diff --git a/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h b/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h
index efa85fa82..f1384b4a1 100644
--- a/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h
+++ b/src/common/wpa_ctrl.h
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ char * wpa_ctrl_get_remote_ifname(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl);
 #endif /* CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE_UDP */
 
 int wpa_ctrl_command(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd);
+int wpa_ctrl_command_interactive(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd);
 int wpa_request(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, int argc, char *argv[]);
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_cmds.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_cmds.c
index df4947856..98559063f 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_cmds.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_cmds.c
@@ -41,6 +41,17 @@ static int wpa_cli_cmd(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd, int min_args,
 {
 	char * buf = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
+	bool interactive = 0;
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
+		if (strcmp(argv[i], "interactive") == 0) {
+			interactive = 1;
+			argv[i] = NULL;
+			argc--;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (argc < min_args) {
 		wpa_printf(MSG_INFO, "Invalid %s command - at least %d argument%s "
 		       "required.\n", cmd, min_args,
@@ -58,7 +69,11 @@ static int wpa_cli_cmd(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd, int min_args,
 		ret = -1;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	ret = wpa_ctrl_command(ctrl, buf);
+
+	if (interactive)
+		ret = wpa_ctrl_command_interactive(ctrl, buf);
+	else
+		ret = wpa_ctrl_command(ctrl, buf);
 
 out:
 	if (buf)
diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_zephyr.c b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_zephyr.c
index 91d22178a..09b760b9c 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_zephyr.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_cli_zephyr.c
@@ -325,6 +325,11 @@ char supp_make_argv(size_t *argc, const char **argv, char *cmd,
 }
 
 int wpa_ctrl_command(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd)
+{
+	return _wpa_ctrl_command(ctrl, cmd, 0, NULL);
+}
+
+int wpa_ctrl_command_interactive(struct wpa_ctrl *ctrl, const char *cmd)
 {
 	return _wpa_ctrl_command(ctrl, cmd, 1, NULL);
 }