diff --git a/x/slashing/client/cli/tx.go b/x/slashing/client/cli/tx.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..700c794b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/slashing/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package cli
+
+import (
+	"cosmossdk.io/core/address"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/tx"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/slashing/types"
+)
+
+// NewTxCmd returns a root CLI command handler for all x/slashing transaction commands.
+func NewTxCmd(vc address.Codec) *cobra.Command {
+	slashingTxCmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:                        types.ModuleName,
+		Short:                      "Slashing transaction subcommands",
+		DisableFlagParsing:         true,
+		SuggestionsMinimumDistance: 2,
+		RunE:                       client.ValidateCmd,
+	}
+
+	slashingTxCmd.AddCommand(NewUnjailTxCmd(vc))
+	return slashingTxCmd
+}
+
+// NewUnjailTxCmd returns a CLI command handler for creating a MsgUnjail transaction.
+func NewUnjailTxCmd(vc address.Codec) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "unjail",
+		Args:  cobra.NoArgs,
+		Short: "unjail validator previously jailed for downtime",
+		Long: `unjail a jailed validator:
+
+$ <appd> tx slashing unjail --from mykey
+`,
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+			clientCtx, err := client.GetClientTxContext(cmd)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			valAddr := clientCtx.GetFromAddress()
+			valAddrStr, err := vc.BytesToString(valAddr)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+
+			}
+
+			msg := types.NewMsgUnjail(valAddrStr)
+			return tx.GenerateOrBroadcastTxCLI(clientCtx, cmd.Flags(), msg)
+		},
+	}
+
+	flags.AddTxFlagsToCmd(cmd)
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/x/slashing/module.go b/x/slashing/module.go
index 7676cb61..73466f85 100644
--- a/x/slashing/module.go
+++ b/x/slashing/module.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/runtime"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
 	"cosmossdk.io/core/appmodule"
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/slashing/types"
 
+	"github.com/initia-labs/initia/x/slashing/client/cli"
 	"github.com/initia-labs/initia/x/slashing/keeper"
 )
 
@@ -77,6 +79,16 @@ func (AppModuleBasic) RegisterGRPCGatewayRoutes(clientCtx client.Context, mux *r
 	}
 }
 
+// GetTxCmd returns no root tx command for the mint module.
+func (b AppModuleBasic) GetTxCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return cli.NewTxCmd(b.cdc.InterfaceRegistry().SigningContext().ValidatorAddressCodec())
+}
+
+// GetQueryCmd returns the root query command for the mint module.
+func (AppModuleBasic) GetQueryCmd() *cobra.Command {
+	return nil
+}
+
 // AppModule implements an application module for the slashing module.
 type AppModule struct {
 	AppModuleBasic