diff --git a/kiwi_boxed_plugin/cli.py b/kiwi_boxed_plugin/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55b8687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kiwi_boxed_plugin/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,271 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# This file is part of kiwi-boxed-build.
+#
+# kiwi-boxed-build 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.
+#
+# kiwi-boxed-build 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 kiwi-boxed-build.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+#
+import typer
+import itertools
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import (
+    Annotated, Optional, List, Union, no_type_check
+)
+
+typers = {
+    'boxbuild': typer.Typer(
+        add_completion=False, invoke_without_command=True
+    )
+}
+
+system = typers['boxbuild']
+
+
+@no_type_check
+@system.command(
+    context_settings={
+        'allow_extra_args': True,
+        'ignore_unknown_options': True
+    }
+)
+def kiwi(
+    ctx: typer.Context
+):
+    """
+    List of command parameters as supported by the kiwi-ng
+    build command. The information given here is passed
+    along to the kiwi-ng system build command running in
+    the virtual machine or container.
+    """
+    Cli = ctx.obj
+    args = ctx.args
+    for option in list(set(args)):
+        if type(option) is not str or not option.startswith('-'):
+            continue
+        k: List[Union[str, List]] = [option]
+        v = []
+        indexes = [n for n, x in enumerate(args) if x == option]
+        if len(indexes) > 1:
+            for index in indexes:
+                v.append(args[index + 1])
+            for index in sorted(indexes, reverse=True):
+                del args[index + 1]
+                del args[index]
+            k.append(v)
+            args += k
+    Cli.subcommand_args['boxbuild']['system_build'] = \
+        dict(itertools.zip_longest(*[iter(args)] * 2))
+    Cli.global_args['command'] = 'boxbuild'
+    Cli.global_args['system'] = True
+    Cli.cli_ok = True
+
+
+@system.callback(
+    help='build a system image in a self contained VM or container',
+    subcommand_metavar='kiwi [OPTIONS]'
+)
+def boxbuild(
+    ctx: typer.Context,
+    box: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<name> Name of the box to use for the build process.'
+        )
+    ] = None,
+    list_boxes: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--list-boxes',
+            help='show available build boxes.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    box_memory: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<vmgb> Number of GBs to reserve as main memory '
+            'for the virtual machine. By default 8GB will be used.'
+        )
+    ] = None,
+    box_console: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<ttyname> Name of console in the kernel settings '
+            'for the virtual machine. By default set to hvc0.'
+        )
+    ] = None,
+    box_smp_cpus: Annotated[
+        Optional[int], typer.Option(
+            help='<number> Number of CPUs to use in the SMP setup. '
+            'By default 4 CPUs will be used.'
+        )
+    ] = 4,
+    box_debug: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--box-debug',
+            help='In debug mode the started virtual machine will be kept open.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    container: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--container',
+            help='Build in container instead of a VM. Options related to '
+            'building in a VM will have no effect.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    kiwi_version: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<version> Specify a KIWI version to use for '
+            'the build. The referenced KIWI will be fetched from '
+            'pip and replaces the box installed KIWI version. '
+            'Note: If --no-snapshot is used in combination '
+            'with this option, the change of the KIWI version will '
+            'be permanently stored in the used box.'
+        )
+    ] = None,
+    shared_path: Annotated[
+        Optional[Path], typer.Option(
+            help='<path> Optional host path to share with the box. '
+            'The same path as it is present on the host will also '
+            'be available inside of the box during build time.'
+        )
+    ] = None,
+    no_update_check: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--no-update-check',
+            help='Skip check for available box update. The option '
+            'has no effect if the selected box does not yet exist '
+            'on the host.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    no_snapshot: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--no-snapshot',
+            help='Run box with snapshot mode switched off. This '
+            'causes the box disk file to be modified by the build '
+            'process and allows to keep a persistent package cache '
+            'as part of the box. The option can be used to increase '
+            'the build performance due to data stored in the box '
+            'which does not have to be reloaded from the network. '
+            'On the contrary this option invalidates the immutable '
+            'box attribute and should be used with care. On update '
+            'of the box all data stored will be wiped. To prevent '
+            'this combine the option with the --no-update-check option.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    no_accel: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--no-accel',
+            help='Run box without hardware acceleration. By default '
+            'KVM acceleration is activated'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    qemu_9p_sharing: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--9p-sharing',
+            help='Select 9p backend to use for sharing data '
+            'between the host and the box.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    virtiofs_sharing: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--virtiofs-sharing',
+            help='Select virtiofsd backend to use for sharing data '
+            'between the host and the box.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    sshfs_sharing: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--sshfs-sharing',
+            help='Select sshfs backend to use for sharing data '
+            'between the host and the box.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    ssh_key: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<name> Name of ssh key to authorize for '
+            'connection. By default id_rsa is used.'
