diff --git a/libimagrt/src/lib.rs b/libimagrt/src/lib.rs
index 63a49c45..55398013 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/lib.rs
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@ pub mod configuration;
 pub mod logger;
 pub mod runtime;
 pub mod setup;
+pub mod spec;
 
diff --git a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index e0df57fc..0c1b919b 100644
--- a/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ use error::MapErrInto;
 use logger::ImagLogger;
 
 use libimagstore::store::Store;
+use spec::CliSpec;
 
 /// The Runtime object
 ///
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
     /// and builds the Runtime object with it.
     ///
     /// The cli_spec object should be initially build with the ::get_default_cli_builder() function.
-    pub fn new(mut cli_spec: App<'a, 'a>) -> Result<Runtime<'a>, RuntimeError> {
+    pub fn new<C: Clone + CliSpec<'a>>(mut cli_spec: C) -> Result<Runtime<'a>, RuntimeError> {
         use std::env;
         use std::io::stdout;
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
 
         use configuration::error::ConfigErrorKind;
 
-        let matches = cli_spec.clone().get_matches();
+        let matches = cli_spec.clone().matches();
 
         let is_debugging = matches.is_present("debugging");
         let is_verbose   = matches.is_present("verbosity");
@@ -78,8 +79,8 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
             Some(shell) => {
                 debug!("Generating shell completion script, writing to stdout");
                 let shell   = shell.parse::<Shell>().unwrap(); // clap has our back here.
-                let appname = String::from(cli_spec.get_name());
-                cli_spec.gen_completions_to(appname, shell, &mut stdout());
+                let appname = String::from(cli_spec.name());
+                cli_spec.completions(appname, shell, &mut stdout());
             },
             _ => debug!("Not generating shell completion script"),
         }
diff --git a/libimagrt/src/spec.rs b/libimagrt/src/spec.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03aa7a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libimagrt/src/spec.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use clap::{App, ArgMatches, Shell};
+
+pub trait CliSpec<'a> {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str;
+    fn matches(self) -> ArgMatches<'a>;
+    fn completions<W: Write, S: Into<String>>(&mut self, _: S, _: Shell, _: &mut W) {}
+}
+
+impl<'a> CliSpec<'a> for App<'a, 'a> {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        self.get_name()
+    }
+
+    fn matches(self) -> ArgMatches<'a> {
+        self.get_matches()
+    }
+
+    fn completions<W: Write, S: Into<String>>(&mut self,
+                                              bin_name: S,
+                                              for_shell: Shell,
+                                              buf: &mut W) {
+
+        self.gen_completions_to(bin_name, for_shell, buf);
+    }
+}