diff --git a/src/kiwi/runner.py b/src/kiwi/runner.py
index 1561c30..a783382 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/runner.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/runner.py
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ from .subcommands import *
 SUBCOMMANDS = [
     InitCommand,
     ShowCommand,
-    LogsCommand
+    LogsCommand,
+    CmdCommand,
+    ShellCommand
 ]
 
 
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py
index 63c7d4c..9b026d7 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@
 from .init import InitCommand
 from .logs import LogsCommand
 from .show import ShowCommand
+from .cmd import CmdCommand
+from .shell import ShellCommand
 
 __all__ = [
     'InitCommand',
     'LogsCommand',
-    'ShowCommand'
+    'ShowCommand',
+    'CmdCommand',
+    'ShellCommand'
 ]
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/_subcommand.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/_subcommand.py
index cd84a26..653c9fe 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/_subcommand.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/_subcommand.py
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ class ProjectCommand(SubCommand):
 class ServiceCommand(ProjectCommand):
     """this command concerns services in a project"""
 
-    def __init__(self, name, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, name, nargs='*', **kwargs):
         super().__init__(
             name,
             **kwargs
         )
 
         self._sub_parser.add_argument(
-            'services', metavar='service', nargs='*', type=str,
+            'services', metavar='service', nargs=nargs, type=str,
             help="select service(s) in a project"
         )
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/cmd.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/cmd.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52cb6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/cmd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# system
+import logging
+
+# local
+from ._subcommand import ProjectCommand
+from .utils.dockercommand import DockerCommand
+
+
+class CmdCommand(ProjectCommand):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(
+            'cmd',
+            description="Run raw docker-compose command in a project"
+        )
+
+        # arguments for docker-compose command
+        self._sub_parser.add_argument(
+            'compose_cmd', metavar='cmd', type=str,
+            help="runs `docker-compose <cmd>"
+        )
+
+    def run(self, config, args):
+        try:
+            import shlex
+            DockerCommand('docker-compose').run(config, args, shlex.split(args.compose_cmd))
+
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            logging.debug("Subprocess aborted.")
+            print()
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/shell.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/shell.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8622c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/shell.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# system
+import logging
+import subprocess
+
+# local
+from ._subcommand import ServiceCommand
+from .utils.dockercommand import DockerCommand
+
+
+def _service_has_shell(config, args, exec_service, try_shell):
+    try:
+        # test if desired shell exists
+        DockerCommand('docker-compose').run(
+            config, args, [*exec_service, '/bin/sh', '-c', f"which {try_shell}"],
+            check=True, stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL
+        )
+        return True
+
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # fallback
+        logging.info(f"Shell '{try_shell}' not found in container")
+        return False
+
+
+class ShellCommand(ServiceCommand):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__(
+            'sh', 1,
+            description="Spawn shell inside project's service"
+        )
+
+        # -s switch: Select shell
+        self._sub_parser.add_argument(
+            '-s', '--shell', type=str, default="/bin/bash",
+            help="shell to spawn"
+        )
+
+    def run(self, config, args):
+        try:
+            exec_service = ['exec', args.services[0]]
+            exec_shell = args.shell
+
+            if not _service_has_shell(config, args, exec_service, exec_shell):
+                # fallback
+                exec_shell = '/bin/bash'
+
+                if not _service_has_shell(config, args, exec_service, exec_shell):
+                    exec_shell = '/bin/sh'
+
+            # spawn shell
+            DockerCommand('docker-compose').run(
+                config, args, [*exec_service, exec_shell]
+            )
+
+        except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            logging.debug("Subprocess aborted.")
+            print()