diff --git a/python/ray/serve/scripts.py b/python/ray/serve/scripts.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a0baa7c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/ray/serve/scripts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import click
+
+import ray
+from ray import serve
+from ray.serve.constants import DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST, DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT
+
+
+@click.group(
+    help="[EXPERIMENTAL] CLI for managing Serve instances on a Ray cluster.")
+@click.option(
+    "--address",
+    "-a",
+    default="auto",
+    required=False,
+    type=str,
+    help="Address of the running Ray cluster to connect to. "
+    "Defaults to \"auto\".")
+def cli(address):
+    ray.init(address=address)
+
+
+@cli.command(help="Start a detached Serve instance on the Ray cluster.")
+@click.option(
+    "--http-host",
+    default=DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST,
+    required=False,
+    type=str,
+    help="Host for HTTP servers to listen on. "
+    f"Defaults to {DEFAULT_HTTP_HOST}.")
+@click.option(
+    "--http-port",
+    default=DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT,
+    required=False,
+    type=int,
+    help="Port for HTTP servers to listen on. "
+    f"Defaults to {DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT}.")
+def start(http_host, http_port):
+    serve.start(detached=True, http_host=http_host, http_port=http_port)
+
+
+@cli.command(help="Shutdown the running Serve instance on the Ray cluster.")
+def shutdown():
+    serve.connect().shutdown()
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 7069f57e9..b0e9e1407 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -449,8 +449,10 @@ setuptools.setup(
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": [
             "ray=ray.scripts.scripts:main",
-            "rllib=ray.rllib.scripts:cli [rllib]", "tune=ray.tune.scripts:cli",
-            "ray-operator=ray.operator:main"
+            "rllib=ray.rllib.scripts:cli [rllib]",
+            "tune=ray.tune.scripts:cli",
+            "ray-operator=ray.operator:main",
+            "serve=ray.serve.scripts:cli",
         ]
     },
     include_package_data=True,