diff --git a/profile-doc/profile/scribblings/toplevel.scrbl b/profile-doc/profile/scribblings/toplevel.scrbl
index 454bb2a..797a9e5 100644
--- a/profile-doc/profile/scribblings/toplevel.scrbl
+++ b/profile-doc/profile/scribblings/toplevel.scrbl
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@
 
 @title{Toplevel Interface}
 
+@index["raco profile"]{
+The profiler can be invoked directly from the command-line using the
+@exec{raco profile} command, which takes a file name as argument, and runs the
+profiler on the @racket[main] submodule of that file (if it exists), or on the
+module itself (if there is no @racket[main] submodule).
+
+To allow control over its behavior, @exec{raco profile} accepts flags that
+correspond to those of @racket[profile-thunk] below.
+}
+
 @defmodule[profile]
 
 This module provides one procedure and one macro that are convenient
diff --git a/profile-lib/info.rkt b/profile-lib/info.rkt
index 5334dff..aad4eb7 100644
--- a/profile-lib/info.rkt
+++ b/profile-lib/info.rkt
@@ -8,3 +8,9 @@
 (define pkg-desc "implementation (no documentation) part of \"profile\"")
 
 (define pkg-authors '(eli stamourv))
+
+(define raco-commands
+  '(("profile"
+     profile/raco
+     "profile execution time"
+     #f)))
diff --git a/profile-lib/raco-utils.rkt b/profile-lib/raco-utils.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d85d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profile-lib/raco-utils.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#lang racket/base
+
+(provide module-to-profile)
+
+(define (module-to-profile file)
+  ;; check if there's a main submodule
+  (define file-path `(file ,file))
+  (define main-path `(submod ,file-path main))
+  (dynamic-require file-path (void)) ; visit the module, but don't run it
+  (if (module-declared? main-path #f)
+      main-path
+      file-path))
diff --git a/profile-lib/raco.rkt b/profile-lib/raco.rkt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c097d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/profile-lib/raco.rkt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#lang racket/base
+
+(require racket/cmdline
+         raco/command-name
+         errortrace/errortrace-lib
+         "main.rkt" "raco-utils.rkt")
+
+;; raco profile
+;; profile the main submodule (if there is one), or the top-level module
+
+(define delay #f)
+(define iterations #f)
+(define threads? #f)
+(define use-errortrace? #f)
+(define file
+  (command-line #:program (short-program+command-name)
+                #:once-each
+                [("--delay") n
+                 "Sampling rate (seconds)"
+                 (let ([n* (string->number n)])
+                   (unless (real? n)
+                     (raise-argument-error 'raco-profile "real?" n*))
+                   (set! delay n*))]
+                [("--repeat") n
+                 "Number of iterations"
+                 (let ([n* (string->number n)])
+                   (unless (integer?)
+                     (raise-argument-error 'raco-profile "integer?" n*))
+                   (set! iterations n*))]
+                [("--all-threads")
+                 "Profile all threads"
+                 (set! threads? #t)]
+                [("--use-errortrace")
+                 "Use errortrace mode"
+                 (set! use-errortrace? #t)]
+                #:args (filename)
+                filename))
+
+(parameterize ([current-compile
+                (if use-errortrace?
+                    (make-errortrace-compile-handler)
+                    (current-compile))])
+  (define (t) (dynamic-require (module-to-profile file) #f))
+  (cond [(and delay iterations)
+         (profile-thunk t
+                        #:delay delay
+                        #:repeat iterations
+                        #:threads threads?
+                        #:use-errortrace? use-errortrace?)]
+        [delay
+          (profile-thunk t
+                         #:delay delay
+                         #:threads threads?
+                         #:use-errortrace? use-errortrace?)]
+        [iterations
+         (profile-thunk t
+                        #:repeat iterations
+                        #:threads threads?
+                        #:use-errortrace? use-errortrace?)]
+        [else
+         (profile-thunk t
+                        #:threads threads?
+                        #:use-errortrace? use-errortrace?)]))