diff --git a/ebmlite/tools/xml2ebml.py b/ebmlite/tools/xml2ebml.py
index c5f3fed..0c77f55 100644
--- a/ebmlite/tools/xml2ebml.py
+++ b/ebmlite/tools/xml2ebml.py
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ def main():
         '-c', '--clobber', action="store_true",
         help="Clobber (overwrite) existing files.",
     )
+    argparser.add_argument(
+        '-n', '--no_header', action="store_true",
+        help="Do not write the standard EBML header segment.",
+    )
     args = argparser.parse_args()
 
+    header = not args.no_header     # Removing some naming confusion, if no_header=false, header argument should be true
     with utils.load_files(args, binary_output=True) as (schema, out):
-        ebmlite.util.xml2ebml(args.input, out, schema)  # , sizeLength=4, headers=True, unknown=True)
+        ebmlite.util.xml2ebml(args.input, out, schema, headers=header)  # , sizeLength=4, headers=True, unknown=True)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":