main():
+    # print banner with version
+    print('olemeta %s - http://decalage.info/python/oletools' % __version__)
+    print ('THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS - Check updates regularly!')
+    print ('Please report any issue at https://github.com/decalage2/oletools/issues')
+
+    usage = 'usage: olemeta [options] <filename> [filename2 ...]'
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)
+    parser.add_option("-r", action="store_true", dest="recursive",
+                      help='find files recursively in subdirectories.')
+    parser.add_option("-z", "--zip", dest='zip_password', type='str', default=None,
+                      help='if the file is a zip archive, open all files from it, using the provided password (requires Python 2.6+)')
+    parser.add_option("-f", "--zipfname", dest='zip_fname', type='str', default='*',
+                      help='if the file is a zip archive, file(s) to be opened within the zip. Wildcards * and ? are supported. (default:*)')
+
+    # TODO: add logfile option
+    # parser.add_option('-l', '--loglevel', dest="loglevel", action="store", default=DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL,
+    #                         help="logging level debug/info/warning/error/critical (default=%default)")
+
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
+
+    # Print help if no arguments are passed
+    if len(args) == 0:
+        print(__doc__)
+        parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit()
+
+    for container, filename, data in xglob.iter_files(args, recursive=options.recursive,
+                                                      zip_password=options.zip_password, zip_fname=options.zip_fname):
+        # TODO: handle xglob errors
+        # ignore directory names stored in zip files:
+        if container and filename.endswith('/'):
+            continue
+        full_name = '%s in %s' % (filename, container) if container else filename
+        print("=" * 79)
+        print('FILE: %s\n' % full_name)
+        if data is not None:
+            # data extracted from zip file
+            ole = olefile.OleFileIO(data)
+        else:
+            # normal filename
+            ole = olefile.OleFileIO(filename)
+        process_ole(ole)
+        ole.close()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/oletools/oletimes.py b/oletools/oletimes.py
index 1807958..997a957 100644
--- a/oletools/oletimes.py
+++ b/oletools/oletimes.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools
 # 2016-07-20 v0.50 SL: - added Python 3 support
 # 2016-09-05       PL: - added main entry point for setup.py
 # 2017-05-03 v0.51 PL: - fixed absolute imports (issue #141)
-# 2017-05-04       PL: - added optparse and xglob
+# 2017-05-04       PL: - added optparse and xglob (issue #141)
 
 __version__ = '0.51dev7'
 
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ def main():
     print('oletimes %s - http://decalage.info/python/oletools' % __version__)
     print ('THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS - Check updates regularly!')
     print ('Please report any issue at https://github.com/decalage2/oletools/issues')
-    print ('')
 
     usage = 'usage: oletimes [options] <filename> [filename2 ...]'
     parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)