diff --git a/apegears/func_argparse.py b/apegears/func_argparse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59c362c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apegears/func_argparse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""
+``ApeGeargs`` <-> ``func_argparse`` integration.
+
+This module customizes the ``func_argparse``
+argparser-generator to generate an ``ApeGeargs`` argparser.
+
+To activate, simply import ``apegears.func_argparse`` instead of ``func_argparse``.
+"""
+
+import collections
+
+import func_argparse
+from func_argparse import (
+    ArgparserGenerator as _ArgparserGenerator,
+    ArgumentSpec as _ArgumentSpec,
+    _is_option_type, _GenericAlias)
+
+from .parser import ArgumentParser
+
+
+################################################################################
+# Definition of the our custom ArgumentParser generator
+
+class ApegearsArgumentSpec(_ArgumentSpec):
+
+    def __init__(self, adder_name, *flags, **kwargs):
+        self.adder_name = adder_name
+        super().__init__(*flags, **kwargs)
+
+    def add_to_parser(self, parser):
+        adder = getattr(parser, self.adder_name)
+        adder(*self.flags, **self.kwargs)
+
+
+class ApegearsGenerator(_ArgparserGenerator):
+
+    ArgParser = ArgumentParser
+
+    def _gen_param_arguments(self, arg_name, arg_type, doc, default, has_default, prefix):
+
+        a = arg_name
+        t = arg_type
+
+        flags = [a]
+        if prefix is not None and prefix != a:
+            flags = [prefix] + flags
+
+        kwargs = dict(
+            help=doc,
+        )
+
+        if t is bool:
+            adder = 'add_flag'
+
+        else:
+
+            required = not has_default
+            if required and _is_option_type(t):
+                t = t.__args__[0]
+                required = False
+                if not has_default:
+                    default = None
+                    has_default = True
+
+            kwargs['required'] = required
+            if has_default:
+                kwargs['default'] = default
+
+            adder = 'add_optional'
+
+            # try list option
+            elem_t = _get_list_contained_type(t)
+            if elem_t is not None:
+                adder = 'add_list'
+                kwargs.update(type=_get_type(elem_t), required=False)
+
+            else:
+                # try dict option
+                ktvt = _get_dict_contained_types(t)
+                if ktvt is not None:
+                    adder = 'add_dict'
+                    kt, vt = ktvt
+                    kwargs.update(key_type=_get_type(kt), type=_get_type(vt), required=False)
+
+                else:
+                    kwargs['type'] = _get_type(t)
+
+        yield ApegearsArgumentSpec(adder, *flags, **kwargs)
+
+
+def _get_type(t):
+    # all supported types are already directly supported by our ArgumentParser
+    return t
+
+
+def _get_list_contained_type(t):
+    if not isinstance(t, _GenericAlias):
+        return None
+    if t.__origin__ not in (list, collections.abc.Sequence):
+        return None
+    contained = t.__args__[0]
+    assert isinstance(contained, type)
+    return contained
+
+
+def _get_dict_contained_types(t):
+    if not isinstance(t, _GenericAlias):
+        return None
+    if t.__origin__ not in (dict, collections.abc.Mapping):
+        return None
+    kt, vt = t.__args__
+    assert isinstance(kt, type)
+    assert isinstance(vt, type)
+    return kt, vt
+
+
+################################################################################
+# bootstrapping
+
+# activate our custom generator:
+func_argparse.set_default_generator(ApegearsGenerator)
+
+# make any name importable from here, so users can change any line like
+# `from func_argparse import ...`
+# to
+# `from apegears.func_argparse import ...`
+from func_argparse import *
+
+
+################################################################################
diff --git a/requirements_optional.txt b/requirements_optional.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e08e22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_optional.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# for integration with various argument-parser generators
+func_argparse
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 543397a..a3ba1ac 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,5 @@
         "Operating System :: POSIX",
         "Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows",
     ],
-    keywords='CLI argparse ArgumentParser optparse',
-
+    keywords='CLI argparse ArgumentParser optparse func_argparse',
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_func_argparse.py b/tests/test_func_argparse.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7eed4d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_func_argparse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+"""
+Unit-tests for integration of the argparser with func_argparse generator.
