diff --git a/shell/README.md b/shell/README.md
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+Makes available in Odoo 8 the `shell` server command available for Odoo 9.
+
+To have this feature available this module just need to be in the
+addons path. To use it, in a terminal window run:
+
+    $ ./odoo.py shell -d <dbname>
+
+This will initialize a server instance and then jump into a Pyhton
+interactive shell, with full access to the Odoo API.
+
+Example session:
+
+    >>> self
+    res.users(1,)
+    >>> self.name
+    u'Administrator'
+    >>> self._name
+    'res.users'
+    >>> self.env
+    <openerp.api.Environment object at 0xb3f4f52c>
+    >>> self.env['res.partner'].search([('name', 'like', 'Ag')])
+    res.partner(7, 51)
diff --git a/shell/__init__.py b/shell/__init__.py
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+from .cli import shell
diff --git a/shell/__openerp__.py b/shell/__openerp__.py
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+{
+    'name': 'Shell command backport',
+    'summary': 'Backport of the v9 shell CLI command.',
+    'author': 'Daniel Reis',
+    'version': '1.0',
+}
diff --git a/shell/cli/__init__.py b/shell/cli/__init__.py
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diff --git a/shell/cli/shell.py b/shell/cli/shell.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+##############################################################################
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+#    published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+#    License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+import code
+import os
+import signal
+import sys
+
+import openerp
+from openerp.api import Environment
+from openerp.cli import Command
+
+
+def raise_keyboard_interrupt(*a):
+    raise KeyboardInterrupt()
+
+
+class Console(code.InteractiveConsole):
+    def __init__(self, locals=None, filename="<console>"):
+        code.InteractiveConsole.__init__(self, locals, filename)
+        try:
+            import readline
+            import rlcompleter
+        except ImportError:
+            print('readline or rlcompleter not available,'
+                  ' autocomplete disabled.')
+        else:
+            readline.set_completer(rlcompleter.Completer(locals).complete)
+            readline.parse_and_bind("tab: complete")
+
+
+class Shell(Command):
+    """Start odoo in an interactive shell"""
+    def init(self, args):
+        openerp.tools.config.parse_config(args)
+        openerp.cli.server.report_configuration()
+        openerp.service.server.start(preload=[], stop=True)
+        signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, raise_keyboard_interrupt)
+
+    def console(self, local_vars):
+        if not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()):
+            exec sys.stdin in local_vars
+        else:
+            if 'env' not in local_vars:
+                print('No environment set, use `odoo.py shell -d dbname`'
+                      ' to get one.')
+            for i in sorted(local_vars):
+                print('%s: %s' % (i, local_vars[i]))
+            Console(locals=local_vars).interact()
+
+    def shell(self, dbname):
+        local_vars = {
+            'openerp': openerp
+        }
+        with Environment.manage():
+            if dbname:
+                registry = openerp.modules.registry.RegistryManager.get(dbname)
+                with registry.cursor() as cr:
+                    uid = openerp.SUPERUSER_ID
+                    ctx = Environment(cr, uid, {})['res.users'].context_get()
+                    env = Environment(cr, uid, ctx)
+                    local_vars['env'] = env
+                    local_vars['self'] = env.user
+                    self.console(local_vars)
+            else:
+                self.console(local_vars)
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        self.init(args)
+        self.shell(openerp.tools.config['db_name'])
+        return 0