diff --git a/solc_select/__main__.py b/solc_select/__main__.py
index c589917..234c36e 100644
--- a/solc_select/__main__.py
+++ b/solc_select/__main__.py
@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@ def solc() -> None:
         path = ARTIFACTS_DIR.joinpath(f"solc-{version}", f"solc-{version}")
         halt_old_architecture(path)
         try:
+            # Display solc usage when invoked with help flag or without options
+            check_process = sys.argv[1:] not in ["--help", []]
             process = subprocess.run(
-                [str(path)] + sys.argv[1:], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=None, check=True
+                [str(path)] + sys.argv[1:], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stdin=None, check=check_process
             )
             print(str(process.stdout, "utf-8"))
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError: