diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/AddOpticalIntentCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/AddOpticalIntentCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc73c81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onlab/onos/cli/net/AddOpticalIntentCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.
+ */
+package org.onlab.onos.cli.net;
+
+import static org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId.deviceId;
+import static org.onlab.onos.net.PortNumber.portNumber;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.ConnectPoint;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.Intent;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.IntentService;
+import org.onlab.onos.net.intent.OpticalConnectivityIntent;
+
+/**
+ * Installs optical connectivity intents.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "add-optical-intent",
+         description = "Installs optical connectivity intent")
+public class AddOpticalIntentCommand extends ConnectivityIntentCommand {
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "ingressDevice",
+              description = "Ingress Device/Port Description",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String ingressDeviceString = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "egressDevice",
+              description = "Egress Device/Port Description",
+              required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String egressDeviceString = null;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        IntentService service = get(IntentService.class);
+
+        DeviceId ingressDeviceId = deviceId(getDeviceId(ingressDeviceString));
+        PortNumber ingressPortNumber = portNumber(getPortNumber(ingressDeviceString));
+        ConnectPoint ingress = new ConnectPoint(ingressDeviceId, ingressPortNumber);
+
+        DeviceId egressDeviceId = deviceId(getDeviceId(egressDeviceString));
+        PortNumber egressPortNumber = portNumber(getPortNumber(egressDeviceString));
+        ConnectPoint egress = new ConnectPoint(egressDeviceId, egressPortNumber);
+
+        Intent intent = new OpticalConnectivityIntent(appId(), ingress, egress);
+        service.submit(intent);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the port number portion of the ConnectPoint.
+     *
+     * @param deviceString string representing the device/port
+     * @return port number as a string, empty string if the port is not found
+     */
+    private String getPortNumber(String deviceString) {
+        int slash = deviceString.indexOf('/');
+        if (slash <= 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return deviceString.substring(slash + 1, deviceString.length());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts the device ID portion of the ConnectPoint.
+     *
+     * @param deviceString string representing the device/port
+     * @return device ID string
+     */
+    private String getDeviceId(String deviceString) {
+        int slash = deviceString.indexOf('/');
+        if (slash <= 0) {
+            return "";
+        }
+        return deviceString.substring(0, slash);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
index b01d412..610646b 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
+++ b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
@@ -119,6 +119,14 @@
             </optional-completers>
         </command>
         <command>
+            <action class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.AddOpticalIntentCommand"/>
+            <completers>
+                <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>
+                <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>
+                <null/>
+            </completers>
+        </command>
+        <command>
             <action class="org.onlab.onos.cli.net.GetStatistics"/>
                 <completers>
                     <ref component-id="connectPointCompleter"/>