diff --git a/src/uu/skill/src/skill.rs b/src/uu/skill/src/skill.rs
index 48660e8..ff851a8 100644
--- a/src/uu/skill/src/skill.rs
+++ b/src/uu/skill/src/skill.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         };
 
         #[cfg(unix)]
-        let results = perform_action(&pids, &signal, take_action);
+        let results = perform_action(&pids, &signal, take_action, settings.interactive);
         #[cfg(not(unix))]
         let results: Vec<Option<ActionResult>> = Vec::new();
 
@@ -67,15 +67,23 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
 }
 
 #[cfg(unix)]
-fn perform_action(pids: &[u32], signal: &Signal, take_action: bool) -> Vec<Option<ActionResult>> {
+fn perform_action(
+    pids: &[u32],
+    signal: &Signal,
+    take_action: bool,
+    ask: bool,
+) -> Vec<Option<ActionResult>> {
     let sig = if take_action { Some(*signal) } else { None };
     pids.iter()
         .map(|pid| {
-            {
+            if !ask || uu_snice::ask_user(*pid) {
                 Some(match signal::kill(Pid::from_raw(*pid as i32), sig) {
                     Ok(_) => ActionResult::Success,
                     Err(_) => ActionResult::PermissionDenied,
                 })
+            } else {
+                // won't be used, but we need to return (not None)
+                Some(ActionResult::Success)
             }
         })
         .collect()
diff --git a/src/uu/snice/src/action.rs b/src/uu/snice/src/action.rs
index 80cbd3a..f5752e5 100644
--- a/src/uu/snice/src/action.rs
+++ b/src/uu/snice/src/action.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
+use crate::ask_user;
 use crate::priority::Priority;
 use std::{
     fmt::{self, Display, Formatter},
@@ -171,7 +172,15 @@ pub(crate) fn perform_action(
     pids: &[u32],
     prio: &Priority,
     take_action: bool,
+    ask: bool,
 ) -> Vec<Option<ActionResult>> {
-    let f = |pid: &u32| set_priority(*pid, prio, take_action);
+    let f = |pid: &u32| {
+        if !ask || ask_user(*pid) {
+            set_priority(*pid, prio, take_action)
+        } else {
+            // won't be used, but we need to return (not None)
+            Some(ActionResult::Success)
+        }
+    };
     pids.iter().map(f).collect()
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/snice/src/process_matcher.rs b/src/uu/snice/src/process_matcher.rs
index 0768efd..be2f9b8 100644
--- a/src/uu/snice/src/process_matcher.rs
+++ b/src/uu/snice/src/process_matcher.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub struct Settings {
     pub expressions: Option<Vec<SelectedTarget>>,
     pub verbose: bool,
     pub warnings: bool,
+    pub interactive: bool,
     pub no_action: bool,
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ impl Settings {
             expressions: Self::targets(matches),
             verbose: matches.get_flag("verbose"),
             warnings: matches.get_flag("warnings"),
+            interactive: matches.get_flag("interactive"),
             no_action: matches.get_flag("no-action"),
         })
     }
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ impl Settings {
 pub fn clap_args() -> Vec<Arg> {
     vec![
         // arg!(-f --fast          "fast mode (not implemented)"),
-        // arg!(-i --interactive   "interactive"),
+        arg!(-i --interactive   "interactive").conflicts_with_all(["verbose", "no-action"]),
         arg!(-l --list                  "list all signal names"),
         arg!(-L --table                 "list all signal names in a nice table"),
         arg!(-n --"no-action"   "do not actually kill processes; just print what would happen"),
diff --git a/src/uu/snice/src/snice.rs b/src/uu/snice/src/snice.rs
index 5754967..4583a18 100644
--- a/src/uu/snice/src/snice.rs
+++ b/src/uu/snice/src/snice.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use clap::{crate_version, Arg, Command};
 use prettytable::{format::consts::FORMAT_CLEAN, row, Table};
 pub use process_matcher::clap_args;
 use process_matcher::*;
+use std::io::Write;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, path::PathBuf, str::FromStr};
 use sysinfo::Pid;
 use uu_pgrep::process::ProcessInformation;
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
         };
 
         let pids = collect_pids(&targets);
-        let results = perform_action(&pids, &priority, take_action);
+        let results = perform_action(&pids, &priority, take_action, settings.interactive);
 
         if results.iter().all(|it| it.is_none()) || results.is_empty() {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(1, "no process selection criteria"));
@@ -124,6 +125,41 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn ask_user(pid: u32) -> bool {
+    let process = process_snapshot().process(Pid::from_u32(pid)).unwrap();
+
+    let tty = ProcessInformation::try_new(PathBuf::from_str(&format!("/proc/{pid}")).unwrap())
+        .map(|v| v.tty().to_string())
+        .unwrap_or(String::from("?"));
+
+    let user = process
+        .user_id()
+        .and_then(|uid| users().iter().find(|it| it.id() == uid))
+        .map(|it| it.name())
+        .unwrap_or("?")
+        .to_owned();
+
+    let cmd = process
+        .exe()
+        .and_then(|it| it.iter().next_back())
+        .unwrap_or("?".as_ref());
+    let cmd = cmd.to_str().unwrap();
+
+    // no newline at the end
+    print!("{tty:<8} {user:<8} {pid:<5} {cmd:<18} ? ");
+    std::io::stdout().flush().unwrap();
+    let mut input = String::new();
+    if std::io::stdin().read_line(&mut input).is_err() {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let input = input.trim();
+    if input.eq_ignore_ascii_case("y") || input.eq_ignore_ascii_case("yes") {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    false
+}
+
 #[allow(unused)]
 pub fn construct_verbose_result(
     pids: &[u32],
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_snice.rs b/tests/by-util/test_snice.rs
index 3c06c94..f3d0ba8 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_snice.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_snice.rs
@@ -16,3 +16,9 @@ fn test_no_args() {
 fn test_no_process_selected() {
     new_ucmd!().arg("-u=invalid_user").fails().code_is(1);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_interactive_conflict_args() {
+    new_ucmd!().args(&["-i", "-v"]).fails().code_is(1);
+    new_ucmd!().args(&["-i", "-n"]).fails().code_is(1);
+}