diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/HostingTests.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/HostingTests.cs
index c827befa35..b6ff8e01d1 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/HostingTests.cs
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/HostingTests.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
 using System.CommandLine.Parsing;
 using System.Linq;
-
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using FluentAssertions;
 
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
@@ -228,6 +229,51 @@ public static void UseHost_binds_parsed_arguments_to_options()
             Assert.Equal(myValue, options.MyArgument);
         }
 
+
+        [Fact(Skip ="WIP")]
+        public static async Task CommandLineHost_creates_host_for_simple_command()
+        {
+            //Arrange
+            // var args = new string[] { $"--foo", "42" };
+            MyOptions options = null;
+            IHost hostToBind = null;
+
+            var rootCmd = new RootCommand();
+            rootCmd.AddOption(new Option($"--foo") { Argument = new Argument<int>() });
+            rootCmd.Handler = CommandHandler.Create<IHost>((host) =>
+            {
+                hostToBind = host;
+            });
+            // Act
+            // var tokenSource = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
+            CancellationTokenSource tokenSource = null;
+            await CommandLineHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
+                .ConfigureCommandLineDefaults((CommandLineBuilder builder) =>
+                {
+                    // TODO: it is not possible to add it like this atm.
+                    builder.AddCommand(rootCmd);
+                })
+                .Build()
+                .RunAsync(tokenSource?.Token ?? default);
+            // Assert
+            Assert.NotNull(hostToBind);
+            Assert.Equal(42, options.MyArgument);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public static async Task CommandLineHost_contains_errors_in_ParseResult_service_for_not_mapped_input()
+        {
+            //Arrange
+            // Act
+            var host = CommandLineHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(new string[]{"--foo", "bar"})
+                .ConfigureCommandLineDefaults((CommandLineBuilder builder) => {})
+                .Build();
+            var parseResult = host.Services.GetService<ParseResult>();
+            await host.StartAsync();
+            parseResult.Errors.Should().NotBeEmpty();
+            //TODO: clarify how parsing errors and command execution exceptions should be handled
+        }
+
         private class MyOptions
         {
             public int MyArgument { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests.csproj b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests.csproj
index 791b5c7186..01874246b4 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests.csproj
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests/System.CommandLine.Hosting.Tests.csproj
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="FluentAssertions" Version="5.10.3" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="3.1.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(DisableArcade)' == '1'">
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/CommandLineExecutorService.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/CommandLineExecutorService.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..465dbeadfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/CommandLineExecutorService.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
+using System.CommandLine.Parsing;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
+
+namespace System.CommandLine.Hosting
+{
+    internal class CommandLineExecutorService : IHostedService
+    {
+        private readonly ILogger<CommandLineExecutorService> logger;
+        private readonly IHostApplicationLifetime appLifetime;
+        private readonly IHost host;
+        private readonly InvocationContext invocation;
+        private readonly ParseResult parseResult;
+
+        public CommandLineExecutorService(
+            ILogger<CommandLineExecutorService> logger,
+            IHostApplicationLifetime appLifetime,
+            IHost host,
+            InvocationContext invocation,
+            ParseResult parseResult)
+        {
+            this.logger = logger;
+            this.appLifetime = appLifetime;
+            this.host = host;
+            this.invocation = invocation;
+            this.parseResult = parseResult;
+        }
+
+        public async Task StartAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            invocation.BindingContext.AddService(typeof(IHost), _ => host);
+            if(parseResult.Errors.Any()) 
+            {
+                logger.LogWarning($"Executing {nameof(Parser)} with errors: {parseResult.Errors.Count}");
+            }
+            await parseResult.InvokeAsync();
+            appLifetime.StopApplication();
+        }
+
+        public Task StopAsync(CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            return Task.CompletedTask;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/CommandLineHost.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/CommandLineHost.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0523c8f266
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/CommandLineHost.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+using System.CommandLine.Builder;
+
+namespace System.CommandLine.Hosting
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Provides convenience methods for creating instances of <see cref="IHostBuilder"/> and with pre-configured defaults.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class CommandLineHost
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IHostBuilder"/> with pre-configured defaults.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <returns>The initialized <see cref="IHostBuilder"/>.</returns>
+        public static IHostBuilder CreateDefaultBuilder() =>