+        )
+    ] = 'id_rsa',
+    ssh_port: Annotated[
+        Optional[int], typer.Option(
+            help='<port> Port number to use to forward the '
+            'guest SSH port to the host By default 10022 is used.'
+        )
+    ] = 10022,
+    x86_64: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--x86_64',
+            help='Select box for the x86_64 architecture. If no '
+            'architecture is selected the host architecture is '
+            'used for selecting the box. The selected box '
+            'architecture also specifies the target architecture '
+            'for the image build with that box.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    aarch64: Annotated[
+        Optional[bool], typer.Option(
+            '--aarch64',
+            help='Select box for the aarch64 architecture. If no '
+            'architecture is selected the host architecture is '
+            'used for selecting the box. The selected box '
+            'architecture also specifies the target architecture '
+            'for the image build with that box.'
+        )
+    ] = False,
+    machine: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<qemu_machine> Machine name used '
+            'by QEMU. By default no specific value is used here '
+            'and qemu selects its default machine type. For cross '
+            'arch builds or for system architectures for which '
+            'QEMU defines no default like for Arm, it is required '
+            'to specify a machine name. If you do not care about '
+            'reproducing the idiosyncrasies of a particular bit '
+            'of hardware, the best option is to use the virt '
+            'machine type.'
+        )
+    ] = None,
+    cpu: Annotated[
+        Optional[str], typer.Option(
+            help='<qemu_cpu> CPU type used by QEMU. By default '
+            'the host CPU type is used which is only a good '
+            'selection if the host and the selected box are from '
+            'the same architecture. On cross arch builds it is '
+            'required to specify the CPU emulation the box should use'
+        )
+    ] = None
+):
+    Cli = ctx.obj
+    Cli.subcommand_args['boxbuild'] = {
+        '--box': box,
+        '--list-boxes': list_boxes,
+        '--box-memory': box_memory,
+        '--box-console': box_console,
+        '--box-smp-cpus': f'{box_smp_cpus}',
+        '--box-debug': box_debug,
+        '--container': container,
+        '--kiwi-version': kiwi_version,
+        '--shared-path': shared_path,
+        '--no-update-check': no_update_check,
+        '--no-snapshot': no_snapshot,
+        '--no-accel': no_accel,
+        '--9p-sharing': qemu_9p_sharing,
+        '--virtiofs-sharing': virtiofs_sharing,
+        '--sshfs-sharing': sshfs_sharing,
+        '--ssh-key': ssh_key,
+        '--ssh-port': f'{ssh_port}',
+        '--x86_64': x86_64,
+        '--aarch64': aarch64,
+        '--machine': machine,
+        '--cpu': cpu,
+        'help': False
+    }
+    Cli.global_args['command'] = 'boxbuild'
+    Cli.global_args['system'] = True
+    Cli.cli_ok = True
diff --git a/kiwi_boxed_plugin/tasks/system_boxbuild.py b/kiwi_boxed_plugin/tasks/system_boxbuild.py
index e411fc7..18f162e 100644
--- a/kiwi_boxed_plugin/tasks/system_boxbuild.py
+++ b/kiwi_boxed_plugin/tasks/system_boxbuild.py
@@ -217,27 +217,32 @@ def process(self) -> None:
                 )
 
     def _validate_kiwi_build_command(self) -> List[str]:
-        # construct build command from given command line
-        kiwi_build_command = [
-            'system', 'build'
-        ]
-        kiwi_build_command += self.command_args.get(
-            '<kiwi_build_command_args>'
-        )
-        if '--' in kiwi_build_command:
-            kiwi_build_command.remove('--')
-        # validate build command through docopt from the original
-        # kiwi.tasks.system_build docopt information
-        log.info(
-            'Validating kiwi_build_command_args:{0}    {1}'.format(
-                os.linesep, kiwi_build_command
+        if self.command_args.get('<kiwi_build_command_args>'):
+            # construct build command from docopt command line
+            kiwi_build_command = [
+                'system', 'build'
+            ]
+            kiwi_build_command += self.command_args.get(
+                '<kiwi_build_command_args>'
             )
-        )
-        validated_build_command = docopt(
