diff --git a/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt b/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/seeder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 	bitcoin.cpp
 	db.cpp
 	dns.cpp
+	options.cpp
 )
 target_link_libraries(seeder-base server)
 
diff --git a/src/seeder/main.cpp b/src/seeder/main.cpp
--- a/src/seeder/main.cpp
+++ b/src/seeder/main.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
-#include <chainparams.h>
 #include <clientversion.h>
 #include <dnsseeds.h>
 #include <fs.h>
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <seeder/bitcoin.h>
 #include <seeder/db.h>
 #include <seeder/dns.h>
+#include <seeder/options.h>
 #include <streams.h>
 #include <util/strencodings.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
@@ -27,165 +27,6 @@
 
 const std::function<std::string(const char *)> G_TRANSLATION_FUN = nullptr;
 
-static const int CONTINUE_EXECUTION = -1;
-
-static const int DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS = 96;
-static const int DEFAULT_PORT = 53;
-static const int DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS = 4;
-static const bool DEFAULT_WIPE_BAN = false;
-static const bool DEFAULT_WIPE_IGNORE = false;
-static const std::string DEFAULT_EMAIL = "";
-static const std::string DEFAULT_NAMESERVER = "";
-static const std::string DEFAULT_HOST = "";
-static const std::string DEFAULT_TOR_PROXY = "";
-static const std::string DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS = "::";
-static const std::string DEFAULT_IPV4_PROXY = "";
-static const std::string DEFAULT_IPV6_PROXY = "";
-
-class CDnsSeedOpts {
-public:
-    int nThreads;
-    int nPort;
-    int nDnsThreads;
-    bool fWipeBan;
-    bool fWipeIgnore;
-    std::string mbox;
-    std::string ns;
-    std::string host;
-    std::string tor;
-    std::string ip_addr;
-    std::string ipv4_proxy;
-    std::string ipv6_proxy;
-    std::set<uint64_t> filter_whitelist;
-
-    CDnsSeedOpts()
-        : nThreads(DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS), nPort(DEFAULT_PORT),
-          nDnsThreads(DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS), fWipeBan(DEFAULT_WIPE_BAN),
-          fWipeIgnore(DEFAULT_WIPE_IGNORE), mbox(DEFAULT_EMAIL),
-          ns(DEFAULT_NAMESERVER), host(DEFAULT_HOST), tor(DEFAULT_TOR_PROXY),
-          ip_addr(DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS), ipv4_proxy(DEFAULT_IPV4_PROXY),
-          ipv6_proxy(DEFAULT_IPV6_PROXY) {}
-
-    int ParseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv) {
-        SetupSeederArgs(gArgs);
-        std::string error;
-        if (!gArgs.ParseParameters(argc, argv, error)) {
-            tfm::format(std::cerr, "Error parsing command line arguments: %s\n",
-                        error);
-            return EXIT_FAILURE;
-        }
-        if (HelpRequested(gArgs) || gArgs.IsArgSet("-version")) {
-            std::string strUsage =
-                PACKAGE_NAME " Seeder " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
-            if (HelpRequested(gArgs)) {
-                strUsage +=
-                    "\nUsage: bitcoin-seeder -host=<host> -ns=<ns> "
-                    "[-mbox=<mbox>] [-threads=<threads>] [-port=<port>]\n\n" +
-                    gArgs.GetHelpMessage();
-            }
-
-            tfm::format(std::cout, "%s", strUsage);
-            return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-        }
-
-        nThreads = gArgs.GetArg("-threads", DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS);
-        nPort = gArgs.GetArg("-port", DEFAULT_PORT);
-        nDnsThreads = gArgs.GetArg("-dnsthreads", DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS);
-        fWipeBan = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-wipeban", DEFAULT_WIPE_BAN);
-        fWipeIgnore = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-wipeignore", DEFAULT_WIPE_IGNORE);
-        mbox = gArgs.GetArg("-mbox", DEFAULT_EMAIL);
-        ns = gArgs.GetArg("-ns", DEFAULT_NAMESERVER);
-        host = gArgs.GetArg("-host", DEFAULT_HOST);
-        tor = gArgs.GetArg("-onion", DEFAULT_TOR_PROXY);
-        ip_addr = gArgs.GetArg("-address", DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS);
-        ipv4_proxy = gArgs.GetArg("-proxyipv4", DEFAULT_IPV4_PROXY);
-        ipv6_proxy = gArgs.GetArg("-proxyipv6", DEFAULT_IPV6_PROXY);
-        SelectParams(gArgs.GetChainName());
-
-        // Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are valid, but the listening address is
