diff --git a/bin/ansible b/bin/ansible
index 16d94896874..64592539728 100755
--- a/bin/ansible
+++ b/bin/ansible
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import shlex
 import ansible.runner
 import ansible.playbook
 import ansible.constants as C
+from ansible.scripts import base_ans_parser
 
 class Cli(object):
 
@@ -32,26 +33,11 @@ class Cli(object):
         pass
 
     def runner(self):
-        parser = OptionParser()
-        parser.add_option("-P", "--askpass", default=False, action="store_true",
-            help="ask the user to input the ssh password for connecting")
-        parser.add_option("-H", "--host-list", dest="host_list",
-            help="path to hosts list", default=C.DEFAULT_HOST_LIST)
-        parser.add_option("-L", "--library", dest="module_path",
-            help="path to module library", default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH)
-        parser.add_option("-f", "--forks", dest="forks", type="int",
-            help="level of parallelism", default=C.DEFAULT_FORKS)
+        parser = base_ans_parser()
         parser.add_option("-n", "--name", dest="module_name",
             help="module name to execute", default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME)
         parser.add_option("-a", "--args", dest="module_args",
             help="module arguments", default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_ARGS)
-        parser.add_option("-p", "--pattern", dest="pattern",
-            help="hostname pattern", default=C.DEFAULT_PATTERN)
-        parser.add_option("-u", "--remote-user", dest="remote_user",
-            help="remote username", default=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER)
-        parser.add_option("-r", "--run-playbook", dest="playbook",
-            help="playbook file, instead of -n and -a", default=None)
-
         options, args = parser.parse_args()
 
         # TODO: more shell like splitting on module_args would
@@ -61,28 +47,17 @@ class Cli(object):
         if options.askpass:
             sshpass = getpass.getpass(prompt="SSH password: ")
 
-        if options.playbook is None:
-            return ansible.runner.Runner(
-                module_name=options.module_name,
-                module_path=options.module_path,
-                module_args=shlex.split(options.module_args),
-                remote_user=options.remote_user,
-                remote_pass=sshpass,
-                host_list=options.host_list,
-                forks=options.forks,
-                pattern=options.pattern,
-                verbose=True,
-            )
-        else:
-            return ansible.playbook.PlayBook(
-                playbook=options.playbook,
-                module_path=options.module_path,
-                remote_user=options.remote_user,
-                remote_pass=sshpass,
-                host_list=options.host_list,
-                forks=options.forks,
-                verbose=True
-            )
+        return ansible.runner.Runner(
+            module_name=options.module_name,
+            module_path=options.module_path,
+            module_args=shlex.split(options.module_args),
+            remote_user=options.remote_user,
+            remote_pass=sshpass,
+            host_list=options.host_list,
+            forks=options.forks,
+            pattern=options.pattern,
+            verbose=True,
+        )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/scripts.py b/lib/ansible/scripts.py
index beadda13e35..28d8cec4f2e 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/scripts.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/scripts.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ def base_ans_parser():
         help="path to module library", default=C.DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH)
     parser.add_option('-u', '--user', default=C.DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER, 
         dest='remote_user', help='set the default username')
+    parser.add_option("-p", "--pattern", dest="pattern",
+        help="hostname pattern", default=C.DEFAULT_PATTERN)
     parser.add_option("-P", "--askpass", default=False, action="store_true",
         help="ask the user to input the ssh password for connecting")
     parser.add_option('-f','--forks', dest='forks', default=C.DEFAULT_FORKS, type='int',