diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 12c22cb2..2ac4a8d2 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
         org.clojure/tools.logging {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
         org.clojure/data.priority-map {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
         insn/insn {:mvn/version "0.5.2"}
-        org.clojure/core.rrb-vector {:mvn/version "0.1.2"}}
+        org.clojure/core.rrb-vector {:mvn/version "0.1.2"}
+        org.babashka/cli {:mvn/version "0.3.33"}}
  :aliases {:babashka/dev
            {:main-opts ["-m" "babashka.main"]}
            :profile
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index c69c609b..e8163ea4 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
                  [org.clojure/test.check "1.1.1"]
                  [com.github.clj-easy/graal-build-time "0.1.0"]
                  [rewrite-clj/rewrite-clj "1.0.699-alpha"]
-                 [insn/insn "0.5.2"]]
+                 [insn/insn "0.5.2"]
+                 [org.babashka/cli "0.3.33"]]
   :plugins       [[org.kipz/lein-meta-bom "0.1.1"]]
   :metabom {:jar-name "metabom.jar"}
   :profiles {:feature/xml  {:source-paths ["feature-xml"]
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/cli.clj b/src/babashka/impl/cli.clj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d0f91284
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/cli.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+(ns babashka.impl.cli
+  (:require
+   [babashka.cli]
+   [sci.core :as sci]))
+
+(def cns (sci/create-ns 'babashka.cli))
+
+(def cli-namespace
+  (sci/copy-ns babashka.cli cns))
diff --git a/src/babashka/main.clj b/src/babashka/main.clj
index 6f20a62c..c6d23dc8 100644
--- a/src/babashka/main.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/main.clj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
    [babashka.impl.cheshire :refer [cheshire-core-namespace]]
    [babashka.impl.classes :as classes]
    [babashka.impl.classpath :as cp :refer [classpath-namespace]]
+   [babashka.impl.cli :as cli]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.core :as core :refer [core-extras]]
    [babashka.impl.clojure.core.async :refer [async-namespace
                                              async-protocols-namespace]]
@@ -409,6 +410,7 @@ Use bb run --help to show this help output.
                   ;; 'init (sci/copy-var sci/init sci-ns)
                   ;; 'fork (sci/copy-var sci/fork sci-ns)
                   }
+       'babashka.cli cli/cli-namespace
        }
     features/xml?  (assoc 'clojure.data.xml @(resolve 'babashka.impl.xml/xml-namespace)
                           'clojure.data.xml.event @(resolve 'babashka.impl.xml/xml-event-namespace)