-        // treated as IPv6 internally
-        if (ip_addr.find(':') == std::string::npos) {
-            ip_addr.insert(0, "::FFFF:");
-        }
-
-        if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-filter")) {
-            // Parse whitelist additions
-            std::string flagString = gArgs.GetArg("-filter", "");
-            size_t flagstartpos = 0;
-            while (flagstartpos < flagString.size()) {
-                size_t flagendpos = flagString.find_first_of(',', flagstartpos);
-                uint64_t flag = atoi64(flagString.substr(
-                    flagstartpos, (flagendpos - flagstartpos)));
-                filter_whitelist.insert(flag);
-                if (flagendpos == std::string::npos) {
-                    break;
-                }
-                flagstartpos = flagendpos + 1;
-            }
-        }
-        if (filter_whitelist.empty()) {
-            filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK);
-            filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK | NODE_BLOOM);
-            filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK_LIMITED);
-            filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK_LIMITED | NODE_BLOOM);
-        }
-        return CONTINUE_EXECUTION;
-    }
-
-private:
-    void SetupSeederArgs(ArgsManager &argsman) {
-        SetupHelpOptions(argsman);
-        argsman.AddArg("-help-debug",
-                       "Show all debugging options (usage: --help -help-debug)",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
-
-        SetupChainParamsBaseOptions(argsman);
-
-        argsman.AddArg("-version", "Print version and exit",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg("-host=<host>", "Hostname of the DNS seed",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg("-ns=<ns>", "Hostname of the nameserver",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg("-mbox=<mbox>", "E-Mail address reported in SOA records",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg(
-            "-threads=<threads>",
-            strprintf("Number of crawlers to run in parallel (default: %d)",
-                      DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS),
-            ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg("-dnsthreads=<threads>",
-                       strprintf("Number of DNS server threads (default: %d)",
-                                 DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS),
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg("-address=<address>",
-                       strprintf("Address to listen on (default: '%s')",
-                                 DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS),
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg(
-            "-port=<port>",
-            strprintf("UDP port to listen on (default: %d)", DEFAULT_PORT),
-            ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-        argsman.AddArg("-onion=<ip:port>", "Tor proxy IP/Port",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-        argsman.AddArg("-overridednsseed",
-                       "If set, only use the specified DNS seed when "
-                       "querying for peer addresses via DNS lookup.",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-        argsman.AddArg("-proxyipv4=<ip:port>", "IPV4 SOCKS5 proxy IP/Port",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-        argsman.AddArg("-proxyipv6=<ip:port>", "IPV6 SOCKS5 proxy IP/Port",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-        argsman.AddArg("-filter=<f1,f2,...>",
-                       "Allow these flag combinations as filters",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
-        argsman.AddArg("-wipeban", "Wipe list of banned nodes",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-        argsman.AddArg("-wipeignore", "Wipe list of ignored nodes",
-                       ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
-    }
-};
-
 extern "C" {
 #include <seeder/dns.h>
 }
@@ -507,7 +348,8 @@
     signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
     setbuf(stdout, nullptr);
     CDnsSeedOpts opts;
-    int parseResults = opts.ParseCommandLine(argc, argv);
+    int parseResults =
+        opts.ParseCommandLine(argc, const_cast<const char **>(argv));
     if (parseResults != CONTINUE_EXECUTION) {
         return parseResults;
     }
diff --git a/src/seeder/options.h b/src/seeder/options.h
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seeder/options.h
