diff --git a/pysrc/juliacall/__main__.py b/pysrc/juliacall/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4590e975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysrc/juliacall/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import argparse
+
+from juliacall import Main
+from juliacall.repl import run_repl, add_repl_args
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("JuliaCall REPL (experimental)")
+    parser.add_argument('-e', '--eval', type=str, default=None, help='Evaluate <expr>. If specified, all other arguments are ignored.')
+    parser.add_argument('-E', '--print', type=str, default=None, help='Evaluate <expr> and display the result. If specified, all other arguments are ignored.')
+
+    add_repl_args(parser)
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    assert not (args.eval is not None and args.print is not None), "Cannot specify both -e/--eval and -E/--print"
+
+    if args.eval is not None:
+        Main.seval(args.eval)
+    elif args.print is not None:
+        result = Main.seval(args.print)
+        Main.display(result)
+    else:
+        run_repl(
+            banner=args.banner,
+            quiet=args.quiet,
+            history_file=args.history_file,
+            preamble=args.preamble
+        )
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/pysrc/juliacall/banner.jl b/pysrc/juliacall/banner.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82c4093a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysrc/juliacall/banner.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/blob/fae0d0ad3e5d9804533435fe81f4eaac819895af/stdlib/REPL/src/REPL.jl#L1727C1-L1795C4
+
+function __PythonCall_banner(banner_opt::Symbol = :yes)
+    io = stdout
+
+    if banner_opt == :no
+        return
+    end
+
+    short = banner_opt == :short
+
+    if get(io, :color, false)::Bool
+        c = Base.text_colors
+        tx = c[:normal] # text
+        jl = c[:normal] # julia
+        jc = c[:blue] # juliacall text
+        jb = c[:bold] * jc  # bold blue dot
+        d1 = c[:bold] * c[:blue]    # first dot
+        d2 = c[:bold] * c[:red]     # second dot
+        d3 = c[:bold] * c[:green]   # third dot
+        d4 = c[:bold] * c[:magenta] # fourth dot
+        d5 = c[:bold] * c[:yellow]  # bold yellow dot
+
+        if short
+            print(io,"""
+              $(jb)o$(tx)  | Julia $(VERSION)
+             $(jb)o$(tx) $(d5)o$(tx) | PythonCall $(PythonCall.VERSION)
+            """)
+        else
+            print(io,"""               $(d3)_$(tx)
+               $(d1)_$(tx)       $(jl)_$(tx) $(d2)_$(d3)(_)$(d4)_$(tx)$(jc)               _  _ $(tx)  |  Documentation: https://juliapy.github.io/PythonCall.jl/
+              $(d1)(_)$(jl)     | $(d2)(_)$(tx) $(d4)(_)$(tx)$(jc)             | || |$(tx)  |
+               $(jl)_ _   _| |_  __ _$(jc)  ___  __ _ | || |$(tx)  |  Julia: $(VERSION)
+              $(jl)| | | | | | |/ _` |$(jc)/ __|/ _` || || |$(tx)  |  PythonCall: $(PythonCall.VERSION)
+              $(jl)| | |_| | | | (_| |$(jc) |__  (_| || || |$(tx)  |
+             $(jl)_/ |\\__'_|_|_|\\__'_|$(jc)\\___|\\__'_||_||_|$(tx)  |  The JuliaCall REPL is experimental.
+            $(jl)|__/$(tx)                                    |
+
+            """)
+        end
+    else
+        if short
+            print(io,"""
+              o  |  Julia $(VERSION)
+             o o |  PythonCall $(PythonCall.VERSION)
+            """)
+        else
+            print(io,"""
+                           _
+               _       _ _(_)_               _  _   |  Documentation: https://juliapy.github.io/PythonCall.jl/
+              (_)     | (_) (_)             | || |  |
+               _ _   _| |_  __ _  ___  __ _ | || |  |  Julia: $(VERSION)
+              | | | | | | |/ _` |/ __|/ _` || || |  |  PythonCall: $(PythonCall.VERSION)
+              | | |_| | | | (_| | |__  (_| || || |  |
+             _/ |\\__'_|_|_|\\__'_|\\___|\\__'_||_||_|  |  The JuliaCall REPL is experimental.
+            |__/                                    |
+            """)
+        end
+    end
+end
diff --git a/pysrc/juliacall/init.py b/pysrc/juliacall/init.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7af7bb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysrc/juliacall/init.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import json
+import juliapkg
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # invoking python -m juliacall.init automatically imports juliacall which
+    # calls init() which calls juliapkg.executable() which lazily downloads julia
+
+    if "--debug" in sys.argv:
+        state = juliapkg.state.STATE
+        state["version"] = str(state["version"])
+        print(json.dumps(state, indent=2))
+    else:
+        print("Initialized successfully. Pass --debug to see the full JuliaPkg state.")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pysrc/juliacall/repl.py b/pysrc/juliacall/repl.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bdd120ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pysrc/juliacall/repl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from juliacall import Main, Base
+
+def run_repl(banner='yes', quiet=False, history_file='yes', preamble=None):
+    os.environ.setdefault("PYTHON_JULIACALL_HANDLE_SIGNALS", "yes")
+    if os.environ.get("PYTHON_JULIACALL_HANDLE_SIGNALS") != "yes":
+        print("Experimental JuliaCall REPL requires PYTHON_JULIACALL_HANDLE_SIGNALS=yes")
+        exit(1)
+
+    Base.is_interactive = True
+
+    if not quiet:
+        Main.include(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'banner.jl'))
+        Main.__PythonCall_banner(Base.Symbol(banner))
+
+    if Main.seval(r'VERSION ≥ v"v1.11.0-alpha1"'):
+        no_banner_opt = Base.Symbol("no")
+    else:
+        no_banner_opt = False
+
+    if preamble:
+        Main.include(str(preamble.resolve()))
+
+    Base.run_main_repl(
+        Base.is_interactive,
+        quiet,
+        no_banner_opt,
+        history_file == 'yes',
+        True
+    )
+
+def add_repl_args(parser):
+    parser.add_argument('--banner', choices=['yes', 'no', 'short'], default='yes', help='Enable or disable startup banner')
+    parser.add_argument('--quiet', '-q', action='store_true', help='Quiet startup: no banner, suppress REPL warnings')
+    parser.add_argument('--history-file', choices=['yes', 'no'], default='yes', help='Load or save history')
+    parser.add_argument('--preamble', type=Path, help='Code to be included before the REPL starts')
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser("JuliaCall REPL (experimental)")
+    add_repl_args(parser)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    run_repl(args.banner, args.quiet, args.history_file, args.preamble)
diff --git a/pytest/test_all.py b/pytest/test_all.py
index 9cdc8ce4..93305600 100644
--- a/pytest/test_all.py
+++ b/pytest/test_all.py
@@ -168,3 +168,20 @@ def test_call_nogil(yld, raw):
         t2 = time() - t0
     # executing the tasks should take about 1 second because they happen in parallel
     assert 0.9 < t2 < 1.5
+
+
+def test_repl():
+    import sys, subprocess
+    import juliapkg
+    import juliacall as _
+
+    output, _ = subprocess.Popen(
+        [sys.executable, "-m", "juliacall"],
+        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+        stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+        text=True
+    ).communicate(input="", timeout=10)
+
+    assert f"Julia: {juliapkg.state.STATE['version']}" in output
+    assert "julia>" in output