+"""
+
+import unittest
+import datetime
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import List, Dict, Union
+from collections import OrderedDict
+
+from apegears.func_argparse import func_argparser, make_single_main
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+class Type1:
+
+    def __init__(self, val):
+        self.val = val
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_string(cls, x):
+        return cls(float(x))
+
+
+Type1.__argparse__ = dict(
+    from_string=Type1.from_string,
+    default='-1',
+    names=['type1', 't'],
+    help='a Type1 object',
+)
+
+
+class Enum1(Enum):
+    foo = 1
+    bar = 22
+    coo = 333
+
+
+################################################################################
+
+class FuncArgparseTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests integration with the func_argparse generator.
+    """
+
+    ################################################################################
+
+    def test_basic(self):
+        def foo(x: int, pretty: bool, z: float = 2.5):
+            pass
+
+        p = func_argparser(foo)
+
+        def P(args):
+            return p.parse_args(args.split())
+
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7').x, 7)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7').z, 2.5)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7').pretty, False)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7 --pretty').pretty, True)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7 -p').pretty, True)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7 --no-pretty').pretty, False)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 7 -z 9.5').z, 9.5)
+        self.assertRaises(SystemExit, P, '')  # x is required
+        self.assertRaises(SystemExit, P, '-x aaa')  # not an int value
+
+    def test_list_and_enum(self):
+        def foo(x: List[Enum1]):
+            pass
+
+        p = func_argparser(foo)
+
+        def P(args):
+            return p.parse_args(args.split())
+
+        self.assertEqual(P('').x, [])
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x bar coo').x, [Enum1.bar, Enum1.coo])
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x bar -x coo').x, [Enum1.bar, Enum1.coo])
+        self.assertRaises(SystemExit, P, '-x aaa')  # not an Enum1 value
+
+    def test_dict_and_standard_type(self):
+        def foo(x: Dict[int, datetime.date]):
+            pass
+
+        p = func_argparser(foo)
+
+        def P(args):
+            return p.parse_args(args.split())
+
+        d1 = datetime.date(2001, 2, 3)
+        d2 = datetime.date(2004, 5, 6)
+
+        self.assertEqual(P('').x, OrderedDict())
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 1=%s 2=%s' % (d1, d2)).x, OrderedDict([(1, d1), (2, d2)]))
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 2=%s' % d2).x, OrderedDict([(2, d2)]))
+        self.assertRaises(SystemExit, P, '-x qqq=%s' % d1)  # not an int key
+        self.assertRaises(SystemExit, P, '-x 5=200')  # not a date value
+
+    def test_custom_type(self):
+        def foo(x: Type1 = None):
+            pass
+
+        p = func_argparser(foo)
+
+        def P(args):
+            return p.parse_args(args.split())
+
+        self.assertEqual(P('').x, None)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 4.5').x.val, 4.5)
+
+    def test_union_with_none(self):
+        def foo(x: Union[Type1, None]):
+            pass
+
+        p = func_argparser(foo)
+
+        def P(args):
+            return p.parse_args(args.split())
+
+        self.assertEqual(P('').x, None)
+        self.assertEqual(P('-x 4.5').x.val, 4.5)
+
+    def test_main(self):
+
+        def foo(x: int, pretty: bool, z: float = 2.5):
+            return dict(locals())
+
+        res = make_single_main(foo)('-x 5'.split())
+        self.assertEqual(res, dict(x=5, pretty=False, z=2.5))
+        res = make_single_main(foo)('-x 5 --pretty -z 3.5'.split())
+        self.assertEqual(res, dict(x=5, pretty=True, z=3.5))
+
+
+################################################################################
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 26cf959..7efc39f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ envlist = py35, py36, py37, py38
 [testenv]
 setenv =
     PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}
-deps = nose
+deps =
+    nose
+    -r{toxinidir}/requirements_optional.txt
 commands =
     nosetests {toxinidir}/tests