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#ifndef BITCOIN_SEEDER_OPTIONS_H
+#define BITCOIN_SEEDER_OPTIONS_H
+
+#include <set>
+#include <string>
+
+static const int CONTINUE_EXECUTION = -1;
+
+static const int DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS = 96;
+static const int DEFAULT_PORT = 53;
+static const int DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS = 4;
+static const bool DEFAULT_WIPE_BAN = false;
+static const bool DEFAULT_WIPE_IGNORE = false;
+static const std::string DEFAULT_EMAIL = "";
+static const std::string DEFAULT_NAMESERVER = "";
+static const std::string DEFAULT_HOST = "";
+static const std::string DEFAULT_TOR_PROXY = "";
+static const std::string DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS = "::";
+static const std::string DEFAULT_IPV4_PROXY = "";
+static const std::string DEFAULT_IPV6_PROXY = "";
+
+class ArgsManager;
+
+class CDnsSeedOpts {
+public:
+    int nThreads;
+    int nPort;
+    int nDnsThreads;
+    bool fWipeBan;
+    bool fWipeIgnore;
+    std::string mbox;
+    std::string ns;
+    std::string host;
+    std::string tor;
+    std::string ip_addr;
+    std::string ipv4_proxy;
+    std::string ipv6_proxy;
+    std::set<uint64_t> filter_whitelist;
+
+    CDnsSeedOpts()
+        : nThreads(DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS), nPort(DEFAULT_PORT),
+          nDnsThreads(DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS), fWipeBan(DEFAULT_WIPE_BAN),
+          fWipeIgnore(DEFAULT_WIPE_IGNORE), mbox(DEFAULT_EMAIL),
+          ns(DEFAULT_NAMESERVER), host(DEFAULT_HOST), tor(DEFAULT_TOR_PROXY),
+          ip_addr(DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS), ipv4_proxy(DEFAULT_IPV4_PROXY),
+          ipv6_proxy(DEFAULT_IPV6_PROXY) {}
+
+    int ParseCommandLine(int argc, const char **argv);
+
+private:
+    void SetupSeederArgs(ArgsManager &argsman);
+};
+
+#endif // BITCOIN_SEEDER_OPTIONS_H
diff --git a/src/seeder/options.cpp b/src/seeder/options.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seeder/options.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <seeder/options.h>
+
+#include <chainparams.h>
+#include <clientversion.h>
+#include <util/system.h>
+
+#include <string>
+
+int CDnsSeedOpts::ParseCommandLine(int argc, const char **argv) {
+    SetupSeederArgs(gArgs);
+    std::string error;
+    if (!gArgs.ParseParameters(argc, argv, error)) {
+        tfm::format(std::cerr, "Error parsing command line arguments: %s\n",
+                    error);
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    if (HelpRequested(gArgs) || gArgs.IsArgSet("-version")) {
+        std::string strUsage =
+            PACKAGE_NAME " Seeder " + FormatFullVersion() + "\n";
+        if (HelpRequested(gArgs)) {
+            strUsage +=
+                "\nUsage: bitcoin-seeder -host=<host> -ns=<ns> "
+                "[-mbox=<mbox>] [-threads=<threads>] [-port=<port>]\n\n" +
+                gArgs.GetHelpMessage();
+        }
+
+        tfm::format(std::cout, "%s", strUsage);
+        return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    }
+
+    nThreads = gArgs.GetArg("-threads", DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS);
+    nPort = gArgs.GetArg("-port", DEFAULT_PORT);
+    nDnsThreads = gArgs.GetArg("-dnsthreads", DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS);
+    fWipeBan = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-wipeban", DEFAULT_WIPE_BAN);
+    fWipeIgnore = gArgs.GetBoolArg("-wipeignore", DEFAULT_WIPE_IGNORE);
+    mbox = gArgs.GetArg("-mbox", DEFAULT_EMAIL);
+    ns = gArgs.GetArg("-ns", DEFAULT_NAMESERVER);
+    host = gArgs.GetArg("-host", DEFAULT_HOST);
+    tor = gArgs.GetArg("-onion", DEFAULT_TOR_PROXY);
+    ip_addr = gArgs.GetArg("-address", DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS);
+    ipv4_proxy = gArgs.GetArg("-proxyipv4", DEFAULT_IPV4_PROXY);
+    ipv6_proxy = gArgs.GetArg("-proxyipv6", DEFAULT_IPV6_PROXY);
+    SelectParams(gArgs.GetChainName());
+
+    // Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are valid, but the listening address is
+    // treated as IPv6 internally
+    if (ip_addr.find(':') == std::string::npos) {
+        ip_addr.insert(0, "::FFFF:");
+    }
+
+    if (gArgs.IsArgSet("-filter")) {
+        // Parse whitelist additions
+        std::string flagString = gArgs.GetArg("-filter", "");
+        size_t flagstartpos = 0;
+        while (flagstartpos < flagString.size()) {
+            size_t flagendpos = flagString.find_first_of(',', flagstartpos);
