diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15986d35..d1b289d1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ For a list of breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### New
+
+- Add `pp` from `clojure.pprint` #707
+
 ### Fixed / enhancd
 
 - Fix issue with unzipping nested directory [babashka/pod-registry#4](https://github.com/babashka/pod-registry/issues/4)
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj
index db26af93..1e8ac7a4 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/clojure/main.clj
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 
 (def ^{:doc "A sequence of lib specs that are applied to `require`
 by default when a new command-line REPL is started."} repl-requires
-  '[[clojure.repl :refer (dir doc)]
-    [clojure.pprint :refer (pprint)]])
+  '[[clojure.repl :refer (source apropos pst dir doc find-doc)]
+    [clojure.pprint :refer (pp pprint)]])
 
 (defn repl
   "Generic, reusable, read-eval-print loop. By default, reads from *in*,
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/pprint.clj b/src/babashka/impl/pprint.clj
index b81c5ffe..943f323c 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/pprint.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/pprint.clj
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   {:no-doc true}
   (:require [clojure.pprint :as pprint]
             [sci.core :as sci]
-            [sci.impl.namespaces :refer [copy-var]]
             [sci.impl.vars :as vars]))
 
 (alter-var-root #'pprint/write-option-table
@@ -71,11 +70,12 @@
      (pprint/pprint s writer))))
 
 (def pprint-namespace
-  {'pprint (copy-var pprint pprint-ns)
-   'print-table (copy-var print-table pprint-ns)
+  {'pp (sci/copy-var pprint/pp pprint-ns)
+   'pprint (sci/copy-var pprint pprint-ns)
+   'print-table (sci/copy-var print-table pprint-ns)
    '*print-right-margin* print-right-margin
-   'cl-format (copy-var pprint/cl-format pprint-ns)
+   'cl-format (sci/copy-var pprint/cl-format pprint-ns)
    ;; we alter-var-root-ed write above, so this should copy the right function
-   'write (copy-var pprint/write pprint-ns)
-   'simple-dispatch (copy-var pprint/simple-dispatch pprint-ns)
+   'write (sci/copy-var pprint/write pprint-ns)
+   'simple-dispatch (sci/copy-var pprint/simple-dispatch pprint-ns)
    })
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj b/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj
index bed67e68..73b2267f 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/repl.clj
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                     (sio/println "Use :repl/quit or :repl/exit to quit the REPL.")
                     (sio/println "Clojure rocks, Bash reaches.")
                     (sio/println))
-                  (eval-form sci-ctx '(use 'clojure.repl))))
+                  (eval-form sci-ctx `(apply require (quote ~m/repl-requires)))))
       :read (or read
                 (fn [_request-prompt request-exit]
                   (let [v (parser/parse-next sci-ctx in)]
diff --git a/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj b/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj
index 18f1fc6d..d9cf7b70 100644
--- a/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/impl/repl_test.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns babashka.impl.repl-test
   (:require
+   [babashka.impl.pprint :refer [pprint-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.repl :refer [start-repl!]]
    [clojure.string :as str]
    [clojure.test :as t :refer [deftest is]]
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@
 
 (defn repl! []
   (start-repl! (init {:bindings {'*command-line-args*
-                                 ["a" "b" "c"]}})))
+                                 ["a" "b" "c"]}
+                      :namespaces {'clojure.pprint pprint-namespace}})))
 
 (defn assert-repl [expr expected]
   (is (str/includes? (sci/with-out-str