diff --git a/sourcespec2/input/event_and_picks.py b/sourcespec2/input/event_and_picks.py
index 6c073716..c32d20ea 100644
--- a/sourcespec2/input/event_and_picks.py
+++ b/sourcespec2/input/event_and_picks.py
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@
 import logging
 from ..setup import config, ssp_exit
 from .event_parsers import (
+    parse_source_spec_event_file,
     parse_hypo71_hypocenter, parse_hypo71_picks, parse_hypo2000_file,
-    parse_qml_file, parse_source_spec_event_file
+    parse_qml_file, parse_asdf_event_picks
 )
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__.rsplit('.', maxsplit=1)[-1])
 
@@ -102,6 +103,9 @@ def read_event_and_picks(trace1=None):
     # parse QML file
     if config.options.qml_file is not None:
         ssp_event, picks = parse_qml_file()
+    # parse ASDF file
+    if config.options.asdf_file is not None:
+        ssp_event, picks = parse_asdf_event_picks(config.options.asdf_file)
     if ssp_event is not None:
         _log_event_info(ssp_event)
 
diff --git a/sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/__init__.py b/sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/__init__.py
index c50957e4..a3e3b588 100644
--- a/sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/__init__.py
+++ b/sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     CeCILL Free Software License Agreement v2.1
     (http://www.cecill.info/licences.en.html)
 """
-from .asdf import parse_asdf_event_picks  # noqa
+from .asdf_event import parse_asdf_event_picks  # noqa
 from .hypo71 import parse_hypo71_hypocenter, parse_hypo71_picks  # noqa
 from .hypo2000 import parse_hypo2000_file  # noqa
 from .obspy_catalog import parse_obspy_catalog  # noqa
diff --git a/sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/asdf.py b/sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/asdf_event.py
similarity index 100%
rename from sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/asdf.py
rename to sourcespec2/input/event_parsers/asdf_event.py
diff --git a/sourcespec2/ssp_parse_arguments.py b/sourcespec2/ssp_parse_arguments.py
index dda63df7..3ef87a7e 100644
--- a/sourcespec2/ssp_parse_arguments.py
+++ b/sourcespec2/ssp_parse_arguments.py
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ def _init_parser(description, epilog, nargs):
         help='get picks and hypocenter information from QuakeML FILE',
         metavar='FILE'
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-a', '--asdffile', dest='asdf_file',
+        action='store', default=None,
+        help='get picks, hypocenter information, traces and metadata from\n'
+             'ASDF FILE',
+        metavar='FILE'
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         '-H', '--hypocenter', dest='hypo_file',
         action='store', default=None,