diff --git a/deepdiff/cli.py b/deepdiff/cli.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdbd3b0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deepdiff/cli.py
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"""Console-script entry point for the ``deep`` command.
+
+The command line dependencies (``click``, and ``pyyaml`` for YAML files) are
+optional and installed via the ``cli`` extra (``pip install deepdiff[cli]``).
+The ``deep`` script itself is always installed, so importing
+:mod:`deepdiff.commands` directly raises a bare
+``ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'click'`` on a default install
+(see https://github.com/seperman/deepdiff/issues/594). This thin wrapper checks
+for the dependency first and exits with an actionable message instead of a
+traceback.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    """Entry point for the ``deep`` console script."""
+    try:
+        import click  # noqa: F401
+    except ImportError:
+        sys.exit(
+            "The 'deep' command line tool requires extra dependencies that are "
+            "not installed.\n"
+            "Install them with:\n\n    pip install deepdiff[cli]\n"
+        )
+
+    from deepdiff.commands import cli
+
+    cli()
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 980cb6f9..f9a54d7b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ optimize = [
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
-deep = "deepdiff.commands:cli"
+deep = "deepdiff.cli:main"
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://zepworks.com/deepdiff/"
diff --git a/tests/test_command.py b/tests/test_command.py
index 25427a7b..bbf5ada3 100644
--- a/tests/test_command.py
+++ b/tests/test_command.py
@@ -116,3 +116,40 @@ def test_command_extract(self):
         diffed = runner.invoke(extract, ['root[2][2]', path])
         assert 0 == diffed.exit_code
         assert '0.288\n' == diffed.output
+
+
+class TestCliEntryPoint:
+    """Tests for the ``deep`` console-script wrapper (deepdiff/cli.py)."""
+
+    def test_main_runs_cli_when_click_available(self):
+        # click is available in the test environment; invoking the entry point
+        # with --help should print the group help and exit cleanly.
+        from click.testing import CliRunner
+
+        from deepdiff.commands import cli
+
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(cli, ['--help'])
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        assert 'command line tool' in result.output
+
+    def test_main_reports_missing_click_dependency(self, monkeypatch):
+        # Simulate a default install without the optional ``cli`` extra: the
+        # entry point must fail with an actionable message rather than a bare
+        # ModuleNotFoundError traceback. See issue #594.
+        import builtins
+
+        from deepdiff import cli as cli_entry
+
+        real_import = builtins.__import__
+
+        def fake_import(name, *args, **kwargs):
+            if name == 'click':
+                raise ImportError("No module named 'click'")
+            return real_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(builtins, '__import__', fake_import)
+
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+            cli_entry.main()
+
+        assert 'pip install deepdiff[cli]' in str(exc_info.value)