diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/scripting/Main.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/scripting/Main.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f820421860a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/scripting/Main.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package dotty.tools.scripting
+
+import java.io.File
+
+/** Main entry point to the Scripting execution engine */
+object Main:
+  /** All arguments before -script <target_script> are compiler arguments.
+      All arguments afterwards are script arguments.*/
+  def distinguishArgs(args: Array[String]): (Array[String], File, Array[String]) =
+    val (compilerArgs, rest) = args.splitAt(args.indexOf("-script"))
+    val file = File(rest(1))
+    val scriptArgs = rest.drop(2)
+    (compilerArgs, file, scriptArgs)
+  end distinguishArgs
+
+  def main(args: Array[String]): Unit =
+    val (compilerArgs, scriptFile, scriptArgs) = distinguishArgs(args)
+    try ScriptingDriver(compilerArgs, scriptFile, scriptArgs).compileAndRun()
+    catch
+      case ScriptingException(msg) =>
+        println(s"Error: $msg")
+        sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/scripting/ScriptingDriver.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/scripting/ScriptingDriver.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5fad4ef520a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/scripting/ScriptingDriver.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package dotty.tools.scripting
+
+import java.nio.file.{ Files, Path }
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.{ URL, URLClassLoader }
+import java.lang.reflect.{ Modifier, Method }
+
+import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
+
+import dotty.tools.dotc.{ Driver, Compiler }
+import dotty.tools.dotc.core.Contexts, Contexts.{ Context, ContextBase, ctx }
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.CompilerCommand
+import dotty.tools.io.{ PlainDirectory, Directory }
+import dotty.tools.dotc.reporting.Reporter
+import dotty.tools.dotc.config.Settings.Setting._
+
+import sys.process._
+
+class ScriptingDriver(compilerArgs: Array[String], scriptFile: File, scriptArgs: Array[String]) extends Driver:
+  def compileAndRun(): Unit =
+    val outDir = Files.createTempDirectory("scala3-scripting")
+    val (toCompile, rootCtx) = setup(compilerArgs :+ scriptFile.getAbsolutePath, initCtx.fresh)
+    given Context = rootCtx.fresh.setSetting(rootCtx.settings.outputDir,
+      new PlainDirectory(Directory(outDir)))
+
+    if doCompile(newCompiler, toCompile).hasErrors then
+      throw ScriptingException("Errors encountered during compilation")
+
+    try detectMainMethod(outDir, ctx.settings.classpath.value).invoke(null, scriptArgs)
+    catch
+      case e: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException =>
+        throw e.getCause
+    finally
+      deleteFile(outDir.toFile)
+  end compileAndRun
+
+  private def deleteFile(target: File): Unit =
+    if target.isDirectory then
+      for member <- target.listFiles.toList
+      do deleteFile(member)
+    target.delete()
+  end deleteFile
+
+  private def detectMainMethod(outDir: Path, classpath: String): Method =
+    val outDirURL = outDir.toUri.toURL
+    val classpathUrls = classpath.split(":").map(File(_).toURI.toURL)
+    val cl = URLClassLoader(classpathUrls :+ outDirURL)
+
+    def collectMainMethods(target: File, path: String): List[Method] =
+      val nameWithoutExtension = target.getName.takeWhile(_ != '.')
+      val targetPath =
+        if path.nonEmpty then s"${path}.${nameWithoutExtension}"
+        else nameWithoutExtension
+
+      if target.isDirectory then
+        for
+          packageMember <- target.listFiles.toList
+          membersMainMethod <- collectMainMethods(packageMember, targetPath)
+        yield membersMainMethod
+      else if target.getName.endsWith(".class") then
+        val cls = cl.loadClass(targetPath)
+        try
+          val method = cls.getMethod("main", classOf[Array[String]])
+          if Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers) then List(method) else Nil
+        catch
+          case _: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException => Nil
+      else Nil
+    end collectMainMethods
+
+    val candidates = for
+      file <- outDir.toFile.listFiles.toList
+      method <- collectMainMethods(file, "")
+    yield method
+
+    candidates match
+      case Nil =>
+        throw ScriptingException("No main methods detected in your script")
+      case _ :: _ :: _ =>
+        throw ScriptingException("A script must contain only one main method. " +
+          s"Detected the following main methods:\n${candidates.mkString("\n")}")
+      case m :: Nil => m
+    end match
+  end detectMainMethod
+end ScriptingDriver
+
+case class ScriptingException(msg: String) extends RuntimeException(msg)
diff --git a/compiler/test-resources/scripting/basic-math.scala b/compiler/test-resources/scripting/basic-math.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8c16684ce78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test-resources/scripting/basic-math.scala
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@main def Test = assert(2 + 2 == 4)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/test-resources/scripting/say-hi.args b/compiler/test-resources/scripting/say-hi.args
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..beef906c3e3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test-resources/scripting/say-hi.args
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+World
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/test-resources/scripting/say-hi.scala b/compiler/test-resources/scripting/say-hi.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9650a6744591
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test-resources/scripting/say-hi.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@main def Test(name: String) =
+  assert(name == "World")
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/ReplTest.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/ReplTest.scala
index 023e2e5aba4e..aa884dad8712 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/ReplTest.scala
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/repl/ReplTest.scala
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ class ReplTest(withStaging: Boolean = false, out: ByteArrayOutputStream = new By
   extension [A](state: State)
     def andThen(op: State => A): A = op(state)
 