+            uint64_t flag = atoi64(
+                flagString.substr(flagstartpos, (flagendpos - flagstartpos)));
+            filter_whitelist.insert(flag);
+            if (flagendpos == std::string::npos) {
+                break;
+            }
+            flagstartpos = flagendpos + 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if (filter_whitelist.empty()) {
+        filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK);
+        filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK | NODE_BLOOM);
+        filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK_LIMITED);
+        filter_whitelist.insert(NODE_NETWORK_LIMITED | NODE_BLOOM);
+    }
+    return CONTINUE_EXECUTION;
+}
+
+void CDnsSeedOpts::SetupSeederArgs(ArgsManager &argsman) {
+    SetupHelpOptions(argsman);
+    argsman.AddArg("-help-debug",
+                   "Show all debugging options (usage: --help -help-debug)",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::DEBUG_TEST);
+
+    SetupChainParamsBaseOptions(argsman);
+
+    argsman.AddArg("-version", "Print version and exit", ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY,
+                   OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg("-host=<host>", "Hostname of the DNS seed",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg("-ns=<ns>", "Hostname of the nameserver",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg("-mbox=<mbox>", "E-Mail address reported in SOA records",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg(
+        "-threads=<threads>",
+        strprintf("Number of crawlers to run in parallel (default: %d)",
+                  DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS),
+        ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg("-dnsthreads=<threads>",
+                   strprintf("Number of DNS server threads (default: %d)",
+                             DEFAULT_NUM_DNS_THREADS),
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg("-address=<address>",
+                   strprintf("Address to listen on (default: '%s')",
+                             DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDRESS),
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg(
+        "-port=<port>",
+        strprintf("UDP port to listen on (default: %d)", DEFAULT_PORT),
+        ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-onion=<ip:port>", "Tor proxy IP/Port",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-overridednsseed",
+                   "If set, only use the specified DNS seed when "
+                   "querying for peer addresses via DNS lookup.",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-proxyipv4=<ip:port>", "IPV4 SOCKS5 proxy IP/Port",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-proxyipv6=<ip:port>", "IPV6 SOCKS5 proxy IP/Port",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-filter=<f1,f2,...>",
+                   "Allow these flag combinations as filters",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::OPTIONS);
+    argsman.AddArg("-wipeban", "Wipe list of banned nodes",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+    argsman.AddArg("-wipeignore", "Wipe list of ignored nodes",
+                   ArgsManager::ALLOW_ANY, OptionsCategory::CONNECTION);
+}
diff --git a/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/seeder/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 	TESTS
 		message_writer_tests.cpp
+		options_tests.cpp
 		p2p_messaging_tests.cpp
 		parse_name_tests.cpp
 		write_name_tests.cpp
diff --git a/src/seeder/test/options_tests.cpp b/src/seeder/test/options_tests.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/seeder/test/options_tests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2022 The Bitcoin developers
+// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
+
+#include <seeder/options.h>
+
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(options_tests)
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(options_basic_test) {
+    CDnsSeedOpts opts;
+    const char *argv[] = {"ignored", "-host=seeder.bitcoinabc.org",
+                          "-ns=localhost", "-mbox=email@bitcoinabc.org",
+                          "-port=5555"};
+    BOOST_CHECK(opts.ParseCommandLine(5, argv) == CONTINUE_EXECUTION);
+    BOOST_CHECK(opts.host == "seeder.bitcoinabc.org");
+    BOOST_CHECK(opts.ns == "localhost");
+    BOOST_CHECK(opts.mbox == "email@bitcoinabc.org");
+    BOOST_CHECK(opts.nPort == 5555);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()