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diff --git a/erlang.mk b/erlang.mk
index fcd8eaf..16f3a96 100644
--- a/erlang.mk
+++ b/erlang.mk
@@ -742,3 +742,33 @@ distclean-relx-rel:
 
 distclean-relx:
 	$(gen_verbose) rm -rf $(RELX)
+
+# Copyright (c) 2014, M Robert Martin <[email protected]>
+# This file is contributed to erlang.mk and subject to the terms of the ISC License.
+
+.PHONY: shell
+
+# Configuration.
+
+SHELL_PATH ?= -pa ../$(PROJECT)/ebin $(DEPS_DIR)/*/ebin
+SHELL_OPTS ?=
+
+ALL_SHELL_DEPS_DIRS = $(addprefix $(DEPS_DIR)/,$(SHELL_DEPS))
+
+# Core targets
+
+help::
+	@printf "%s\n" "" \
+		"Shell targets:" \
+		"  shell              Run an erlang shell with SHELL_OPTS or reasonable default"
+
+# Plugin-specific targets.
+
+$(foreach dep,$(SHELL_DEPS),$(eval $(call dep_target,$(dep))))
+
+build-shell-deps: $(ALL_SHELL_DEPS_DIRS)
+	@for dep in $(ALL_SHELL_DEPS_DIRS) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$dep ; done
+
+shell: build-shell-deps
+	$(gen_verbose) erl $(SHELL_PATH) $(SHELL_OPTS)
+