diff --git a/kernel/yosys.cc b/kernel/yosys.cc
index f002955ad..6884305d9 100644
--- a/kernel/yosys.cc
+++ b/kernel/yosys.cc
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ std::string vstringf(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 	std::string string;
 	char *str = NULL;
 
-#if defined(_WIN32 )|| defined(__CYGWIN__) 
+#if defined(_WIN32 )|| defined(__CYGWIN__)
 	int sz = 64, rc;
 	while (1) {
 		va_list apc;
@@ -637,8 +637,9 @@ extern Tcl_Interp *yosys_get_tcl_interp()
 struct TclPass : public Pass {
 	TclPass() : Pass("tcl", "execute a TCL script file") { }
 	void help() YS_OVERRIDE {
+		//   |---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|---v---|
 		log("\n");
-		log("    tcl <filename>\n");
+		log("    tcl <filename> [args]\n");
 		log("\n");
 		log("This command executes the tcl commands in the specified file.\n");
 		log("Use 'yosys cmd' to run the yosys command 'cmd' from tcl.\n");
@@ -648,14 +649,24 @@ struct TclPass : public Pass {
 		log("'proc' and 'rename' are wrapped to tcl commands 'procs' and 'renames'\n");
 		log("in order to avoid a name collision with the built in commands.\n");
 		log("\n");
+		log("If any arguments are specified, these arguments are provided to the script via\n");
+		log("the standard $argc and $argv variables.\n");
+		log("\n");
 	}
-	void execute(std::vector<std::string> args, RTLIL::Design *design) YS_OVERRIDE {
+	void execute(std::vector<std::string> args, RTLIL::Design *) YS_OVERRIDE {
 		if (args.size() < 2)
 			log_cmd_error("Missing script file.\n");
-		if (args.size() > 2)
-			extra_args(args, 1, design, false);
-		if (Tcl_EvalFile(yosys_get_tcl_interp(), args[1].c_str()) != TCL_OK)
-			log_cmd_error("TCL interpreter returned an error: %s\n", Tcl_GetStringResult(yosys_get_tcl_interp()));
+
+		std::vector<Tcl_Obj*> script_args;
+		for (auto it = args.begin() + 2; it != args.end(); ++it)
+			script_args.push_back(Tcl_NewStringObj((*it).c_str(), (*it).size()));
+
+		Tcl_Interp *interp = yosys_get_tcl_interp();
+		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("argc", 4), NULL, Tcl_NewIntObj(script_args.size()), 0);
+		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("argv", 4), NULL, Tcl_NewListObj(script_args.size(), script_args.data()), 0);
+		Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("argv0", 5), NULL, Tcl_NewStringObj(args[1].c_str(), args[1].size()), 0);
+		if (Tcl_EvalFile(interp, args[1].c_str()) != TCL_OK)
+			log_cmd_error("TCL interpreter returned an error: %s\n", Tcl_GetStringResult(interp));
 	}
 } TclPass;
 #endif