diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 23e23e23..bfe304ad 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
 [submodule "pods"]
 	path = pods
 	url = https://github.com/babashka/pods
+[submodule "deps.clj"]
+	path = deps.clj
+	url = https://github.com/borkdude/deps.clj
diff --git a/deps.clj b/deps.clj
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..1418e6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps.clj
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1418e6d704df5b3331a080a2cff240fdb60c82bf
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index c4de84d4..ee800051 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
          "sci/src" "babashka.curl/src" "pods/src"
          "babashka.nrepl/src"
          "depstar/src" "process/src"
+         "deps.clj/src" "deps.clj/resources"
          "resources" "sci/resources"],
  :deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.2-alpha2"},
         org.clojure/tools.reader {:mvn/version "1.3.3"},
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index c2554e04..f93d6804 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License 1.0"
             :url "http://opensource.org/licenses/eclipse-1.0.php"}
   :source-paths ["src" "sci/src" "babashka.curl/src" "pods/src"
-                 "babashka.nrepl/src" "depstar/src" "process/src"]
+                 "babashka.nrepl/src" "depstar/src" "process/src"
+                 "deps.clj/src" "deps.clj/resources"]
   ;; for debugging Reflector.java code:
   ;; :java-source-paths ["sci/reflector/src-java"]
   :java-source-paths ["src-java"]
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj b/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a45387d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/deps.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+(ns babashka.impl.deps
+  (:require [babashka.impl.classpath :as cp]
+            [borkdude.deps :as deps]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
+            [sci.core :as sci]
+            [babashka.process :as p]))
+
+(def dns (sci/create-ns 'dns nil))
+
+;;;; merge deps.edn files
+
+(defn- merge-or-replace
+  "If maps, merge, otherwise replace"
+  [& vals]
+  (when (some identity vals)
+    (reduce (fn [ret val]
+              (if (and (map? ret) (map? val))
+                (merge ret val)
+                (or val ret)))
+            nil vals)))
+
+(defn merge-deps
+  "Merge multiple deps edn maps from left to right into a single deps edn map."
+  [deps-edn-maps]
+  (apply merge-with merge-or-replace (remove nil? deps-edn-maps)))
+
+(defn- merge-defaults [deps defaults]
+  (let [overriden (select-keys deps (keys defaults))
+        overriden-deps (keys overriden)
+        defaults (select-keys defaults overriden-deps)]
+    (merge deps defaults)))
+
+(defn merge-default-deps [deps-map defaults]
+  (let [paths (into [[:deps]]
+                    (map (fn [alias]
+                           [:aliases alias])
+                         (keys (:aliases deps-map))))]
+    (reduce
+     (fn [acc path]
+       (update-in acc path merge-defaults defaults))
+     deps-map
+     paths)))
+
+#_(merge-default-deps '{:deps {medley/medley nil}
+                      :aliases {:foo {medley/medley nil}}}
+                    '{medley/medley {:mvn/version "1.3.0"}})
+
+;;;; end merge edn files
+
+;; We are optimizing for the 1-file script with deps scenario where people can
+;; call this function to include e.g. {:deps {medley/medley
+;; {:mvn/version "1.3.3"}}}. Optionally they can include aliases, to modify the
+;; classpath.
+(defn add-deps
+  "Takes deps edn map and optionally a map with :aliases (seq of
+  keywords) which will used to calculate classpath. The classpath is
+  then used to resolve dependencies in babashka."
+  ([deps-map] (add-deps deps-map nil))
+  ([deps-map {:keys [:aliases]}]
+   (let [args ["-Spath" "-Sdeps" (str deps-map)]
+         args (cond-> args
+                aliases (conj (str "-A:" (str/join ":" aliases))))
+         cp (with-out-str (apply deps/-main args))]
+     (cp/add-classpath cp))))
+
+(defn clojure
+  "Starts clojure similar to CLI. Use `rlwrap bb` for `clj`-like invocation.
+  Invokes java with babashka.process/process for `-M`, `-X` and `-A`
+  and returns the associated record. Default options passed to
+  babashka.process/process are:
+
+  {:in  :inherit
+   :out :inherit
+   :err :inherit
+   :shutdown p/destroy-tree}
+
+  which can be overriden with opts.
+
+  Returns `nil` and prints to *out* for --help, -Spath, -Sdescribe and
+  -Stree.
+
+  Examples:
+
+  (-> (clojure '[-M -e (+ 1 2 3)] {:out :string}) deref :out) returns
+  \"6\n\".
+
+  (-> @(clojure) :exit) starts a clojure REPL, waits for it
+  to finish and returns the exit code from the process."
