diff --git a/kasa/cli.py b/kasa/cli.py
index 53c68adb..ab65c448 100755
--- a/kasa/cli.py
+++ b/kasa/cli.py
@@ -1081,5 +1081,26 @@ async def update_credentials(dev, username, password):
     return await dev.update_credentials(username, password)
 
 
+@cli.command()
+@pass_dev
+async def shell(dev: Device):
+    """Open interactive shell."""
+    echo("Opening shell for %s" % dev)
+    from ptpython.repl import embed
+
+    logging.getLogger("parso").setLevel(logging.WARNING)  # prompt parsing
+    logging.getLogger("asyncio").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    try:
+        await embed(
+            globals=globals(),
+            locals=locals(),
+            return_asyncio_coroutine=True,
+            patch_stdout=True,
+        )
+    except EOFError:
+        loop.stop()
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     cli()
diff --git a/kasa/tests/test_cli.py b/kasa/tests/test_cli.py
index 2aa07382..84f016c0 100644
--- a/kasa/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/kasa/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -558,3 +558,21 @@ async def test_type_param(device_type, mocker):
     )
     assert res.exit_code == 0
     assert isinstance(result_device, expected_type)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(
+    "Skip until pytest-asyncio supports pytest 8.0, https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-asyncio/issues/737"
+)
+async def test_shell(dev: Device, mocker):
+    """Test that the shell commands tries to embed a shell."""
+    mocker.patch("kasa.Discover.discover", return_value=[dev])
+    # repl = mocker.patch("ptpython.repl")
+    mocker.patch.dict(
+        "sys.modules",
+        {"ptpython": mocker.MagicMock(), "ptpython.repl": mocker.MagicMock()},
+    )
+    embed = mocker.patch("ptpython.repl.embed")
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    res = await runner.invoke(cli, ["shell"], obj=dev)
+    assert res.exit_code == 0
+    embed.assert_called()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70fbe07a..f4c640d5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ sphinxcontrib-programoutput = { version = "^0", optional = true }
 myst-parser = { version = "*", optional = true }
 docutils = { version = ">=0.17", optional = true }
 
+# shell support
+# ptpython = { version = "*", optional = true }
+
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 pytest = "*"
 pytest-cov = "*"
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ coverage = {version = "*", extras = ["toml"]}
 [tool.poetry.extras]
 docs = ["sphinx", "sphinx_rtd_theme", "sphinxcontrib-programoutput", "myst-parser", "docutils"]
 speedups = ["orjson", "kasa-crypt"]
+# shell = ["ptpython"]
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
 source = ["kasa"]