diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index dffc5c4b..6ed6d6ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         python-version: 3.8
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
         pip install tox
     - name: Run lint and static type checks
       run: tox
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 870493aa..a0631101 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
           pip install tox tox-gh-actions
       - name: Test with tox
         run: tox
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install dependencies with only ${{ matrix.dependency }} extra dependency
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
           pip install .[${{ matrix.dependency }},test_no_transport]
       - name: Test with --${{ matrix.dependency }}-only
         run: pytest tests --${{ matrix.dependency }}-only
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.8
       - name: Install test dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install .[test]
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
+          pip install -e.[test]
       - name: Test with coverage
-        run: pytest --cov=gql --cov-report=xml tests
+        run: pytest --cov=gql --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term-missing tests
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 73d59a18..c0f653ab 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ include Makefile
 
 include tox.ini
 
-include scripts/gql-cli
-
 include gql/py.typed
 
 recursive-include tests *.py *.graphql *.cnf *.yaml *.pem
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6baff50f..2275092c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .PHONY: clean tests docs
 
-SRC_PYTHON := gql tests scripts/gql-cli docs/code_examples
+SRC_PYTHON := gql tests docs/code_examples
 
 dev-setup:
 	python pip install -e ".[test]"
diff --git a/gql/cli.py b/gql/cli.py
index 78d82551..27a562b2 100644
--- a/gql/cli.py
+++ b/gql/cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
+import signal as signal_module
 import sys
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
@@ -407,3 +409,46 @@ async def main(args: Namespace) -> int:
                 exit_code = 1
 
     return exit_code
+
+
+def gql_cli() -> None:
+    """Synchronously invoke ``main`` with the parsed command line arguments.
+
+    Formerly ``scripts/gql-cli``, now registered as an ``entry_point``
+    """
+    # Get arguments from command line
+    parser = get_parser(with_examples=True)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        # Create a new asyncio event loop
+        loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+
+        # Create a gql-cli task with the supplied arguments
+        main_task = asyncio.ensure_future(main(args), loop=loop)
+
+        # Add signal handlers to close gql-cli cleanly on Control-C
+        for signal_name in ["SIGINT", "SIGTERM", "CTRL_C_EVENT", "CTRL_BREAK_EVENT"]:
+            signal = getattr(signal_module, signal_name, None)
+
+            if signal is None:
+                continue
+
+            try:
+                loop.add_signal_handler(signal, main_task.cancel)
+            except NotImplementedError:  # pragma: no cover
+                # not all signals supported on all platforms
+                pass
+
+        # Run the asyncio loop to execute the task
+        exit_code = 0
+        try:
+            exit_code = loop.run_until_complete(main_task)
+        finally:
+            loop.close()
+
+        # Return with the correct exit code
+        sys.exit(exit_code)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:  # pragma: no cover
+        pass
diff --git a/scripts/gql-cli b/scripts/gql-cli
deleted file mode 100755
index b2a079a3..00000000
--- a/scripts/gql-cli
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import asyncio
-import sys
-from signal import SIGINT, SIGTERM
-
-from gql.cli import get_parser, main
-
-# Get arguments from command line
-parser = get_parser(with_examples=True)
-args = parser.parse_args()
-
-try:
-    # Create a new asyncio event loop
-    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
-
-    # Create a gql-cli task with the supplied arguments
-    main_task = asyncio.ensure_future(main(args), loop=loop)
-
-    # Add signal handlers to close gql-cli cleanly on Control-C
-    for signal in [SIGINT, SIGTERM]:
-        loop.add_signal_handler(signal, main_task.cancel)
-
-    # Run the asyncio loop to execute the task
-    exit_code = 0
-    try:
-        exit_code = loop.run_until_complete(main_task)
-    finally:
-        loop.close()
-
-    # Return with the correct exit code
-    sys.exit(exit_code)
-except KeyboardInterrupt:
-    pass
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a46c4db..a8b58737 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,14 +7,15 @@
     "yarl>=1.6,<2.0",
 ]
 
-scripts = [
-    "scripts/gql-cli",
+console_scripts = [
+    "gql-cli=gql.cli:gql_cli",
 ]
 
 tests_requires = [
     "parse==1.15.0",
     "pytest==6.2.5",
     "pytest-asyncio==0.16.0",
+    "pytest-console-scripts==1.3.1",
     "pytest-cov==3.0.0",
     "mock==4.0.2",
     "vcrpy==4.0.2",
@@ -106,5 +107,5 @@
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=False,
     platforms="any",
-    scripts=scripts,
+    entry_points={"console_scripts": console_scripts},
 )
diff --git a/tests/test_aiohttp.py b/tests/test_aiohttp.py
index ab02e8f5..2535ddb3 100644
--- a/tests/test_aiohttp.py
+++ b/tests/test_aiohttp.py
@@ -1016,6 +1016,44 @@ async def handler(request):
     assert received_answer == expected_answer
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@pytest.mark.script_launch_mode("subprocess")
+async def test_aiohttp_using_cli_ep(
+    event_loop, aiohttp_server, monkeypatch, script_runner, run_sync_test
+):
+    from aiohttp import web
+
+    async def handler(request):
+        return web.Response(text=query1_server_answer, content_type="application/json")
+
+    app = web.Application()
+    app.router.add_route("POST", "/", handler)
+    server = await aiohttp_server(app)
+
+    url = str(server.make_url("/"))
+
+    def test_code():
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr("sys.stdin", io.StringIO(query1_str))
+
+        ret = script_runner.run(
+            "gql-cli", url, "--verbose", stdin=io.StringIO(query1_str)
+        )
+
+        assert ret.success
+
+        # Check that the result has been printed on stdout
+        captured_out = str(ret.stdout).strip()
+
+        expected_answer = json.loads(query1_server_answer_data)
+        print(f"Captured: {captured_out}")
+        received_answer = json.loads(captured_out)
+
+        assert received_answer == expected_answer
+
+    await run_sync_test(event_loop, server, test_code)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_aiohttp_using_cli_invalid_param(
     event_loop, aiohttp_server, monkeypatch, capsys
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index ec268422..9066544b 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from gql import __version__
 from gql.cli import (
     get_execute_args,
     get_parser,
@@ -347,3 +348,12 @@ def test_cli_get_transport_no_protocol(parser):
 
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         get_transport(args)
+
+
+def test_cli_ep_version(script_runner):
+    ret = script_runner.run("gql-cli", "--version")
+
+    assert ret.success
+
+    assert ret.stdout == f"v{__version__}\n"
+    assert ret.stderr == ""