diff --git a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
index 0e09305184..60eb331670 100644
--- a/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
+++ b/sys/auto_init/auto_init.c
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
 #include "schedstatistics.h"
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE_TEST_UTILS_INTERACTIVE_SYNC
+#ifndef MODULE_SHELL_COMMANDS
+#include "test_utils/interactive_sync.h"
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #define ENABLE_DEBUG (0)
 #include "debug.h"
 
@@ -597,4 +603,10 @@ void auto_init(void)
     extern void suit_init_conditions(void);
     suit_init_conditions();
 #endif /* MODULE_SUIT */
+
+#ifdef MODULE_TEST_UTILS_INTERACTIVE_SYNC
+#ifndef MODULE_SHELL_COMMANDS
+    test_utils_interactive_sync();
+#endif
+#endif /* MODULE_TEST_UTILS_INTERACTIVE_SYNC */
 }
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/Makefile b/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
index 5688c51885..6c03471bab 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/Makefile
@@ -95,4 +95,8 @@ ifneq (,$(filter nimble_netif,$(USEMODULE)))
   SRC += sc_nimble_netif.c
 endif
 
+ifneq (,$(filter test_utils_interactive_sync,$(USEMODULE)))
+  SRC += sc_interactive_sync.c
+endif
+
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/sc_interactive_sync.c b/sys/shell/commands/sc_interactive_sync.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63816f9401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/sc_interactive_sync.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Inria
+ *
+ * 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 commands interactive sync util
+ *
+ * @author      Francisco Molina <francois-xavier.molina@inria.fr>
+ * @}
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include "test_utils/interactive_sync.h"
+
+int _test_start(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    (void) argc;
+    (void) argv;
+    puts("START");
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+
+int _test_ready(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+    (void) argc;
+    (void) argv;
+    puts("READY");
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c b/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
index 85a314575f..e111ce9bb1 100644
--- a/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
+++ b/sys/shell/commands/shell_commands.c
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ extern int _loramac_handler(int argc, char **argv);
 extern int _nimble_netif_handler(int argc, char **argv);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef MODULE_TEST_UTILS_INTERACTIVE_SYNC
+extern int _test_start(int argc, char **argv);
+extern int _test_ready(int argc, char **argv);
+#endif
+
 const shell_command_t _shell_command_list[] = {
     {"reboot", "Reboot the node", _reboot_handler},
 #ifdef MODULE_CONFIG
@@ -267,6 +272,10 @@ const shell_command_t _shell_command_list[] = {
 #endif
 #ifdef MODULE_NIMBLE_NETIF
     { "ble", "Manage BLE connections for NimBLE", _nimble_netif_handler },
+#endif
+#ifdef MODULE_TEST_UTILS_INTERACTIVE_SYNC
+    { "r", "Test sync, Ready query", _test_ready },
+    { "s", "Test sync, Start test trigger", _test_start },
 #endif
     {NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
diff --git a/sys/test_utils/interactive_sync/interactive_sync.c b/sys/test_utils/interactive_sync/interactive_sync.c
index 6dba6ed425..56e11afe23 100644
--- a/sys/test_utils/interactive_sync/interactive_sync.c
+++ b/sys/test_utils/interactive_sync/interactive_sync.c
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Freie Universität Berlin
+ *
+ * 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
+ * @{
+ *
+ * @file
+ * @brief       Interactive Sync implementation
+ *
+ *
+ * @author      Gaëtan Harter <gaetan.harter@fu-berlin.de>
+ */
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include "test_utils/interactive_sync.h"