-            kiwi.tasks.system_build.__doc__,
-            argv=kiwi_build_command
-        )
-        # rebuild kiwi build command from validated docopt parser result
+            if '--' in kiwi_build_command:
+                kiwi_build_command.remove('--')
+            # validate build command through docopt from the original
+            # kiwi.tasks.system_build docopt information
+            log.info(
+                'Validating kiwi_build_command_args:{0}    {1}'.format(
+                    os.linesep, kiwi_build_command
+                )
+            )
+            validated_build_command = docopt(
+                kiwi.tasks.system_build.__doc__,
+                argv=kiwi_build_command
+            )
+        else:
+            # construct build command from typer command line
+            validated_build_command = self.command_args.get('system_build')
+
+        # rebuild kiwi build command from validated parser result
         kiwi_build_command = [
             'system', 'build'
         ]
diff --git a/package/python-kiwi_boxed_plugin-spec-template b/package/python-kiwi_boxed_plugin-spec-template
index e505bf5..7db7b78 100644
--- a/package/python-kiwi_boxed_plugin-spec-template
+++ b/package/python-kiwi_boxed_plugin-spec-template
@@ -113,7 +113,12 @@ Requires:       kiwi >= 9.21.21
 Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-kiwi >= 9.21.21
 %endif
 Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion} >= 3.9
-Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-docopt
+%if ! (0%{?fedora} >= 41 || 0%{?rhel} >= 10)
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-docopt >= 0.6.2
+%else
+Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-docopt-ng
+%endif
+Recommends:     python%{python3_pkgversion}-typer >= 0.9.0
 Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-requests
 Requires:       python%{python3_pkgversion}-progressbar2
 %if 0%{?ubuntu} || 0%{?debian}
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5cc6a17..1db7016 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ system_boxbuild = "kiwi_boxed_plugin.tasks.system_boxbuild"
 
 [tool.poetry.group.test]
 [tool.poetry.group.test.dependencies]
+# for local plugin cli testing
+typer = ">=0.9.0"
 # python unit testing framework
 pytest = ">=6.2.0"
 pytest-cov = "*"
diff --git a/test/unit/.coveragerc b/test/unit/.coveragerc
index 27bb669..b9ed032 100644
--- a/test/unit/.coveragerc
+++ b/test/unit/.coveragerc
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 [run]
 omit =
     */version.py
+    */cli.py
 
 [report]
 omit =
     */version.py
+    */cli.py
diff --git a/test/unit/tasks/system_boxbuild_test.py b/test/unit/tasks/system_boxbuild_test.py
index 9e35abb..09bafe2 100644
--- a/test/unit/tasks/system_boxbuild_test.py
+++ b/test/unit/tasks/system_boxbuild_test.py
@@ -92,6 +92,36 @@ def test_process_system_boxbuild_container(self, mock_BoxContainerBuild):
             ], False, None, None
         )
 
+    @patch('kiwi_boxed_plugin.tasks.system_boxbuild.BoxBuild')
+    def test_process_system_boxbuild_typer_commandline(self, mock_BoxBuild):
+        self._init_command_args()
+        self.task.command_args['<kiwi_build_command_args>'] = None
+        self.task.command_args['system_build'] = {
+            '--description': 'foo',
+            '--target-dir': 'xxx',
+            '--allow-existing-root': True,
+            '--add-package': ['a', 'b']
+        }
+        self.task.command_args['boxbuild'] = True
+        self.task.command_args['--box'] = 'universal'
+        box_build = Mock()
+        mock_BoxBuild.return_value = box_build
+        self.task.process()
+        mock_BoxBuild.assert_called_once_with(
+            boxname='universal', ram=None, console=None, smp=None, arch='',
+            machine=None, cpu='host', sharing_backend='9p',
+            ssh_key='id_rsa', ssh_port='22', accel=True
+        )
+        box_build.run.assert_called_once_with(
+            [
+                '--debug', '--type', 'oem', '--profile', 'foo',
+                'system', 'build',
+                '--description', 'foo', '--target-dir', 'xxx',
+                '--allow-existing-root',
+                '--add-package', 'a', '--add-package', 'b'
+            ], True, True, False, None, None
+        )
+
     @patch('kiwi_boxed_plugin.tasks.system_boxbuild.BoxBuild')
     def test_process_system_boxbuild(self, mock_BoxBuild):
         self._init_command_args()