diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 756e0e6f..bcf17f7e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ jobs:
           cd examples/ipfs_node/wasm/ipfs_node
           cargo fmt --all -- --check --color always
           cargo wasi build
-          cargo clippy -v
+          cargo clippy -v --target wasm32-wasi
 
           cd ../ipfs_rpc
           cargo fmt --all -- --check --color always
           cargo wasi build
-          cargo clippy -v
+          cargo clippy -v --target wasm32-wasi
 
 #          cd ../../../../tools/wit_embedder
 #          cargo fmt --all -- --check --color always
diff --git a/tools/cli/src/args.rs b/tools/cli/src/args.rs
index 36cca3aa..c8eaa5f6 100644
--- a/tools/cli/src/args.rs
+++ b/tools/cli/src/args.rs
@@ -25,15 +25,15 @@ pub const IN_WASM_PATH: &str = "in-wasm-path";
 pub fn build<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
     SubCommand::with_name("build")
         .about("build provided Rust project to Wasm")
-        .args(&[Arg::with_name(IN_WASM_PATH)
-            .takes_value(true)
-            .short("i")
-            .help("path to a Cargo.toml file")])
+        .setting(clap::AppSettings::TrailingVarArg)
+        .setting(clap::AppSettings::AllowLeadingHyphen)
+        .arg(Arg::from_usage("[optional]... 'cargo build arguments'").multiple(true))
 }
 
 pub fn show_wit<'a, 'b>() -> App<'a, 'b> {
     SubCommand::with_name("show")
         .about("show WIT in provided Wasm file")
+        .setting(clap::AppSettings::ArgRequiredElseHelp)
         .args(&[Arg::with_name(IN_WASM_PATH)
             .required(true)
             .takes_value(true)
diff --git a/tools/cli/src/build.rs b/tools/cli/src/build.rs
index 7300d4ba..9e1d4ee9 100644
--- a/tools/cli/src/build.rs
+++ b/tools/cli/src/build.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 use crate::Result;
 use crate::errors::CLIError;
 
-use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
@@ -29,15 +28,13 @@ enum DiagnosticMessage {
     RunWithArgs,
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn build(manifest_path: Option<PathBuf>) -> Result<()> {
+pub(crate) fn build(trailing_args: Vec<&str>) -> Result<()> {
     use std::io::Read;
 
     let mut cargo = Command::new("cargo");
     cargo.arg("build").arg("--target").arg("wasm32-wasi");
     cargo.arg("--message-format").arg("json-render-diagnostics");
-    if let Some(wasm_path) = manifest_path {
-        cargo.arg("--manifest-path").arg(wasm_path);
-    }
+    cargo.args(trailing_args);
 
     let mut process = cargo.stdout(std::process::Stdio::piped()).spawn()?;
 
diff --git a/tools/cli/src/main.rs b/tools/cli/src/main.rs
index e77dc56b..1f4ec738 100644
--- a/tools/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/tools/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -29,27 +29,22 @@ mod args;
 mod build;
 mod errors;
 
-use clap::App;
-use clap::AppSettings;
-
 pub(crate) type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, crate::errors::CLIError>;
 
 pub fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let app = App::new("CLI tool for embedding WIT to provided Wasm file")
+    let app = clap::App::new("CLI tool for embedding WIT to provided Wasm file")
         .version(args::VERSION)
         .author(args::AUTHORS)
         .about(args::DESCRIPTION)
-        .setting(AppSettings::ArgRequiredElseHelp)
         .subcommand(args::build())
         .subcommand(args::show_wit());
+    let arg_matches = app.get_matches();
 
-    match app.get_matches().subcommand() {
-        ("build", Some(arg)) => {
-            let manifest_path = arg
-                .value_of(args::IN_WASM_PATH)
-                .map(std::path::PathBuf::from);
+    match arg_matches.subcommand() {
+        ("build", Some(args)) => {
+            let trailing_args: Vec<&str> = args.values_of("optional").unwrap_or_default().collect();
 
-            crate::build::build(manifest_path)
+            crate::build::build(trailing_args)
         }
         ("show", Some(arg)) => {
             let wasm_path = arg.value_of(args::IN_WASM_PATH).unwrap();