diff --git a/include/pocketpy/interpreter/modules.h b/include/pocketpy/interpreter/modules.h
index 6054cce3..ed7f33d5 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/interpreter/modules.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/interpreter/modules.h
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ void pk__add_module_pickle();
 void pk__add_module_base64();
 void pk__add_module_importlib();
 void pk__add_module_unicodedata();
-void pk__add_module_py_compile();
 
 void pk__add_module_stdc();
 void pk__add_module_vmath();
diff --git a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
index 87051c0a..ebf3a0b0 100644
--- a/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
+++ b/include/pocketpy/pocketpy.h
@@ -180,6 +180,9 @@ PK_API bool py_compile(const char* source,
                        const char* filename,
                        enum py_CompileMode mode,
                        bool is_dynamic) PY_RAISE PY_RETURN;
+/// Compile a `.py` file into a `.pyc` file.
+PK_API bool py_compilefile(const char* src_path,
+                           const char* dst_path) PY_RAISE;
 /// Run a source string.
 /// @param source source string.
 /// @param filename filename (for error messages).
diff --git a/include/typings/py_compile.pyi b/include/typings/py_compile.pyi
deleted file mode 100644
index 85d5abba..00000000
--- a/include/typings/py_compile.pyi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-def compile(file: str, cfile: str) -> None: ...
diff --git a/src/modules/py_compile.c b/src/interpreter/py_compile.c
similarity index 72%
rename from src/modules/py_compile.c
rename to src/interpreter/py_compile.c
index 56d97621..bfecedb9 100644
--- a/src/modules/py_compile.c
+++ b/src/interpreter/py_compile.c
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 #include "pocketpy/interpreter/vm.h"
 #include <errno.h>
 
-static bool py_compile_compile(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
-    PY_CHECK_ARGC(2);
-    PY_CHECK_ARG_TYPE(0, tp_str);
-    PY_CHECK_ARG_TYPE(1, tp_str);
-    const char* src_path = py_tostr(py_arg(0));
-    const char* dst_path = py_tostr(py_arg(1));
+bool py_compilefile(const char* src_path, const char* dst_path) {
     // read
     FILE* fp = fopen(src_path, "rb");
     if(fp == NULL) {
@@ -40,12 +35,5 @@ static bool py_compile_compile(int argc, py_Ref argv) {
     fwrite(bc_data, 1, bc_size, fp);
     fclose(fp);
     PK_FREE(bc_data);
-    py_newnone(py_retval());
     return true;
 }
-
-void pk__add_module_py_compile() {
-    py_Ref mod = py_newmodule("py_compile");
-
-    py_bindfunc(mod, "compile", py_compile_compile);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/interpreter/vm.c b/src/interpreter/vm.c
index e64e3edd..89e38ea8 100644
--- a/src/interpreter/vm.c
+++ b/src/interpreter/vm.c
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ void VM__ctor(VM* self) {
     pk__add_module_base64();
     pk__add_module_importlib();
     pk__add_module_unicodedata();
-    pk__add_module_py_compile();
 
     pk__add_module_conio();
     pk__add_module_lz4();       // optional
diff --git a/src2/main.c b/src2/main.c
index d78cdcb5..76daaaa9 100644
--- a/src2/main.c
+++ b/src2/main.c
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     bool profile = false;
     bool debug = false;
-    const char* filename = NULL;
+    bool compile = false;
+    const char* arg1 = NULL;
+    const char* arg2 = NULL;
 
     for(int i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
         if(strcmp(argv[i], "--profile") == 0) {
@@ -45,11 +47,19 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
             debug = true;
             continue;
         }
-        if(filename == NULL) {
-            filename = argv[i];
+        if(strcmp(argv[i], "--compile") == 0) {
+            compile = true;
             continue;
         }
-        printf("Usage: pocketpy [--profile] [--debug] filename\n");
+        if(arg1 == NULL) {
+            arg1 = argv[i];
+            continue;
+        }
+        if(arg2 == NULL) {
+            arg2 = argv[i];
+            continue;
+        }
+        printf("Usage: pocketpy [--profile] [--debug] [--compile] filename\n");
     }
 
     if(debug && profile) {
@@ -57,9 +67,21 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if(compile && (debug || profile)) {
+        printf("Error: --compile cannot be used with --debug or --profile.\n");
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     py_initialize();
     py_sys_setargv(argc, argv);
 
+    if(compile) {
+        bool ok = py_compilefile(arg1, arg2);
+        py_finalize();
+        return ok ? 0 : 1;
+    }
+
+    const char* filename = arg1;
     if(filename == NULL) {
         if(profile) printf("Warning: --profile is ignored in REPL mode.\n");
         if(debug) printf("Warning: --debug is ignored in REPL mode.\n");
diff --git a/tests/922_py_compile.py b/tests/922_py_compile.py
index 2dd76616..c83fddc8 100644
--- a/tests/922_py_compile.py
+++ b/tests/922_py_compile.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-from py_compile import compile
-
 try:
     import os
 except ImportError:
     print('os is not enabled, skipping test...')
     exit(0)
 
-compile('python/heapq.py', 'heapq1.pyc')
+assert os.system('./main --compile python/heapq.py heapq1.pyc') == 0
 assert os.path.exists('heapq1.pyc')
 
 import heapq1