diff --git a/shell/__init__.py b/shell/__init__.py
index c82a0d6eb..9c019084d 100644
--- a/shell/__init__.py
+++ b/shell/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-from . import shell
+from cli import shell
diff --git a/shell/cli/__init__.py b/shell/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/shell/shell.py b/shell/cli/shell.py
similarity index 100%
rename from shell/shell.py
rename to shell/cli/shell.py