2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cli/src/cli-cmd-misc.c b/cli/src/cli-cmd-misc.c
index 40f419cde04..66d755fc2dc 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli-cmd-misc.c
+++ b/cli/src/cli-cmd-misc.c
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ struct cli_cmd cli_misc_cmds[] = {
            cli_cmd_display_help,
            "display command options"},
 
+        { "exit",
+          cli_cmd_quit_cbk,
+          "exit"},
+
         { NULL, NULL, NULL }
 };
 
diff --git a/cli/src/cli-cmd.c b/cli/src/cli-cmd.c
index a7adfa981f1..f2b434ac7a4 100644
--- a/cli/src/cli-cmd.c
+++ b/cli/src/cli-cmd.c
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ cli_cmd_needs_connection (struct cli_cmd_word *word)
         if (!strcasecmp ("getwd", word->word))
                 return 1;
 
+        if (!strcasecmp ("exit", word->word))
+                return 0;
+
         return CLI_DEFAULT_CONN_TIMEOUT;
 }