diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_lll.py b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_lll.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8f6d5f1f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_lll.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+"""Tests for the lll script in the Tools/script directory."""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+from test import support
+from test.test_tools import skip_if_missing, import_tool
+import unittest
+
+skip_if_missing()
+
+
+class lllTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.lll = import_tool('lll')
+
+    def test_lll_multiple_dirs(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as dir1, \
+             tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as dir2:
+            fn1 = os.path.join(dir1, 'foo1')
+            fn2 = os.path.join(dir2, 'foo2')
+            for fn, dir in (fn1, dir1), (fn2, dir2):
+                open(fn, 'w').close()
+                os.symlink(fn, os.path.join(dir, 'symlink'))
+
+            with support.captured_stdout() as output:
+                self.lll.main([dir1, dir2])
+            self.assertEqual(output.getvalue(),
+                f'{dir1}:\n'
+                f'symlink -> {fn1}\n'
+                f'\n'
+                f'{dir2}:\n'
+                f'symlink -> {fn2}\n'
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2019-04-30-14-30-29.bpo-14546.r38Y-6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2019-04-30-14-30-29.bpo-14546.r38Y-6.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8659b886af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2019-04-30-14-30-29.bpo-14546.r38Y-6.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the argument handling in Tools/scripts/lll.py.
diff --git a/Tools/scripts/lll.py b/Tools/scripts/lll.py
index aa4e55091e5..1b48eac8aad 100755
--- a/Tools/scripts/lll.py
+++ b/Tools/scripts/lll.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ def lll(dirname):
             full = os.path.join(dirname, name)
             if os.path.islink(full):
                 print(name, '->', os.readlink(full))
-def main():
-    args = sys.argv[1:]
+def main(args):
     if not args: args = [os.curdir]
     first = 1
     for arg in args:
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ def main():
             if not first: print()
             first = 0
             print(arg + ':')
-    lll(arg)
+        lll(arg)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    main(sys.argv[1:])