diff --git a/UltiSnips/python.snippets b/UltiSnips/python.snippets
index af81069..9372bdc 100644
--- a/UltiSnips/python.snippets
+++ b/UltiSnips/python.snippets
@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@ snippet pdb "Set PDB breakpoint" b
 import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
 endsnippet
 
+snippet ipy "Embed IPython shell" b
+import IPython; IPython.embed()
+endsnippet
+
 snippet ipdb "Set IPDB breakpoint" b
 import ipdb; ipdb.set_trace()
 endsnippet