diff --git a/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp b/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp
index 051e7db2b..234d7d57d 100644
--- a/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/mwiniimporter/main.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ namespace bpo = boost::program_options;
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
-    bpo::options_description desc("Syntax: mwiniimporter -i inifile -c configfile <options>\nAllowed options");
+    bpo::options_description desc("Syntax: mwiniimporter <options> inifile configfile\nAllowed options");
+    bpo::positional_options_description p_desc;
     desc.add_options()
         ("help,h", "produce help message")
         ("verbose,v", "verbose output")
@@ -18,9 +19,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         ("output,o", bpo::value<std::string>()->default_value(""), "openmw.cfg file")
         ("game-files,g", "import esm and esp files")
         ;
+    p_desc.add("ini", 1).add("cfg", 1);
 
     bpo::variables_map vm;
-    bpo::store(boost::program_options::parse_command_line(argc, argv, desc), vm);
+    bpo::parsed_options parsed = bpo::command_line_parser(argc, argv)
+        .options(desc)
+        .positional(p_desc)
+        .run();
+    
+    bpo::store(parsed, vm);
 
     if(vm.count("help") || !vm.count("ini") || !vm.count("cfg")) {
         std::cout << desc;