diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 15b3bbd0..935c1b9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ For a list of breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
 [Nbb](https://github.com/babashka/nbb): Scripting in Clojure on Node.js using [SCI](https://github.com/babashka/sci)
 
+## 1.2.170
+
+- [#315](https://github.com/babashka/nbb/issues/315): support `:init` option in repl api
+
 ## 1.2.169 (2023-02-25)
 
 - [#312](https://github.com/babashka/nbb/issues/312): same as [#311](https://github.com/babashka/nbb/issues/311) but with `$default`
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index de74bbbd..8a352688 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nbb",
-  "version": "1.2.169",
+  "version": "1.2.170",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.mjs",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/src/nbb/impl/repl.cljs b/src/nbb/impl/repl.cljs
index 1033b7a0..6086f2d8 100644
--- a/src/nbb/impl/repl.cljs
+++ b/src/nbb/impl/repl.cljs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 
 (defn repl
   ([] (repl nil))
-  ([_opts]
+  ([opts]
    (when tty (.setRawMode js/process.stdin true))
    (let [eval-require (fn
                         [ns-form]
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
      (->
       (eval-require ns1)
       (.then (fn [] (eval-require ns2)))
+      (.then (:init opts identity))
       (.then (fn []
                (js/Promise. (fn [resolve]
                               (input-loop nil resolve)))))))))
diff --git a/test-scripts/repl-init-test/init-test.cljs b/test-scripts/repl-init-test/init-test.cljs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a925f767
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scripts/repl-init-test/init-test.cljs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+(require '[nbb.repl :as repl])
+
+(repl/repl
+  {:init #(apply require '[[promesa.core :as p]])})
diff --git a/test-scripts/repl-init-test/package.json b/test-scripts/repl-init-test/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a4e4c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-scripts/repl-init-test/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+	"dependencies": {
+		"nbb": "file:../.."
+	}
+}