diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/add/add-device.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/add/add-device.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63d205b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/add/add-device.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+// Copyright © 2021 Finn Herzfeld <finn@janky.solutions>
+//
+// This program 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.
+//
+// This program 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 this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package add
+
+import (
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/common"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/cmd/signaldctl/config"
+	"gitlab.com/signald/signald-go/signald/client-protocol/v1"
+)
+
+var (
+	account string
+	uri     string
+
+	RemoveDeviceCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "add <tsdevice uri>",
+		Short: "add a linked device",
+		PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			if account == "" {
+				account = config.Config.DefaultAccount
+			}
+			if account == "" {
+				common.Must(cmd.Help())
+				log.Fatal("No account specified. Please specify with --account or set a default")
+			}
+			if len(args) != 1 {
+				common.Must(cmd.Help())
+				log.Fatal("must a linking URI")
+			}
+			uri = args[1]
+		},
+		Run: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+			go common.Signald.Listen(nil)
+			req := v1.AddLinkedDeviceRequest{
+				Account: account,
+				Uri:     uri,
+			}
+			err := req.Submit(common.Signald)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal("error sending request to signald: ", err)
+			}
+			log.Println("successfully added device")
+		},
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	RemoveDeviceCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "local account to use")
+}
diff --git a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/list/list.go b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/list/list.go
index 6305eae..227829e 100644
--- a/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/list/list.go
+++ b/cmd/signaldctl/cmd/device/list/list.go
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ var (
 		},
 	}
 )
+
+func init() {
+	ListDeviceCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&account, "account", "a", "", "local account to use")
+}