diff --git a/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-2.6.0.ebuild b/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-2.6.0.ebuild
index e276baa390455..47fc9c2b609e2 100644
--- a/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-2.6.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/cmd2/cmd2-2.6.0.ebuild
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ EAPI=8
 DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
 PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
 
-inherit distutils-r1 virtualx pypi
+inherit distutils-r1 optfeature virtualx pypi
 
 DESCRIPTION="Extra features for standard library's cmd module"
 HOMEPAGE="
@@ -52,3 +52,7 @@ python_test() {
 	# TODO: tests_isolated?
 	epytest -o addopts= -p pytest_mock -p rerunfailures --reruns=5 tests || die
 }
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	optfeature "IPython shell integration" dev-python/ipython
+}