diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go
index f539c991a..d824b9b30 100644
--- a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/root.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	objectCli "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/object"
 	sessionCli "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/session"
 	sgCli "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/storagegroup"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree"
 	utilCli "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/util"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/misc"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/util/gendoc"
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(objectCli.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(sgCli.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(containerCli.Cmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(tree.Cmd)
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(gendoc.Command(rootCmd))
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/add.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03a49adb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/add.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package tree
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/internal/common"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/internal/commonflags"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/internal/key"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/services/tree"
+	cid "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-sdk-go/container/id"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var addCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "add",
+	Short: "Add a node to the tree service",
+	Run:   add,
+	PersistentPreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+		commonflags.Bind(cmd)
+	},
+}
+
+func initAddCmd() {
+	commonflags.Init(addCmd)
+	initCTID(addCmd)
+
+	ff := addCmd.Flags()
+	ff.StringSlice(metaFlagKey, nil, "Meta pairs in the form of Key1=[0x]Value1,Key2=[0x]Value2")
+	ff.Uint64(parentIDFlagKey, 0, "Parent node ID")
+
+	_ = cobra.MarkFlagRequired(ff, commonflags.RPC)
+}
+
+func add(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+	pk := key.GetOrGenerate(cmd)
+
+	var cnr cid.ID
+	err := cnr.DecodeString(cmd.Flag(containerIDFlagKey).Value.String())
+	common.ExitOnErr(cmd, "decode container ID string: %w", err)
+
+	tid, _ := cmd.Flags().GetString(treeIDFlagKey)
+	pid, _ := cmd.Flags().GetUint64(parentIDFlagKey)
+
+	meta, err := parseMeta(cmd)
+	common.ExitOnErr(cmd, "meta data parsing: %w", err)
+
+	ctx := cmd.Context()
+
+	cli, err := _client(ctx)
+	common.ExitOnErr(cmd, "client: %w", err)
+
+	rawCID := make([]byte, sha256.Size)
+	cnr.Encode(rawCID)
+
+	req := new(tree.AddRequest)
+	req.Body = &tree.AddRequest_Body{
+		ContainerId: rawCID,
+		TreeId:      tid,
+		ParentId:    pid,
+		Meta:        meta,
+		BearerToken: nil, // TODO: #1891 add token handling
+	}
+
+	common.ExitOnErr(cmd, "message signing: %w", tree.SignMessage(req, pk))
+
+	resp, err := cli.Add(ctx, req)
+	common.ExitOnErr(cmd, "rpc call: %w", err)
+
+	cmd.Println("Node ID: ", resp.Body.NodeId)
+}
+
+func parseMeta(cmd *cobra.Command) ([]*tree.KeyValue, error) {
+	raws, _ := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice(metaFlagKey)
+	if len(raws) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	pairs := make([]*tree.KeyValue, 0, len(raws))
+	for i := range raws {
+		kv := strings.SplitN(raws[i], "=", 2)
+		if len(kv) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid meta pair format: %s", raws[i])
+		}
+
+		var pair tree.KeyValue
+		pair.Key = kv[0]
+		pair.Value = []byte(kv[1])
+
+		pairs = append(pairs, &pair)
+	}
+
+	return pairs, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/client.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/client.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2590fc15d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/client.go
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package tree
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/cmd/neofs-cli/internal/commonflags"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/network"
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/services/tree"
+	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/credentials/insecure"
+)
+
+// _client returns grpc Tree service client. Should be removed
+// after making Tree API public.
+func _client(ctx context.Context) (tree.TreeServiceClient, error) {
+	var netAddr network.Address
+	err := netAddr.FromString(viper.GetString(commonflags.RPC))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	opts := make([]grpc.DialOption, 1, 2)
+	opts[0] = grpc.WithBlock()
+
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(netAddr.URIAddr(), "grpcs:") {
+		opts = append(opts, grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+	}
+
+	// a default connection establishing timeout
+	const defaultClientConnectTimeout = time.Second * 2
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, defaultClientConnectTimeout)
+	cc, err := grpc.DialContext(ctx, netAddr.URIAddr(), opts...)
+	cancel()
+
+	return tree.NewTreeServiceClient(cc), err
+}
diff --git a/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/root.go b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/root.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48ee8c865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/neofs-cli/modules/tree/root.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package tree
+
+import (
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var Cmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "tree",
+	Short: "Operations with the Tree service",
+}
+
+func init() {
+	Cmd.AddCommand(addCmd)
+
+	initAddCmd()
+}
+
+const (
+	containerIDFlagKey = "cid"
+	treeIDFlagKey      = "tid"
+	parentIDFlagKey    = "pid"
+
+	metaFlagKey = "meta"
+)
+
+func initCTID(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	ff := cmd.Flags()
+
+	ff.String(containerIDFlagKey, "", "Container ID")
+	_ = cmd.MarkFlagRequired(containerIDFlagKey)
+
+	ff.String(treeIDFlagKey, "", "Tree ID")
+	_ = cmd.MarkFlagRequired(treeIDFlagKey)
+}