-  def scripts(path: String): Array[JFile] = {
-    val dir = new JFile(getClass.getResource(path).getPath)
-    assert(dir.exists && dir.isDirectory, "Couldn't load scripts dir")
-    dir.listFiles
-  }
-
   def testFile(f: JFile): Unit = {
     val prompt = "scala>"
 
@@ -77,12 +71,11 @@ class ReplTest(withStaging: Boolean = false, out: ByteArrayOutputStream = new By
         case nonEmptyLine => nonEmptyLine :: Nil
       }
 
-    val expectedOutput =
-      Using(Source.fromFile(f, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name))(_.getLines().flatMap(filterEmpties).toList).get
+    val expectedOutput = readLines(f).flatMap(filterEmpties)
     val actualOutput = {
       resetToInitial()
 
-      val lines = Using(Source.fromFile(f, StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name))(_.getLines.toList).get
+      val lines = readLines(f)
       assert(lines.head.startsWith(prompt),
         s"""Each file has to start with the prompt: "$prompt"""")
       val inputRes = lines.filter(_.startsWith(prompt))
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/scripting/ScriptingTests.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/scripting/ScriptingTests.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..547f525e98e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/scripting/ScriptingTests.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package dotty
+package tools
+package scripting
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import org.junit.Test
+
+import vulpix.TestConfiguration
+
+
+/** Runs all tests contained in `compiler/test-resources/repl/` */
+class ScriptingTests:
+  extension (str: String) def dropExtension =
+    str.reverse.dropWhile(_ != '.').drop(1).reverse
+
+  @Test def scriptingTests =
+    val testFiles = scripts("/scripting")
+
+    val argss: Map[String, Array[String]] = (
+      for
+        argFile <- testFiles
+        if argFile.getName.endsWith(".args")
+        name = argFile.getName.dropExtension
+        scriptArgs = readLines(argFile).toArray
+      yield name -> scriptArgs).toMap
+
+    for
+      scriptFile <- testFiles
+      if scriptFile.getName.endsWith(".scala")
+      name = scriptFile.getName.dropExtension
+      scriptArgs = argss.getOrElse(name, Array.empty[String])
+    do
+      ScriptingDriver(
+        compilerArgs = Array(
+          "-classpath", TestConfiguration.basicClasspath),
+        scriptFile = scriptFile,
+        scriptArgs = scriptArgs
+      ).compileAndRun()
diff --git a/compiler/test/dotty/tools/utils.scala b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/utils.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7023a577234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/test/dotty/tools/utils.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package dotty.tools
+
+import java.io.File
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8
+
+import scala.io.Source
+import scala.util.Using.resource
+
+def scripts(path: String): Array[File] = {
+  val dir = new File(getClass.getResource(path).getPath)
+  assert(dir.exists && dir.isDirectory, "Couldn't load scripts dir")
+  dir.listFiles
+}
+
+private def withFile[T](file: File)(action: Source => T): T =
+  resource(Source.fromFile(file, UTF_8.name))(action)
+
+def readLines(f: File): List[String] = withFile(f)(_.getLines.toList)
+def readFile(f: File): String = withFile(f)(_.mkString)
diff --git a/dist/bin/scala b/dist/bin/scala
index a00ab14a7fac..3c522a082d3b 100755
--- a/dist/bin/scala
+++ b/dist/bin/scala
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@ addDotcOptions () {
 source "$PROG_HOME/bin/common"
 
 declare -a residual_args
+declare -a script_args
 execute_repl=false
 execute_run=false
+execute_script=false
 with_compiler=false
 class_path_count=0
 CLASS_PATH=""
@@ -79,13 +81,28 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       addDotcOptions "${1}"
       shift ;;
     *)
-      residual_args+=("$1")
+      if [ $execute_script == false ]; then
+        if [[ "$1" == *.scala ]]; then
+          execute_script=true
+          target_script="$1"
+        else
+          residual_args+=("$1")
+        fi
+      else
+        script_args+=("$1")
+      fi
       shift
       ;;
 
