diff --git a/parse.go b/parse.go
index b6eae4e..219a947 100644
--- a/parse.go
+++ b/parse.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type spec struct {
 var ErrHelp = errors.New("help requested by user")
 
 // MustParse processes command line arguments and exits upon failure
-func MustParse(dest ...interface{}) {
+func MustParse(dest ...interface{}) *Parser {
 	p, err := NewParser(dest...)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ func MustParse(dest ...interface{}) {
 	if err != nil {
 		p.Fail(err.Error())
 	}
+	return p
 }
 
 // Parse processes command line arguments and stores them in dest
diff --git a/parse_test.go b/parse_test.go
index eb6080c..7fca76a 100644
--- a/parse_test.go
+++ b/parse_test.go
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ func TestMustParse(t *testing.T) {
 		Foo string
 	}
 	os.Args = []string{"example", "--foo", "bar"}
-	MustParse(&args)
+	parser := MustParse(&args)
 	assert.Equal(t, "bar", args.Foo)
+	assert.NotNil(t, parser)
 }