diff --git a/doc/aa-command.pod b/doc/aa-command.pod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90eb7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/aa-command.pod
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+=head1 NAME
+
+aa-command - Helper to trigger one of anopa's commands
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+B<aa-command> I<COMMAND> [I<ARG..>]
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+B<aa-command>(1) is a simple B<execline> script that can be used to run one of
+anopa's command, ensuring proper environment and logging the output.
+
+That is, instead of running e.g. `aa-start -W foo bar` to start those two
+services (but not auto-start any "wants"), one could do:
+
+    aa-command start -W foo bar
+
+This would simply reset the environment to load it from I</etc/anopa/env> (much
+like what happens on boot, i.e. in the B<aa-stage*> scripts), set up a pipe on
+stderr to log things (timestamped via B<s6-tai64n>) by appending into
+I</var/log/boot/current>; then execute `B<aa-I<COMMAND>> -D I<ARG..>`
+
+As a result, the command runs with a clean/predictable environment, and in
+addition to the output showing on the terminal, it gets added to the log of the
+current boot (again, as per the B<aa-stage*> scripts).
diff --git a/package/modes b/package/modes
index 5837c9c..c81dc93 100644
--- a/package/modes
+++ b/package/modes
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 aa-chroot               0755
+aa-command              0755
 aa-ctty                 0755
 aa-echo                 0755
 aa-enable               0755
diff --git a/package/targets.mak b/package/targets.mak
index 134d1ea..3ffe31b 100644
--- a/package/targets.mak
+++ b/package/targets.mak
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ aa-tty \
 aa-umount
 
 BIN_SCRIPTS_TARGET := \
+aa-command \
 aa-shutdown
 
 LIBEXEC_SCRIPTS_TARGET := \
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ aa-stage4
 DOC_TARGETS := \
 anopa.1 \
 aa-chroot.1 \
+aa-command.1 \
 aa-ctty.1 \
 aa-echo.1 \
 aa-enable.1 \
diff --git a/src/scripts/aa-command b/src/scripts/aa-command
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc2a6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/aa-command
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!@BINDIR@/execlineb
+#
+# anopa - Copyright (C) 2015 Olivier Brunel
+#
+# aa-command
+# Copyright (C) 2015 Olivier Brunel <jjk@jjacky.com>
+#
+# This file is part of anopa.
+#
+# anopa is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# anopa is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# anopa. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
+#
+
+importas CMD 1
+shift
+elgetpositionals
+
+emptyenv s6-envdir /etc/anopa/env exec
+
+# Set up a pipe to log messages
+piperw 3 4
+background
+{
+    fdclose 4 fdmove 0 3
+    redirfd -a 1 /var/log/boot/current
+    fdmove -c 2 1
+    s6-tai64n
+}
+fdclose 3
+fdmove 2 4
+
+# log what we do
+foreground
+{
+    fdmove -c 1 2
+    aa-echo -B -- "Running: aa-${CMD}" " ${@}"
+}
+
+aa-${CMD} -D ${@}