diff --git a/cmd/lncli/invoicesrpc_active.go b/cmd/lncli/invoicesrpc_active.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dc2330ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lncli/invoicesrpc_active.go
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+// +build invoicesrpc
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/lnrpc/invoicesrpc"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+// invoicesCommands will return nil for non-invoicesrpc builds.
+func invoicesCommands() []cli.Command {
+	return []cli.Command{
+		cancelInvoiceCommand,
+	}
+}
+
+func getInvoicesClient(ctx *cli.Context) (invoicesrpc.InvoicesClient, func()) {
+	conn := getClientConn(ctx, false)
+
+	cleanUp := func() {
+		conn.Close()
+	}
+
+	return invoicesrpc.NewInvoicesClient(conn), cleanUp
+}
+
+var cancelInvoiceCommand = cli.Command{
+	Name:     "cancelinvoice",
+	Category: "Payments",
+	Usage:    "Cancels a (hold) invoice",
+	Description: `
+	Todo.`,
+	ArgsUsage: "paymenthash",
+	Flags: []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name: "paymenthash",
+			Usage: "the hex-encoded payment hash (32 byte) for which the " +
+				"corresponding invoice will be canceled.",
+		},
+	},
+	Action: actionDecorator(cancelInvoice),
+}
+
+func cancelInvoice(ctx *cli.Context) error {
+	var (
+		paymentHash []byte
+		err         error
+	)
+
+	client, cleanUp := getInvoicesClient(ctx)
+	defer cleanUp()
+
+	args := ctx.Args()
+
+	switch {
+	case ctx.IsSet("paymenthash"):
+		paymentHash, err = hex.DecodeString(ctx.String("paymenthash"))
+	case args.Present():
+		paymentHash, err = hex.DecodeString(args.First())
+	}
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse preimage: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	invoice := &invoicesrpc.CancelInvoiceMsg{
+		PaymentHash: paymentHash,
+	}
+
+	resp, err := client.CancelInvoice(context.Background(), invoice)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	printJSON(resp)
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/lncli/invoicesrpc_default.go b/cmd/lncli/invoicesrpc_default.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..570dfa69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/lncli/invoicesrpc_default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// +build !invoicesrpc
+
+package main
+
+import "github.com/urfave/cli"
+
+// invoicesCommands will return nil for non-invoicesrpc builds.
+func invoicesCommands() []cli.Command {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/lncli/main.go b/cmd/lncli/main.go
index b5c2db5b..6a930c5f 100644
--- a/cmd/lncli/main.go
+++ b/cmd/lncli/main.go
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Add any extra autopilot commands determined by build flags.
 	app.Commands = append(app.Commands, autopilotCommands()...)
+	app.Commands = append(app.Commands, invoicesCommands()...)
 
 	if err := app.Run(os.Args); err != nil {
 		fatal(err)