diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f96fdaa7b3b89e1078177627a636d744b650eea..05d21fff09a95f97af71bbdc7551f0bb15cc2b78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[PACKAGE]: ../../raw/master/mkp/bgp_topology-0.0.3-20240104.mkp "bgp_topology-0.0.3-20240104.mkp"
+[PACKAGE]: ../../raw/master/mkp/bgp_topology-0.0.4-20240116.mkp "bgp_topology-0.0.4-20240116.mkp"
 # BGP Topology
 
 This plugin will create a Network Visualization Topology from the Peer relations of your _BGP peer services_ in Checkmk. 
diff --git a/mkp/bgp_topology-0.0.4-20240116.mkp b/mkp/bgp_topology-0.0.4-20240116.mkp
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/constants.py b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/constants.py
index 950bb41c230d5b9348b607e22731760e48d3979a..0ca394efe4ffcc2398d3780d00662bfde3e7e846 100644
--- a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/constants.py
+++ b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/constants.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 __AUTHOR__ = 'thl-cmk[at]outlook[dot]com'
 __URL__ = 'https://thl-cmk.hopto.org/gitlab/checkmk/vendor-independent/bgp_topology'
 __USAGE__ = '~/local/lib/python3/cmk_addons/plugins/bgp_topology/libexec/check_bgp_topology --make-default --host bgp1'
-__VERSION__ = '0.0.3-20250104'
+__VERSION__ = '0.0.4-20250116'
 
 from typing import Final
 
diff --git a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/args.py b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/args.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ed36e0fd6ed0199dc6a6432511636cf972ca850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/args.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# License: GNU General Public License v2
+#
+# Author: thl-cmk[at]outlook[dot]com
+# URL   : https://thl-cmk.hopto.org
+# Date  : 2024-12-23
+# File  : bgp_topology/lib/args.py
+
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace, RawTextHelpFormatter
+from collections.abc import Sequence
+
+from cmk_addons.plugins.bgp_topology.constants import (
+    __AUTHOR__,
+    __URL__,
+    __USAGE__,
+    __VERSION__,
+    ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR,
+    ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_AS,
+    ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_BOTH,
+    ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_ID,
+    ARG_PARSER_EMBLEM_AS,
+    ARG_PARSER_EMBLEM_ID,
+    ARG_PARSER_HOST,
+    ARG_PARSER_MAKE_DEFAULT,
+    ARG_PARSER_NONE,
+    ARG_PARSER_SITES_EXCLUDE,
+    ARG_PARSER_SITES_INCLUDE,
+    ARG_PARSER_DEBUG,
+    EMBLEM_BGP_AS,
+    EMBLEM_BGP_ID,
+)
+from cmk_addons.plugins.bgp_topology.lib.utils import (
+    OMD_ROOT,
+)
+
+
+class Params(Namespace):
+    bgp_anchor: str
+    make_default: bool = False
+    bgp_emblem_as: str = EMBLEM_BGP_AS
+    bgp_emblem_id: str = EMBLEM_BGP_ID
+    include_sites: Sequence[str] | None = None
+    exclude_sites: Sequence[str] | None = None
+    host: str = ''
+    debug: bool = False
+
+
+def parse_arguments(argv: Sequence[str]) -> Params:
+    parser = ArgumentParser(
+        prog='bgp_topology',
+        formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter,
+        description=f"""Create BGP peer network topology for Checkmk""",
+        epilog=f"""
+Example usage:
+{__USAGE__}        
+
+Version: {__VERSION__} | Written by {__AUTHOR__}
+for more information see: {__URL__}
+        """
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR,
+        choices=[
+            ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_BOTH,
+            ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_AS,
+            ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_ID,
+            ARG_PARSER_NONE,
+        ],
+        default=ARG_PARSER_ANCHOR_BOTH,
+        help='Anchor for external BGP objects (default: %(default)s).',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_EMBLEM_AS,
+        type=str,
+        default=EMBLEM_BGP_AS,
+        help='Emblem to use for BGP-AS objects (default: %(default)s).',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_EMBLEM_ID,
+        type=str,
+        default=EMBLEM_BGP_ID,
+        help='Emblem to use for BGP-ID objects (default: %(default)s).',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_MAKE_DEFAULT,
+        action='store_const', const=True,
+        default=False,
+        help='Make this topology the default (default: %(default)s).',
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_HOST,
+        required=True,
+        type=str,
+        help="""The name of the Checkmk host to which the plugin is attached. This is set 
+automatically by Checkmk. If a site filter is active, the host name is 
+appended to the subdirectory where the topology is stored (“BGP” becomes 
+“BGP_host_name”). This way we can have more than one BGP topology without 
+overwriting each other.""",
+    )
+    site_filter = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+    site_filter.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_SITES_INCLUDE,
+        type=str,
+        nargs='+',
+        help=f"""List of Checkmk site names to include in the topology creation. 
+Can not used together with {ARG_PARSER_SITES_EXCLUDE}""",
+    )
+    site_filter.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_SITES_EXCLUDE,
+        type=str,
+        nargs='+',
+        help=f"""List of Checkmk site names to exclude from the topology creation. 
+Can not used together with {ARG_PARSER_SITES_INCLUDE}""",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        ARG_PARSER_DEBUG,
+        action='store_const', const=True,
+        default=False,
+        help='enable debug output',
+    )
+
+    return parser.parse_args(argv)
+
diff --git a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/bgp_topology.py b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/bgp_topology.py
index dbe86242a9c6585f36ffde22ed382401b406db90..4d4222124ca38c2385fce7d83035874e6eefa212 100644
--- a/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/bgp_topology.py
+++ b/source/cmk_addons_plugins/bgp_topology/lib/bgp_topology.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #             fixed handling of anchors
 #             changed topology name to be always BGP_{host}
 # 2025-01-04: changed output directory to host name only
+# 2025-0116: fixed missing lib/args.py in MKP package
 
 from collections.abc import MutableMapping, MutableSequence, Sequence
 from dataclasses import dataclass
diff --git a/source/packages/bgp_topology b/source/packages/bgp_topology
index 41694557ac26ec96a1b2269678af59d966e13053..0635daa1a54f3213f05ac9326ad27d0b98048126 100644
--- a/source/packages/bgp_topology
+++ b/source/packages/bgp_topology
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
                                   'bgp_topology/libexec/check_bgp_topology',
                                   'bgp_topology/rulesets/bgp_topology.py',
                                   'bgp_topology/server_side_calls/bgp_topology.py',
-                                  'bgp_topology/graphing/bgp_topology.py']},
+                                  'bgp_topology/graphing/bgp_topology.py',
+                                  'bgp_topology/lib/args.py']},
  'name': 'bgp_topology',
  'title': 'BGP peer topology',
- 'version': '0.0.3-20240104',
+ 'version': '0.0.4-20240116',
  'version.min_required': '2.3.0b1',
  'version.packaged': 'cmk-mkp-tool 0.2.0',
  'version.usable_until': '2.4.0b1'}