diff --git a/gradle-5/cmd-line-args/build.gradle b/gradle-5/cmd-line-args/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..15c9288024
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-5/cmd-line-args/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+apply plugin: "java"
+apply plugin: "application"
+description = "Gradle Command Line Arguments examples"
+
+ext.javaMainClass = "com.baeldung.cmd.MainClass"
+
+application {
+    mainClassName = javaMainClass
+}
+
+task propertyTypes(){
+    doLast{
+        if (project.hasProperty("args")) {
+            println "Our input argument with project property ["+project.getProperty("args")+"]"
+        }
+        println "Our input argument with system property ["+System.getProperty("args")+"]"
+    }
+}
+
+if (project.hasProperty("args")) {
+    ext.cmdargs = project.getProperty("args")
+} else { 
+    ext.cmdargs = "ls"
+}
+
+task cmdLineJavaExec(type: JavaExec) {
+    group = "Execution"
+    description = "Run the main class with JavaExecTask"
+    classpath = sourceSets.main.runtimeClasspath
+    main = javaMainClass
+    args cmdargs.split()
+}
+
+task cmdLineExec(type: Exec) {
+    group = "Execution"
+    description = "Run an external program with ExecTask"
+    commandLine cmdargs.split()
+}
diff --git a/gradle-5/cmd-line-args/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cmd/MainClass.java b/gradle-5/cmd-line-args/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cmd/MainClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f00aa07d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle-5/cmd-line-args/src/main/java/com/baeldung/cmd/MainClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package com.baeldung.cmd;
+
+public class MainClass {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println("Gradle command line arguments example");
+        for (String arg : args) {
+            System.out.println("Got argument [" + arg + "]");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle-5/settings.gradle b/gradle-5/settings.gradle
index 5384d071e7..ede73daf0a 100644
--- a/gradle-5/settings.gradle
+++ b/gradle-5/settings.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 rootProject.name='gradle-5-articles'
 include 'java-exec'
 include 'unused-dependencies'
-include 'source-sets'
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+include 'source-sets'
+include 'cmd-line-args'
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