diff --git a/mdformat_tables/__init__.py b/mdformat_tables/__init__.py
index 63f4688..c0482e3 100644
--- a/mdformat_tables/__init__.py
+++ b/mdformat_tables/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
 from .plugin import (  # noqa: F401
     POSTPROCESSORS,
     RENDERERS,
-    add_cli_options,
+    add_cli_argument_group,
     update_mdit,
 )
diff --git a/mdformat_tables/plugin.py b/mdformat_tables/plugin.py
index e694775..c8ab115 100644
--- a/mdformat_tables/plugin.py
+++ b/mdformat_tables/plugin.py
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 from wcwidth import wcswidth
 
 
-def add_cli_options(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
-    """Add options to the mdformat CLI, to be stored in `mdit.options["mdformat"]`."""
-    parser.add_argument(
+def add_cli_argument_group(group: argparse._ArgumentGroup) -> None:
+    """Add options to the mdformat CLI, to be stored in
+    `mdit.options["mdformat"]["plugin"]["tables"]`."""
+    group.add_argument(
         "--compact-tables",
         action="store_true",
         help="If specified, do not add padding to table cells.",
@@ -70,7 +71,14 @@ def format_delimiter_cell(index: int, align: str) -> str:
 
 def _render_table(node: RenderTreeNode, context: RenderContext) -> str:
     """Render a `RenderTreeNode` of type "table"."""
-    compact_tables = context.options["mdformat"].get("compact_tables", False)
+    compact_tables_from_cli_or_toml = (
+        context.options["mdformat"]
+        .get("plugin", {})
+        .get("tables", {})
+        .get("compact_tables")
+    )
+    compact_tables_from_api = context.options["mdformat"].get("compact_tables")
+    compact_tables = compact_tables_from_cli_or_toml or compact_tables_from_api
     # gather rendered cell content into row * column array
     rows: List[List[str]] = []
     align: List[List[str]] = []
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d4d2759..916e866 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ classifiers = [
 keywords = "mdformat,markdown,markdown-it"
 
 requires-python=">=3.9"
-requires=["mdformat>=0.7.5,<0.8.0", "wcwidth>=0.2.13"]
+requires=["mdformat>=0.7.19,<0.8.0", "wcwidth>=0.2.13"]
 
 [tool.flit.metadata.requires-extra]
 test = [
diff --git a/tests/test_parse.py b/tests/test_parse.py
index e379ec5..25fd835 100644
--- a/tests/test_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_parse.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from markdown_it.utils import read_fixture_file
 import mdformat
+import mdformat._cli
 import pytest
 
 FIXTURE_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures.md"
@@ -11,12 +12,23 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "line,title,text,expected", fixtures, ids=[f[1] for f in fixtures]
 )
-def test_fixtures(line, title, text, expected):
+def test_fixtures__api(line, title, text, expected):
     output = mdformat.text(text, extensions={"tables"})
     print(output)
     assert output.rstrip() == expected.rstrip(), output
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "line,title,text,expected", fixtures, ids=[f[1] for f in fixtures]
+)
+def test_fixtures__cli(line, title, text, expected, tmp_path):
+    file_path = tmp_path / "test_markdown.md"
+    file_path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    assert mdformat._cli.run([str(file_path)]) == 0
+    md_new = file_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert md_new == expected
+
+
 FIXTURES_COMPACT_PATH = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures-compact.md"
 fixtures_compact = read_fixture_file(FIXTURES_COMPACT_PATH)
 
@@ -24,9 +36,20 @@ def test_fixtures(line, title, text, expected):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "line,title,text,expected", fixtures_compact, ids=[f[1] for f in fixtures_compact]
 )
-def test_fixtures_compact(line, title, text, expected):
+def test_fixtures_compact__api(line, title, text, expected):
     output = mdformat.text(
         text, extensions={"tables"}, options={"compact_tables": True}
     )
     print(output)
     assert output.rstrip() == expected.rstrip(), output
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "line,title,text,expected", fixtures_compact, ids=[f[1] for f in fixtures_compact]
+)
+def test_fixtures_compact__cli(line, title, text, expected, tmp_path):
+    file_path = tmp_path / "test_markdown.md"
+    file_path.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+    assert mdformat._cli.run([str(file_path), "--compact-tables"]) == 0
+    md_new = file_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert md_new == expected