+  ([] (clojure []))
+  ([args] (clojure args nil))
+  ([args opts]
+   (let [opts (merge {:in  :inherit
+                      :out :inherit
+                      :err :inherit
+                      :shutdown p/destroy-tree}
+                     opts)]
+     (binding [*in* @sci/in
+               *out* @sci/out
+               *err* @sci/err
+               deps/*process-fn* (fn
+                                   ([cmd] (p/process cmd opts))
+                                   ([cmd _] (p/process cmd opts)))
+               deps/*exit-fn* (fn
+                                ([_])
+                                ([_exit-code msg]
+                                 (throw (Exception. msg))))]
+       (apply deps/-main (map str args))))))
+
+;; (-> (clojure ["-Sdeps" edn "-M:foo"] {:out :inherit}) p/check)
+
+;; TODO:
+;; (uberjar {:out "final.jar" :main 'foo.bar})
+;; (uberscript {:out "final.clj" :main 'foo.bar})
+
+(def deps-namespace
+  {'add-deps (sci/copy-var add-deps dns)
+   'clojure (sci/copy-var clojure dns)
+   'merge-deps (sci/copy-var merge-deps dns)
+   ;; undocumented
+   'merge-defaults (sci/copy-var merge-default-deps dns)})
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 0c4896ce..8bc1ce9e 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
    [babashka.impl.curl :refer [curl-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.data :as data]
    [babashka.impl.datafy :refer [datafy-namespace]]
+   [babashka.impl.deps :as deps :refer [deps-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.error-handler :refer [error-handler]]
    [babashka.impl.features :as features]
    [babashka.impl.pods :as pods]
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
    [babashka.impl.test :as t]
    [babashka.impl.tools.cli :refer [tools-cli-namespace]]
    [babashka.nrepl.server :as nrepl-server]
+   [babashka.process :as process]
    [babashka.wait :as wait]
    [clojure.edn :as edn]
    [clojure.java.io :as io]
@@ -109,6 +111,8 @@
                  (let [opt (first options)]
                    (case opt
                      ("--") (assoc opts-map :command-line-args (next options))
+                     ("clojure") (assoc opts-map :clojure true
+                                        :opts (rest options))
                      ("--version") {:version true}
                      ("--help" "-h" "-?") {:help? true}
                      ("--verbose")(recur (next options)
@@ -345,7 +349,8 @@ If neither -e, -f, or --socket-repl are specified, then the first argument that
         io clojure.java.io
         json cheshire.core
         curl babashka.curl
-        bencode bencode.core}
+        bencode bencode.core
+        deps babashka.deps}
     features/xml?        (assoc 'xml 'clojure.data.xml)
     features/yaml?       (assoc 'yaml 'clj-yaml.core)
     features/jdbc?       (assoc 'jdbc 'next.jdbc)
@@ -391,7 +396,8 @@ If neither -e, -f, or --socket-repl are specified, then the first argument that
        'clojure.datafy datafy-namespace
        'clojure.core.protocols protocols-namespace
        'clojure.core.server clojure-core-server
-       'babashka.process process-namespace}
+       'babashka.process process-namespace
+       'babashka.deps deps-namespace}
     features/xml?  (assoc 'clojure.data.xml @(resolve 'babashka.impl.xml/xml-namespace))
     features/yaml? (assoc 'clj-yaml.core @(resolve 'babashka.impl.yaml/yaml-namespace)
                           'flatland.ordered.map @(resolve 'babashka.impl.ordered/ordered-map-ns))
@@ -476,8 +482,12 @@ If neither -e, -f, or --socket-repl are specified, then the first argument that
                     :repl :socket-repl :nrepl
                     :verbose? :classpath
                     :main :uberscript :describe?
-                    :jar :uberjar] :as _opts}
+                    :jar :uberjar :clojure] :as opts}
             (parse-opts args)
+            _ (when clojure
+                (if-let [proc (deps/clojure (:opts opts))]
+                  (-> @proc :exit (System/exit))
+                  (System/exit 0)))
             _ (when verbose? (vreset! common/verbose? true))
             _ (do ;; set properties
                 (when main (System/setProperty "babashka.main" main))
diff --git a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7c5d448
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+(ns babashka.deps-test
+  (:require
+   [babashka.test-utils :as test-utils]
+   [clojure.edn :as edn]
+   [clojure.test :as test :refer [deftest is testing]]))
+
+(defn bb [& args]
+  (edn/read-string
+   {:readers *data-readers*
+    :eof nil}
+   (apply test-utils/bb nil (map str args))))
+
+(deftest dependency-test (is (= #{:a :c :b} (bb "
+(require '[babashka.deps :as deps])
+
+(deps/add-deps '{:deps {com.stuartsierra/dependency {:mvn/version \"1.0.0\"}}})
+
+(require '[com.stuartsierra.dependency :as dep])
+
+(def g1 (-> (dep/graph)
+            (dep/depend :b :a)
+            (dep/depend :c :b)
+            (dep/depend :c :a)
+            (dep/depend :d :c)))
+
+(dep/transitive-dependencies g1 :d)
+"))))
+
+(deftest clojure-test
+  (testing "-Stree prints to *out*"
+    (is (true? (bb "
+(require '[babashka.deps :as deps])
+(require '[clojure.string :as str])
+(str/includes?
+  (with-out-str (babashka.deps/clojure [\"-Stree\"]))
+  \"org.clojure/clojure\")
+"))))
+  (testing "-P does not exit babashka script"
+    (is (true? (bb "
+(require '[babashka.deps :as deps])
+(require '[clojure.string :as str])
+(babashka.deps/clojure [\"-P\"])
+true
+"))))
+  (is (= "6\n" (bb "
+(require '[babashka.deps :as deps])
+(require '[babashka.process :as p])
+
+(-> (babashka.deps/clojure [\"-M\" \"-e\" \"(+ 1 2 3)\"] {:out :string})
+    (p/check)
+    :out)
+")))
+  (when-not test-utils/native?
+    (is (thrown-with-msg? Exception #"Option changed" (bb "
+(require '[babashka.deps :as deps])
+(babashka.deps/clojure [\"-Sresolve-tags\"])
+"))))
+  (is (true? (bb "
+(= 5 (:exit @(babashka.deps/clojure [] {:in \"(System/exit 5)\" :out :string})))"))))