diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index db3901c..3ba6942 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
         \\--no-alternate           Do not use the alternate terminal screen.
         \\--no-trace               Do not enable internal tracing.
         \\--restore-session        Restore restart session.
+        \\--show-input             Open the input view on start.
         \\<str>...                 File to open.
         \\                         Add +<LINE> to the command line or append
         \\                         :LINE or :LINE:COL to the file name to jump
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
 
     env.set("restore-session", (res.args.@"restore-session" != 0));
     env.set("no-alternate", (res.args.@"no-alternate" != 0));
+    env.set("show-input", (res.args.@"show-input" != 0));
     env.set("no-sleep", (res.args.@"no-sleep" != 0));
     env.set("dump-stack-trace", (res.args.@"debug-dump-on-error" != 0));
     if (res.args.@"frame-rate") |frame_rate|
diff --git a/src/tui/mainview.zig b/src/tui/mainview.zig
index 779930f..b212e8b 100644
--- a/src/tui/mainview.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mainview.zig
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ pub fn create(a: std.mem.Allocator, n: nc.Plane) !Widget {
     try widgets.add(try Widget.empty(a, n, .dynamic));
     self.statusbar = try widgets.addP(try @import("status/statusbar.zig").create(a, w));
     self.resize();
+    if (tp.env.get().is("show-input"))
+        self.toggle_inputview_async();
     return w;
 }
 
@@ -335,6 +337,10 @@ fn create_editor(self: *Self) tp.result {
     self.resize();
 }
 
+fn toggle_inputview_async(_: *Self) void {
+    tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "toggle_inputview" }) catch return;
+}
+
 fn show_home_async(_: *Self) void {
     tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", "show_home" }) catch return;
 }