+            CreateDefaultBuilder(args: null);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IHostBuilder"/> with pre-configured defaults.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="args">The command line args.</param>
+        /// <returns>The initialized <see cref="IHost"/>.</returns>
+        public static IHostBuilder CreateDefaultBuilder(string[] args)
+        {
+            var builder = Host.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
+                .ConfigureCommandLineDefaults(cmdBuilder => cmdBuilder.UseDefaults(), args);
+            return builder;
+            // TODO: add remaining args parsing
+            // var argsRemaining = invocation.ParseResult.UnparsedTokens.ToArray();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/GenericCommandLineHostBuilder.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/GenericCommandLineHostBuilder.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41d4ab5b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/GenericCommandLineHostBuilder.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.CommandLine.Builder;
+using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
+using System.CommandLine.Parsing;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Extensions;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace System.CommandLine.Hosting
+{
+    internal class GenericCommandLineHostBuilder
+    {
+
+        private const string ConfigurationDirectiveName = "config";
+        public string[] Args { get; }
+        private readonly IHostBuilder builder;
+        private CommandLineBuilder commandLineBuilder;
+
+        public GenericCommandLineHostBuilder(IHostBuilder builder, string[] args = default)
+        {
+            this.builder = builder;
+            commandLineBuilder = new CommandLineBuilder();
+            Args = args;
+        }
+
+        public void Configure(Action<CommandLineBuilder> configure)
+        {
+            configure(commandLineBuilder);
+            Parser parser = commandLineBuilder.Build();
+            ParseResult parseResult = parser.Parse(Args);
+            var invocation = new InvocationContext(parseResult);
+            AddSystemCommandLine(builder, invocation);
+            builder.ConfigureHostConfiguration(config =>
+            {
+                config.AddCommandLineDirectives(invocation.ParseResult, ConfigurationDirectiveName);
+            });
+        }
+
+        private static void AddSystemCommandLine(IHostBuilder host, InvocationContext invocation)
+        {
+            host.ConfigureServices(services =>
+            {
+                services.TryAddSingleton<InvocationContext>(invocation);
+                services.AddSingleton<IConsole>(invocation.Console);
+                // semantically it is transient dependency
+                services.AddTransient<IInvocationResult>(_ => invocation.InvocationResult);
+                services.AddTransient<ParseResult>(_ => invocation.ParseResult);
+            });
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/GenericHostBuilderExtensions.cs b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/GenericHostBuilderExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bf49750b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/DefaultBuilder/GenericHostBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using System.CommandLine.Builder;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting;
+
+namespace System.CommandLine.Hosting
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Extension methods for configuring the IWebHostBuilder.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class GenericHostBuilderExtensions
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="IHostBuilder"/> class with pre-configured defaults.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <param name="builder">The <see cref="IHostBuilder" /> instance to configure</param>
+        /// <param name="configure">The configure callback</param>
+        /// <returns>The <see cref="IHostBuilder"/> for chaining.</returns>
+        public static IHostBuilder ConfigureCommandLineDefaults(
+            this IHostBuilder builder,
+            Action<CommandLineBuilder> configure,
+            string[] args = default)
+        {
+            AddGenericCommandLineHostBuilder(builder, args, out var cmdHostBuilder);
+            cmdHostBuilder.Configure(configure);
+            builder.ConfigureServices((context, services) =>
+                services.AddHostedService<CommandLineExecutorService>());
+            return builder;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Adds <see cref="AddGenericCommandLineHostBuilder"/> to <paramref name="builder"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder"></param>
+        /// <param name="args"></param>
+        /// <param name="cmdHostBuilder"></param>
+        /// <returns><see langword="true"/> when new builder is intialized</returns>
+        private static bool AddGenericCommandLineHostBuilder(IHostBuilder builder, string[] args, out GenericCommandLineHostBuilder cmdHostBuilder)
+        {
+            var hostBuilderState = builder.Properties;
+            var cacheKey = nameof(GenericCommandLineHostBuilder);
+            hostBuilderState.TryGetValue(cacheKey, out var initializedHost);
+            cmdHostBuilder = initializedHost as GenericCommandLineHostBuilder;
+            if (cmdHostBuilder is object)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            cmdHostBuilder = new GenericCommandLineHostBuilder(builder, args);
+            hostBuilderState[cacheKey] = cmdHostBuilder;
+            return true;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/System.CommandLine.Hosting.csproj b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/System.CommandLine.Hosting.csproj
index 1d00cff230..5b9512f79b 100644
--- a/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/System.CommandLine.Hosting.csproj
+++ b/src/System.CommandLine.Hosting/System.CommandLine.Hosting.csproj
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="2.2.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting" Version="3.1.4" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>