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diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/commands/__init__.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/commands/__init__.py
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diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/commands/enroll_user_in_course.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/commands/enroll_user_in_course.py
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+++ b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/commands/enroll_user_in_course.py
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+"""
+Management command for enrolling a user into a course via the enrollment api
+"""
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from enrollment.data import CourseEnrollmentExistsError
+from enrollment.api import add_enrollment
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """
+    Enroll a user into a course
+    """
+    help = """
+    This enrolls a user into a given course with the default mode (e.g., 'honor', 'audit', etc).
+
+    User email and course ID are required.
+
+    example:
+        # Enroll a user test@example.com into the demo course
+        manage.py ... enroll_user_in_course -e test@example.com -c edX/Open_DemoX/edx_demo_course
+
+        This command can be run multiple times on the same user+course (i.e. it is idempotent).
+    """
+
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '-e', '--email',
+            nargs=1,
+            required=True,
+            help='Email for user'
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '-c', '--course',
+            nargs=1,
+            required=True,
+            help='course ID to enroll the user in')
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        """
+        Get and enroll a user in the given course. Mode is optional and defers to the enrollment API for defaults.
+        """
+        email = options['email'][0]
+        course = options['course'][0]
+
+        user = User.objects.get(email=email)
+        try:
+            add_enrollment(user.username, course)
+        except CourseEnrollmentExistsError:
+            # If the user is already enrolled in the course, do nothing.
+            pass
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/tests/__init__.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/tests/test_enroll_user_in_course.py b/common/djangoapps/enrollment/management/tests/test_enroll_user_in_course.py
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+""" Test the change_enrollment command line script."""
+
+import ddt
+import unittest
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.core.management import call_command
+from django.core.management.base import CommandError
+
+from enrollment.api import get_enrollment
+from student.tests.factories import UserFactory
+
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import SharedModuleStoreTestCase
+from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
+
+
+@ddt.ddt
+@unittest.skipUnless(settings.ROOT_URLCONF == 'lms.urls', 'Test only valid in lms')
+class EnrollManagementCommandTest(SharedModuleStoreTestCase):
+    """
+    Test the enroll_user_in_course management command
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        super(EnrollManagementCommandTest, cls).setUpClass()
+        cls.course = CourseFactory.create(org='fooX', number='007')
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(EnrollManagementCommandTest, self).setUp()
+        self.course_id = unicode(self.course.id)
+        self.username = 'ralph' + uuid4().hex
+        self.user_email = self.username + '@example.com'
+
+        UserFactory(username=self.username, email=self.user_email)
+
+    def test_enroll_user(self):
+
+        command_args = [
+            '--course', self.course_id,
+            '--email', self.user_email,
+        ]
+
+        call_command(
+            'enroll_user_in_course',
+            *command_args
+        )
+
+        user_enroll = get_enrollment(self.username, self.course_id)
+        self.assertTrue(user_enroll['is_active'])
+
+    def test_enroll_user_twice(self):
+        """
+        Ensures the command is idempotent.
+        """
+
+        command_args = [
+            '--course', self.course_id,
+            '--email', self.user_email,
+        ]
+
+        for _ in range(2):
+            call_command(
+                'enroll_user_in_course',
+                *command_args
+            )
+
+        # Second run does not impact the first run (i.e., the
+        # user is still enrolled, no exception was raised, etc)
+        user_enroll = get_enrollment(self.username, self.course_id)
+        self.assertTrue(user_enroll['is_active'])
+
+    @ddt.data(['--email', 'foo'], ['--course', 'bar'], ['--bad-param', 'baz'])
+    def test_not_enough_args(self, arg):
+        """
+        When the command is missing certain arguments, it should
+        raise an exception
+        """
+
+        command_args = arg
+
+        with self.assertRaises(CommandError):
+            call_command(
+                'enroll_user_in_course',
+                *command_args
+            )