diff --git a/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/net/RegionAddPeerLocCommand.java b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/net/RegionAddPeerLocCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27a5586
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/src/main/java/org/onosproject/cli/net/RegionAddPeerLocCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.cli.net;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Argument;
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+import org.onosproject.cli.AbstractShellCommand;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.NetworkConfigService;
+import org.onosproject.net.config.basics.BasicRegionConfig;
+import org.onosproject.net.region.RegionId;
+
+/**
+ * Annotate a region with a peer location. That is, when rendering the
+ * first region, where should the second (peer) region node be
+ * located on the layout. An example:
+ * <pre>
+ *     region-add-peer-loc rUK rES 50.4060 -3.3860
+ * </pre>
+ * When rendering the rUK region, the rES peer region node should be located
+ * at latitude 50.4060 and longitude -3.3860.
+ * <pre>
+ *     region-add-peer-loc rUK rES 100.0 200.0 grid
+ * </pre>
+ * When rendering the rUK region, the rES peer region node should be located
+ * at grid-Y 100 and grid-X 200.
+ *
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "region-add-peer-loc",
+        description = "Adds a peer location annotation to a region.")
+public class RegionAddPeerLocCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    private static final String GEO = "geo";
+    private static final String GRID = "grid";
+
+    @Argument(index = 0, name = "id", description = "Region ID",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String id = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 1, name = "peer", description = "Peer region ID",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    String peerId = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 2, name = "latOrY",
+            description = "Geo latitude / Grid y-coord",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    Double latOrY = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 3, name = "longOrX",
+            description = "Geo longitude / Grid x-coord",
+            required = true, multiValued = false)
+    Double longOrX = null;
+
+    @Argument(index = 4, name = "locType", description = "Location type {geo|grid}",
+            required = false, multiValued = false)
+    String locType = GEO;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        RegionId regionId = RegionId.regionId(id);
+
+        NetworkConfigService cfgService = get(NetworkConfigService.class);
+        BasicRegionConfig cfg = cfgService.getConfig(regionId, BasicRegionConfig.class);
+
+        cfg.addPeerLocMapping(peerId, locType, latOrY, longOrX)
+                .apply();
+    }
+}
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 1441f1b..7b990c1 100644
--- a/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
+++ b/cli/src/main/resources/OSGI-INF/blueprint/shell-config.xml
@@ -688,6 +688,12 @@
                 <ref component-id="deviceIdCompleter"/>
             </completers>
         </command>
+        <command>
+            <action class="org.onosproject.cli.net.RegionAddPeerLocCommand"/>
+            <completers>
+                <ref component-id="regionIdCompleter"/>
+            </completers>
+        </command>
 
         <!-- UI Layout commands -->
         <command>