diff --git a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/source_code/notebook.py b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/source_code/notebook.py
index fa4d3119ee..5d257db63c 100644
--- a/src/databricks/labs/ucx/source_code/notebook.py
+++ b/src/databricks/labs/ucx/source_code/notebook.py
@@ -167,6 +167,22 @@ def migrate_notebook_path(self):
         pass
 
 
+class ShellCell(Cell):
+
+    @property
+    def language(self):
+        return CellLanguage.SHELL
+
+    def is_runnable(self) -> bool:
+        return True  # TODO
+
+    def build_dependency_graph(self, parent: DependencyGraph):
+        pass  # nothing to do
+
+    def migrate_notebook_path(self):
+        pass
+
+
 class PipCell(Cell):
 
     @property
@@ -190,6 +206,7 @@ class CellLanguage(Enum):
     SQL = Language.SQL, 'sql', '--', True, SQLCell
     RUN = None, 'run', '', False, RunCell
     PIP = None, 'pip', '', False, PipCell
+    SHELL = None, 'sh', '', False, ShellCell
     # see https://spec.commonmark.org/0.31.2/#html-comment
     MARKDOWN = None, 'md', "<!--->", False, MarkdownCell
     R = Language.R, 'r', '#', True, RCell
diff --git a/tests/unit/source_code/samples/notebook-with-shell-cell.py.txt b/tests/unit/source_code/samples/notebook-with-shell-cell.py.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b6da858ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/source_code/samples/notebook-with-shell-cell.py.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Databricks notebook source
+import datetime
+
+# COMMAND ----------
+
+# MAGIC %sh "./shell-script.sh"
diff --git a/tests/unit/source_code/test_notebook.py b/tests/unit/source_code/test_notebook.py
index 217767ee58..8fd9111e5d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/source_code/test_notebook.py
+++ b/tests/unit/source_code/test_notebook.py
@@ -41,6 +41,11 @@
     Language.SQL,
     ['md', 'sql', 'sql', 'md', 'sql', 'python', 'sql', 'sql', 'sql', 'md', 'sql', 'sql', 'md', 'sql', 'sql', 'md', 'sql'],
 )
+SHELL_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE = (
+    "notebook-with-shell-cell.py.txt",
+    Language.PYTHON,
+    ['python', 'sh'],
+)
 PIP_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE = (
     "notebook-with-pip-cell.py.txt",
     Language.PYTHON,
@@ -57,6 +62,7 @@
         SCALA_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE,
         R_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE,
         SQL_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE,
+        SHELL_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE,
         PIP_NOTEBOOK_SAMPLE,
     ],
 )