diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a347a9f338711..80af3c7b7a2d2 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ flask-appbuilder==1.10.0
 flask-caching==1.4.0
 flask-compress==1.4.0
 flask-migrate==2.1.1
-flask-script==2.0.6
 flask-testing==0.7.1
 flask-wtf==0.14.2
 flower==0.9.2
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 614d882ae06c4..8db1597c0c537 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ def get_git_sha():
         'flask-caching',
         'flask-compress',
         'flask-migrate',
-        'flask-script',
         'flask-testing',
         'flask-wtf',
         'flower',  # deprecated
diff --git a/superset/bin/superset b/superset/bin/superset
index ed77176f086dc..8b8588eeabe15 100755
--- a/superset/bin/superset
+++ b/superset/bin/superset
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import warnings
+import click
+from flask.cli import FlaskGroup
 from flask.exthook import ExtDeprecationWarning
+from superset.cli import create_app
+
 warnings.simplefilter('ignore', ExtDeprecationWarning)
 
-from superset.cli import manager
+@click.group(cls=FlaskGroup, create_app=create_app)
+def cli():
+    """This is a management script for the superset application."""
 
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    manager.run()
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    cli()
diff --git a/superset/cli.py b/superset/cli.py
index fc2f7510bcf75..714b1a6a3fe30 100755
--- a/superset/cli.py
+++ b/superset/cli.py
@@ -11,23 +11,30 @@
 from subprocess import Popen
 from sys import stdout
 
+import click
 from colorama import Fore, Style
-from flask_migrate import MigrateCommand
-from flask_script import Manager
 from pathlib2 import Path
 import werkzeug.serving
 import yaml
 
-from superset import app, data, db, dict_import_export_util, security_manager, utils
+from superset import (
+    app, data, db, dict_import_export_util, security_manager, utils,
+)
 
 config = app.config
 celery_app = utils.get_celery_app(config)
 
-manager = Manager(app)
-manager.add_command('db', MigrateCommand)
 
+def create_app(script_info=None):
+    return app
+
+
+@app.shell_context_processor
+def make_shell_context():
+    return dict(app=app, db=db)
 
-@manager.command
+
+@app.cli.command()
 def init():
     """Inits the Superset application"""
     utils.get_or_create_main_db()
@@ -65,34 +72,26 @@ def run():
     run()
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-d', '--debug', action='store_true',
-    help='Start the web server in debug mode')
-@manager.option(
-    '--console-log', action='store_true',
-    help='Create logger that logs to the browser console (implies -d)')
-@manager.option(
-    '-n', '--no-reload', action='store_false', dest='use_reloader',
-    default=config.get('FLASK_USE_RELOAD'),
-    help="Don't use the reloader in debug mode")
-@manager.option(
-    '-a', '--address', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_ADDRESS'),
-    help='Specify the address to which to bind the web server')
-@manager.option(
-    '-p', '--port', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_PORT'),
-    help='Specify the port on which to run the web server')
-@manager.option(
-    '-w', '--workers',
-    default=config.get('SUPERSET_WORKERS', 2),
-    help='Number of gunicorn web server workers to fire up [DEPRECATED]')
-@manager.option(
-    '-t', '--timeout', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_TIMEOUT'),
-    help='Specify the timeout (seconds) for the gunicorn web server [DEPRECATED]')
-@manager.option(
-    '-s', '--socket', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_SOCKET'),
-    help='Path to a UNIX socket as an alternative to address:port, e.g. '
-         '/var/run/superset.sock. '
-         'Will override the address and port values. [DEPRECATED]')
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option('--debug', '-d', is_flag=True, help='Start the web server in debug mode')
+@click.option('--console-log', is_flag=True,
+              help='Create logger that logs to the browser console (implies -d)')
+@click.option('--no-reload', '-n', 'use_reloader', flag_value=False,
+              default=config.get('FLASK_USE_RELOAD'),
+              help='Don\'t use the reloader in debug mode')
+@click.option('--address', '-a', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_ADDRESS'),
+              help='Specify the address to which to bind the web server')
+@click.option('--port', '-p', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_PORT'),
+              help='Specify the port on which to run the web server')
+@click.option('--workers', '-w', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WORKERS', 2),
+              help='Number of gunicorn web server workers to fire up [DEPRECATED]')
+@click.option('--timeout', '-t', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_TIMEOUT'),
+              help='Specify the timeout (seconds) for the '
+                   'gunicorn web server [DEPRECATED]')
+@click.option('--socket', '-s', default=config.get('SUPERSET_WEBSERVER_SOCKET'),
+              help='Path to a UNIX socket as an alternative to address:port, e.g. '
+                   '/var/run/superset.sock. '
+                   'Will override the address and port values. [DEPRECATED]')
 def runserver(debug, console_log, use_reloader, address, port, timeout, workers, socket):
     """Starts a Superset web server."""
     debug = debug or config.get('DEBUG') or console_log
@@ -127,9 +126,8 @@ def runserver(debug, console_log, use_reloader, address, port, timeout, workers,
         Popen(cmd, shell=True).wait()
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-v', '--verbose', action='store_true',
-    help='Show extra information')
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option('--verbose', '-v', is_flag=True, help='Show extra information')
 def version(verbose):
     """Prints the current version number"""
     print(Fore.BLUE + '-=' * 15)
@@ -141,11 +139,7 @@ def version(verbose):
     print(Style.RESET_ALL)
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-t', '--load-test-data', action='store_true',
-    help='Load additional test data')
-def load_examples(load_test_data):
-    """Loads a set of Slices and Dashboards and a supporting dataset """
+def load_examples_run(load_test_data):
     print('Loading examples into {}'.format(db))
 
