diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index 090c410..0f43bc4 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
 
         _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in _PROJECTS], additional_paths)
 
-def _uninstall(*, verbosity=0):
+def _uninstall_helper(*, verbosity=0):
     """Helper to support a clean default uninstall process on Windows
 
     Note that calling this function may alter os.environ.
@@ -129,3 +129,64 @@
         args += ["-" + "v" * verbosity]
 
     _run_pip(args + [p[0] for p in reversed(_PROJECTS)])
+
+
+def _main(argv=None):
+    import argparse
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="python -m ensurepip")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--version",
+        action="version",
+        version="pip {}".format(version()),
+        help="Show the version of pip that is bundled with this Python.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-v", "--verbose",
+        action="count",
+        default=0,
+        dest="verbosity",
+        help=("Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 "
+              "times."),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-U", "--upgrade",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Upgrade pip and dependencies, even if already installed.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--user",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="Install using the user scheme.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--root",
+        default=None,
+        help="Install everything relative to this alternate root directory.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--altinstall",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help=("Make an alternate install, installing only the X.Y versioned"
+              "scripts (Default: pipX, pipX.Y, easy_install-X.Y)"),
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--default-pip",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help=("Make a default pip install, installing the unqualified pip "
+              "and easy_install in addition to the versioned scripts"),
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+
+    bootstrap(
+        root=args.root,
+        upgrade=args.upgrade,
+        user=args.user,
+        verbosity=args.verbosity,
+        altinstall=args.altinstall,
+        default_pip=args.default_pip,
+    )