diff --git a/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml
index 528b01ecb..8e16a30a6 100644
--- a/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml
+++ b/data/dbus-interfaces/org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@
   -->
   <interface name="org.gnome.Shell.Screenshot">
 
+    <!--
+        InteractiveScreenshot:
+        @success: whether the screenshot was captured
+        @uri: the file where the screenshot was saved
+
+        Shows Shell's interactive screenshot dialog, and lets the
+        user take an interactive screenshot, which is then returned
+        in @filename as png image. It returns a boolean indicating
+        whether the operation was successful or not. The URI of the
+        screenshot will be returned in @uri.
+    -->
+    <method name="InteractiveScreenshot">
+      <arg type="b" direction="out" name="success"/>
+      <arg type="s" direction="out" name="uri"/>
+    </method>
+
     <!--
         Screenshot:
         @filename: The filename for the screenshot
diff --git a/js/ui/screenshot.js b/js/ui/screenshot.js
index bfe2f7880..a1206a56d 100644
--- a/js/ui/screenshot.js
+++ b/js/ui/screenshot.js
@@ -2604,6 +2604,34 @@ export class ScreenshotService {
         }
     }
 
+    async InteractiveScreenshotAsync(params, invocation) {
+        try {
+            await this._senderChecker.checkInvocation(invocation);
+        } catch (e) {
+            invocation.return_gerror(e);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Main.screenshotUI.connectObject(
+            'screenshot-taken', (ui, file) => {
+                Main.screenshotUI.disconnectObject(invocation);
+                invocation.return_value(new GLib.Variant('(bs)', [true, file.get_uri()]));
+            },
+            'closed', () => {
+                Main.screenshotUI.disconnectObject(invocation);
+                invocation.return_value(new GLib.Variant('(bs)', [false, '']));
+            },
+            invocation);
+
+
+        try {
+            Main.screenshotUI.open(UIMode.SCREENSHOT_ONLY);
+        } catch (e) {
+            Main.screenshotUI.disconnectObject(invocation);
+            invocation.return_value(new GLib.Variant('(bs)', [false, '']));
+        }
+    }
+
     async SelectAreaAsync(params, invocation) {
         try {
             await this._senderChecker.checkInvocation(invocation);