   esac
 done
-if [ $execute_repl == true ] || ([ $execute_run == false ] && [ $options_indicator == 0 ]); then
+
+if [ $execute_script == true ]; then
+  if [ "$CLASS_PATH" ]; then
+    cp_arg="-classpath \"$CLASS_PATH\""
+  fi
+  eval "\"$PROG_HOME/bin/scalac\" $cp_arg ${java_options[@]} ${residual_args[@]} -script $target_script ${script_args[@]}"
+elif [ $execute_repl == true ] || ([ $execute_run == false ] && [ $options_indicator == 0 ]); then
   if [ "$CLASS_PATH" ]; then
     cp_arg="-classpath \"$CLASS_PATH\""
   fi
diff --git a/dist/bin/scalac b/dist/bin/scalac
index 491add6c1b7d..148a7b8cfbba 100755
--- a/dist/bin/scalac
+++ b/dist/bin/scalac
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ withCompiler=true
 CompilerMain=dotty.tools.dotc.Main
 DecompilerMain=dotty.tools.dotc.decompiler.Main
 ReplMain=dotty.tools.repl.Main
+ScriptingMain=dotty.tools.scripting.Main
 
 PROG_NAME=$CompilerMain
 
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ addScala () {
 addResidual () {
   residual_args+=("'$1'")
 }
+addScripting () {
+  scripting_args+=("'$1'")
+}
 
 classpathArgs () {
   # echo "dotty-compiler: $DOTTY_COMP"
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ classpathArgs () {
   jvm_cp_args="-classpath \"$toolchain\""
 }
 
+in_scripting_args=false
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 case "$1" in
            --) shift; for arg; do addResidual "$arg"; done; set -- ;;
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ case "$1" in
     # Optimize for short-running applications, see https://github.com/lampepfl/dotty/issues/222
     -Oshort) addJava "-XX:+TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1" && shift ;;
         -repl) PROG_NAME="$ReplMain" && shift ;;
+      -script) PROG_NAME="$ScriptingMain" && target_script="$2" && in_scripting_args=true && shift && shift ;;
      -compile) PROG_NAME="$CompilerMain" && shift ;;
    -decompile) PROG_NAME="$DecompilerMain" && shift ;;
  -print-tasty) PROG_NAME="$DecompilerMain" && addScala "-print-tasty" && shift ;;
@@ -98,12 +104,22 @@ case "$1" in
           # will be available as system properties.
           -D*) addJava "$1" && shift ;;
           -J*) addJava "${1:2}" && shift ;;
-            *) addResidual "$1" && shift ;;
+            *) if [ $in_scripting_args == false ]; then
+                addResidual "$1"
+               else
+                addScripting "$1"
+               fi
+               shift
+               ;;
   esac
 done
 
 classpathArgs
 
+if [ "$PROG_NAME" == "$ScriptingMain" ]; then
+  scripting_string="-script $target_script ${scripting_args[@]}"
+fi
+
 eval exec "\"$JAVACMD\"" \
      ${JAVA_OPTS:-$default_java_opts} \
      "$DEBUG" \
@@ -112,5 +128,6 @@ eval exec "\"$JAVACMD\"" \
      -Dscala.usejavacp=true \
      "$PROG_NAME"  \
      "${scala_args[@]}" \
-     "${residual_args[@]}"
+     "${residual_args[@]}" \
+     "$scripting_string"
 exit $?
diff --git a/docs/docs/usage/getting-started.md b/docs/docs/usage/getting-started.md
index 634263c502ca..ab576ecd3acf 100644
--- a/docs/docs/usage/getting-started.md
+++ b/docs/docs/usage/getting-started.md
@@ -74,3 +74,19 @@ In case you have already installed Dotty via brew, you should instead update it:
 ```bash
 brew upgrade dotty
 ```
+
+### Scala 3 for Scripting
+If you have followed the steps in "Standalone Installation" section and have the `scala` executable on your `PATH`, you can run `*.scala` files as scripts. Given a source named Test.scala:
+
+```scala
+@main def Test(name: String): Unit =
+  println(s"Hello ${name}!")
+```
+
+You can run: `scala Test.scala World` to get an output `Hello World!`.
+
+A "script" is an ordinary Scala file which contains a main method. The semantics of the `scala Script.scala` command is as follows:
+
+- Compile `Script.scala` with `scalac` into a temporary directory.
+- Detect the main method in the `*.class` files produced by the compilation.
+- Execute the main method.
diff --git a/staging/test/scala/quoted/staging/repl/StagingScriptedReplTests.scala b/staging/test/scala/quoted/staging/repl/StagingScriptedReplTests.scala
index 4aa50a835aa6..c7abbec41f09 100644
--- a/staging/test/scala/quoted/staging/repl/StagingScriptedReplTests.scala
+++ b/staging/test/scala/quoted/staging/repl/StagingScriptedReplTests.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package scala.quoted.staging.repl
 
 import dotty.BootstrappedOnlyTests
+import dotty.tools.scripts
 import dotty.tools.repl.ReplTest
 import dotty.tools.vulpix.TestConfiguration
 import org.junit.Test