diff --git a/pySim-shell.py b/pySim-shell.py
index 7fa9d819..95dc7073 100755
--- a/pySim-shell.py
+++ b/pySim-shell.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ from pySim.exceptions import *
 from pySim.commands import SimCardCommands
 from pySim.transport import init_reader, ApduTracer, argparse_add_reader_args
 from pySim.cards import card_detect, SimCard
-from pySim.utils import h2b, swap_nibbles, rpad, b2h, h2s, JsonEncoder, bertlv_parse_one
+from pySim.utils import h2b, swap_nibbles, rpad, b2h, h2s, JsonEncoder, bertlv_parse_one, sw_match
 from pySim.utils import dec_st, sanitize_pin_adm, tabulate_str_list, is_hex, boxed_heading_str
 from pySim.card_handler import CardHandler, CardHandlerAuto
 
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class PysimApp(cmd2.Cmd):
 
     apdu_cmd_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
     apdu_cmd_parser.add_argument('APDU', type=str, help='APDU as hex string')
+    apdu_cmd_parser.add_argument('--expect-sw', help='expect a specified status word', type=str, default=None)
 
     @cmd2.with_argparser(apdu_cmd_parser)
     def do_apdu(self, opts):
@@ -258,6 +259,9 @@ class PysimApp(cmd2.Cmd):
             self.poutput("SW: %s, RESP: %s" % (sw, data))
         else:
             self.poutput("SW: %s" % sw)
+        if opts.expect_sw:
+            if not sw_match(sw, opts.expect_sw):
+                raise SwMatchError(sw, opts.expect_sw)
 
     class InterceptStderr(list):
         def __init__(self):