diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/Makefile b/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
index 90bd2381c2..6c41e53ca9 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ MODULE = shell_commands
 
 SRC = shell_commands.c sc_sys.c
 
+ifneq (,$(filter app_metadata,$(USEMODULE)))
+  SRC += sc_app_metadata.c
+endif
 ifneq (,$(filter mci,$(USEMODULE)))
   SRC += sc_disk.c
 endif
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_app_metadata.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_app_metadata.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b76a89adc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_app_metadata.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 HAW Hamburg
+ *
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
+ * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
+ * directory for more details.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @ingroup     sys_shell_commands
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Shell command for getting application metadata.
+
+ *
+ * @author      Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@haw-hamburg.de>
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include "app_metadata.h"
+
+int _app_metadata_handler(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    (void) argc;
+    (void) argv;
+    app_metadata_print_json();
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c b/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
index 9f47f4dabc..b0b689810a 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ extern int _can_handler(int argc, char **argv);
 extern int _cord_ep_handler(int argc, char **argv);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE_APP_METADATA
+extern int _app_metadata_handler(int argc, char **argv);
+#endif
+
 const shell_command_t _shell_command_list[] = {
     {"reboot", "Reboot the node", _reboot_handler},
 #ifdef MODULE_CONFIG
@@ -230,6 +234,9 @@ const shell_command_t _shell_command_list[] = {
 #endif
 #ifdef MODULE_CORD_EP
     {"cord_ep", "Resource directory endpoint commands", _cord_ep_handler },
+#endif
+#ifdef MODULE_APP_METADATA
+    {"app_metadata", "Returns application metadata", _app_metadata_handler },
 #endif
     {NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };