diff --git a/ivy/cmd/assemble.c b/ivy/cmd/assemble.c
index de858b7..9eab1e4 100644
--- a/ivy/cmd/assemble.c
+++ b/ivy/cmd/assemble.c
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ B_COMMAND(CMD_ASSEMBLE, CMD_ROOT)
 	B_COMMAND_NAME("assemble");
 	B_COMMAND_SHORT_NAME('A');
 	B_COMMAND_DESC(
-		"assemble one or more Ivy source files into Ivy object files.");
+		"assemble one or more Ivy assembly source files into Ivy "
+	        "object files.");
 	B_COMMAND_FLAGS(B_COMMAND_SHOW_HELP_BY_DEFAULT);
 
 	B_COMMAND_HELP_OPTION();
diff --git a/ivy/cmd/cmd.h b/ivy/cmd/cmd.h
index d38e4a1..df18463 100644
--- a/ivy/cmd/cmd.h
+++ b/ivy/cmd/cmd.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 enum command_id {
 	CMD_ROOT,
 	CMD_ASSEMBLE,
+	CMD_COMPILE,
 	CMD_REPL,
 };
 
diff --git a/ivy/cmd/compile.c b/ivy/cmd/compile.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55b6f85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ivy/cmd/compile.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "cmd.h"
+
+#include <blue/cmd.h>
+
+B_COMMAND(CMD_COMPILE, CMD_ROOT)
+{
+	B_COMMAND_NAME("compile");
+	B_COMMAND_SHORT_NAME('C');
+	B_COMMAND_DESC(
+		"compile one or more Ivy source files into Ivy object files.");
+	B_COMMAND_FLAGS(B_COMMAND_SHOW_HELP_BY_DEFAULT);
+
+	B_COMMAND_HELP_OPTION();
+}