diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/__main__.py b/sdk/python/kfp/__main__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..545e54ff4eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/__main__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from .cli.cli import main
+
+# TODO(hongyes): add more commands:
+# kfp compile (migrate from dsl-compile)
+# kfp experiment (manage experiments)
+# kfp pipeline (manage pipelines)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/cli/__init__.py b/sdk/python/kfp/cli/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2fc82ab83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/cli/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
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diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/cli/cli.py b/sdk/python/kfp/cli/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1db6469ffd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/cli/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import click
+from .._client import Client
+from .run import run
+
+@click.group()
+@click.option('--endpoint', help='Endpoint of the KFP API service to connect.')
+@click.option('--iap-client-id', help='Client ID for IAP protected endpoint.')
+@click.option('-n', '--namespace', default='kubeflow', help='Kubernetes namespace to connect to the KFP API.')
+@click.pass_context
+def cli(ctx, endpoint, iap_client_id, namespace):
+    """kfp is the command line interface to KFP service."""
+    ctx.obj['client'] = Client(endpoint, iap_client_id, namespace)
+    ctx.obj['namespace']= namespace
+
+def main():
+    cli.add_command(run)
+    cli(obj={}, auto_envvar_prefix='KFP')
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diff --git a/sdk/python/kfp/cli/run.py b/sdk/python/kfp/cli/run.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fb76661953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/python/kfp/cli/run.py
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from .._client import Client
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import pprint
+import time
+import json
+import click
+
+from tabulate import tabulate
+
+@click.group()
+def run():
+    """manage run resources"""
+    pass
+
+@run.command()
+@click.option('-e', '--experiment-id', help='Parent experiment ID of listed runs.')
+@click.option('--max-size', default=100, help='Max size of the listed runs.')
+@click.pass_context
+def list(ctx, experiment_id, max_size):
+    """list recent KFP runs"""
+    client = ctx.obj['client']
+    response = client.list_runs(experiment_id=experiment_id, page_size=max_size, sort_by='created_at desc')
+    if response and response.runs:
+        _print_runs(response.runs)
+    else:
+        print('No runs found.')
+
+@run.command()
+@click.option('-e', '--experiment-name', required=True, help='Experiment name of the run.')
+@click.option('-r', '--run-name', help='Name of the run.')
+@click.option('-f', '--package-file', type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False), help='Path of the pipeline package file.')
+@click.option('-p', '--pipeline-id', help='ID of the pipeline template.')
+@click.option('-w', '--watch', is_flag=True, default=False, help='Watch the run status until it finishes.')
+@click.argument('args', nargs=-1)
+@click.pass_context
+def submit(ctx, experiment_name, run_name, package_file, pipeline_id, watch, args):
+    """submit a KFP run"""
+    client = ctx.obj['client']
+    namespace = ctx.obj['namespace']
+    if not run_name:
+        run_name = experiment_name
+
+    if not package_file and not pipeline_id:
+        print('You must provide one of [package_file, pipeline_id].')
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    arg_dict = dict(arg.split('=') for arg in args)
+    experiment = client.create_experiment(experiment_name)
+    run = client.run_pipeline(experiment.id, run_name, package_file, arg_dict, pipeline_id)
+    print('Run {} is submitted'.format(run.id))
+    _display_run(client, namespace, run.id, watch)
+
+@run.command()
+@click.option('-w', '--watch', is_flag=True, default=False, help='Watch the run status until it finishes.')
+@click.argument('run-id')
+@click.pass_context
+def get(ctx, watch, run_id):
+    """display the details of a KFP run"""
+    client = ctx.obj['client']
+    namespace = ctx.obj['namespace']
+    _display_run(client, namespace, run_id, watch)
+
+def _display_run(client, namespace, run_id, watch):
+    run = client.get_run(run_id).run
+    _print_runs([run])
+    if not watch:
+        return
+    argo_workflow_name = None
+    while True:
+        time.sleep(1)
+        run_detail = client.get_run(run_id)
+        run = run_detail.run
+        if run_detail.pipeline_runtime and run_detail.pipeline_runtime.workflow_manifest:
+            manifest = json.loads(run_detail.pipeline_runtime.workflow_manifest)
+            if manifest['metadata'] and manifest['metadata']['name']:
+                argo_workflow_name = manifest['metadata']['name']
+                break
+        if run_detail.run.status in ['Succeeded', 'Skipped', 'Failed', 'Error']:
+            print('Run is finished with status {}.'.format(run_detail.run.status))
+            return
+    if argo_workflow_name:
+        subprocess.run(['argo', 'watch', argo_workflow_name, '-n', namespace])
+        _print_runs([run])
+
+def _print_runs(runs):
+    headers = ['run id', 'name', 'status', 'created at']
+    data = [[run.id, run.name, run.status, run.created_at.isoformat()] for run in runs]
+    print(tabulate(data, headers=headers, tablefmt='grid'))
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diff --git a/sdk/python/requirements.txt b/sdk/python/requirements.txt
index 4c6e5a59016..dee38d3cae9 100644
--- a/sdk/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/sdk/python/requirements.txt
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ requests_toolbelt>=0.8.0
 kfp-server-api >= 0.1.18, < 0.1.19
 argo-models == 2.2.1a
 jsonschema >= 3.0.1
+tabulate == 0.8.3
+click == 7.0
diff --git a/sdk/python/setup.py b/sdk/python/setup.py
index 8ebb651541b..9f4c5e4eb24 100644
--- a/sdk/python/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
     'cloudpickle',
     'kfp-server-api >= 0.1.18, < 0.1.19', #Update the upper version whenever a new version of the kfp-server-api package is released. Update the lower version when there is a breaking change in kfp-server-api.
     'argo-models == 2.2.1a',  #2.2.1a is equivalent to argo 2.2.1
-    'jsonschema >= 3.0.1'
+    'jsonschema >= 3.0.1',
+    'tabulate == 0.8.3',
+    'click == 7.0'
 ]
 
 setup(
@@ -67,4 +69,6 @@
     ],
     python_requires='>=3.5.3',
     include_package_data=True,
-    entry_points={'console_scripts': ['dsl-compile = kfp.compiler.main:main',]})
+    entry_points={'console_scripts': [
+        'dsl-compile = kfp.compiler.main:main',
+        'kfp=kfp.__main__:main']})