     data.load_css_templates()
@@ -197,19 +191,19 @@ def load_examples(load_test_data):
     data.load_deck_dash()
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-d', '--datasource',
-    help=(
-        'Specify which datasource name to load, if omitted, all '
-        'datasources will be refreshed'
-    ),
-)
-@manager.option(
-    '-m', '--merge',
-    action='store_true',
-    help="Specify using 'merge' property during operation.",
-    default=False,
-)
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option('--load-test-data', '-t', is_flag=True, help='Load additional test data')
+def load_examples(load_test_data):
+    """Loads a set of Slices and Dashboards and a supporting dataset """
+    load_examples_run(load_test_data)
+
+
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option('--datasource', '-d', help='Specify which datasource name to load, if '
+                                         'omitted, all datasources will be refreshed')
+@click.option('--merge', '-m', is_flag=True, default=False,
+              help='Specify using \'merge\' property during operation. '
+                   'Default value is False.')
 def refresh_druid(datasource, merge):
     """Refresh druid datasources"""
     session = db.session()
@@ -230,17 +224,18 @@ def refresh_druid(datasource, merge):
     session.commit()
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-p', '--path', dest='path',
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option(
+    '--path', '-p',
     help='Path to a single YAML file or path containing multiple YAML '
          'files to import (*.yaml or *.yml)')
-@manager.option(
-    '-s', '--sync', dest='sync', default='',
-    help='comma separated list of element types to synchronize '
+@click.option(
+    '--sync', '-s', 'sync', default='',
+    help='comma seperated list of element types to synchronize '
          'e.g. "metrics,columns" deletes metrics and columns in the DB '
          'that are not specified in the YAML file')
-@manager.option(
-    '-r', '--recursive', dest='recursive', action='store_true',
+@click.option(
+    '--recursive', '-r',
     help='recursively search the path for yaml files')
 def import_datasources(path, sync, recursive=False):
     """Import datasources from YAML"""
@@ -268,17 +263,18 @@ def import_datasources(path, sync, recursive=False):
             logging.error(e)
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-f', '--datasource-file', default=None, dest='datasource_file',
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option(
+    '--datasource-file', '-f', default=None,
     help='Specify the the file to export to')
-@manager.option(
-    '-p', '--print', action='store_true', dest='print_stdout',
+@click.option(
+    '--print', '-p',
     help='Print YAML to stdout')
-@manager.option(
-    '-b', '--back-references', action='store_true', dest='back_references',
+@click.option(
+    '--back-references', '-b',
     help='Include parent back references')
-@manager.option(
-    '-d', '--include-defaults', action='store_true', dest='include_defaults',
+@click.option(
+    '--include-defaults', '-d',
     help='Include fields containing defaults')
 def export_datasources(print_stdout, datasource_file,
                        back_references, include_defaults):
@@ -296,8 +292,9 @@ def export_datasources(print_stdout, datasource_file,
             yaml.safe_dump(data, data_stream, default_flow_style=False)
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-b', '--back-references', action='store_false',
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option(
+    '--back-references', '-b',
     help='Include parent back references')
 def export_datasource_schema(back_references):
     """Export datasource YAML schema to stdout"""
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@ def export_datasource_schema(back_references):
     yaml.safe_dump(data, stdout, default_flow_style=False)
 
 
-@manager.command
+@app.cli.command()
 def update_datasources_cache():
     """Refresh sqllab datasources cache"""
     from superset.models.core import Database
@@ -319,8 +316,9 @@ def update_datasources_cache():
             print('{}'.format(str(e)))
 
 
-@manager.option(
-    '-w', '--workers',
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option(
+    '--workers', '-w',
     type=int,
     help='Number of celery server workers to fire up')
 def worker(workers):
@@ -338,14 +336,15 @@ def worker(workers):
     worker.start()
 
 
-@manager.option(
+@app.cli.command()
+@click.option(
     '-p', '--port',
     default='5555',
-    help=('Port on which to start the Flower process'))
-@manager.option(
+    help='Port on which to start the Flower process')
+@click.option(
     '-a', '--address',
     default='localhost',
-    help=('Address on which to run the service'))
+    help='Address on which to run the service')
 def flower(port, address):
     """Runs a Celery Flower web server
 
diff --git a/tests/base_tests.py b/tests/base_tests.py
index eefd3d98b8b43..a5af0a19cb46c 100644
--- a/tests/base_tests.py
+++ b/tests/base_tests.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             not os.environ.get('examples_loaded')
         ):
             logging.info('Loading examples')
-            cli.load_examples(load_test_data=True)
+            cli.load_examples_run(load_test_data=True)
             logging.info('Done loading examples')
             security_manager.sync_role_definitions()
             os.environ['examples_loaded'] = '1'
diff --git a/tests/celery_tests.py b/tests/celery_tests.py
index afaeea9dfb3a2..71adb2df43d1e 100644
--- a/tests/celery_tests.py
+++ b/tests/celery_tests.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def setUpClass(cls):
                 'admin', 'admin', ' user', 'admin@fab.org',
                 security_manager.find_role('Admin'),
                 password='general')
-        cli.load_examples(load_test_data=True)
+        cli.load_examples_run(load_test_data=True)
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 292170127abad..6f3c9fd6bd471 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ accept-encodings = utf-8
 application-import-names = superset
 exclude =
     .tox
+    build
     docs
     superset/assets
     superset/data