diff --git a/pint_xarray/__init__.py b/pint_xarray/__init__.py
index 204ba4dc..ef933c46 100644
--- a/pint_xarray/__init__.py
+++ b/pint_xarray/__init__.py
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@
 except ImportError:
     from importlib_metadata import version
 
-from . import testing  # noqa
-from .accessors import PintDataArrayAccessor, PintDatasetAccessor  # noqa
+import pint
+
+from . import testing  # noqa: F401
+from . import formatting
+from .accessors import PintDataArrayAccessor, PintDatasetAccessor  # noqa: F401
 
 try:
     __version__ = version("pint-xarray")
@@ -12,3 +15,6 @@
     # Local copy or not installed with setuptools.
     # Disable minimum version checks on downstream libraries.
     __version__ = "999"
+
+
+pint.Quantity._repr_inline_ = formatting.inline_repr
diff --git a/pint_xarray/formatting.py b/pint_xarray/formatting.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1db471a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pint_xarray/formatting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+from itertools import zip_longest
+
+import numpy as np
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+# https://github.com/pydata/xarray/blob/v0.16.0/xarray/core/formatting.py#L18-216
+def pretty_print(x, numchars: int):
+    """Given an object `x`, call `str(x)` and format the returned string so
+    that it is numchars long, padding with trailing spaces or truncating with
+    ellipses as necessary
+    """
+    s = maybe_truncate(x, numchars)
+    return s + " " * max(numchars - len(s), 0)
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def maybe_truncate(obj, maxlen=500):
+    s = str(obj)
+    if len(s) > maxlen:
+        s = s[: (maxlen - 3)] + "..."
+    return s
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def wrap_indent(text, start="", length=None):
+    if length is None:
+        length = len(start)
+    indent = "\n" + " " * length
+    return start + indent.join(x for x in text.splitlines())
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def _get_indexer_at_least_n_items(shape, n_desired, from_end):
+    assert 0 < n_desired <= np.prod(shape)
+    cum_items = np.cumprod(shape[::-1])
+    n_steps = np.argmax(cum_items >= n_desired)
+    stop = int(np.ceil(float(n_desired) / np.r_[1, cum_items][n_steps]))
+    indexer = (
+        ((-1 if from_end else 0),) * (len(shape) - 1 - n_steps)
+        + ((slice(-stop, None) if from_end else slice(stop)),)
+        + (slice(None),) * n_steps
+    )
+    return indexer
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def first_n_items(array, n_desired):
+    """Returns the first n_desired items of an array"""
+    # Unfortunately, we can't just do array.flat[:n_desired] here because it
+    # might not be a numpy.ndarray. Moreover, access to elements of the array
+    # could be very expensive (e.g. if it's only available over DAP), so go out
+    # of our way to get them in a single call to __getitem__ using only slices.
+    if n_desired < 1:
+        raise ValueError("must request at least one item")
+
+    if array.size == 0:
+        # work around for https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5195
+        return []
+
+    if n_desired < array.size:
+        indexer = _get_indexer_at_least_n_items(array.shape, n_desired, from_end=False)
+        array = array[indexer]
+    return np.asarray(array).flat[:n_desired]
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def last_n_items(array, n_desired):
+    """Returns the last n_desired items of an array"""
+    # Unfortunately, we can't just do array.flat[-n_desired:] here because it
+    # might not be a numpy.ndarray. Moreover, access to elements of the array
+    # could be very expensive (e.g. if it's only available over DAP), so go out
+    # of our way to get them in a single call to __getitem__ using only slices.
+    if (n_desired == 0) or (array.size == 0):
+        return []
+
+    if n_desired < array.size:
+        indexer = _get_indexer_at_least_n_items(array.shape, n_desired, from_end=True)
+        array = array[indexer]
+    return np.asarray(array).flat[-n_desired:]
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def last_item(array):
+    """Returns the last item of an array in a list or an empty list."""
+    if array.size == 0:
+        # work around for https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/5195
+        return []
+
+    indexer = (slice(-1, None),) * array.ndim
+    return np.ravel(np.asarray(array[indexer])).tolist()
+
+
+# based on xarray.core.formatting.format_item
+def format_item(x, quote_strings=True):
+    """Returns a succinct summary of an object as a string"""
+    if isinstance(x, (str, bytes)):
+        return repr(x) if quote_strings else x
+    elif isinstance(x, (float, np.float_)):
+        return f"{x:.4}"
+    else:
+        return str(x)
+
+
+# based on xarray.core.formatting.format_item
+def format_items(x):
+    """Returns a succinct summaries of all items in a sequence as strings"""
+    x = np.asarray(x)
+    formatted = [format_item(xi) for xi in x]
+    return formatted
+
+
+# vendored from xarray.core.formatting
+def format_array_flat(array, max_width: int):
+    """Return a formatted string for as many items in the flattened version of
+    array that will fit within max_width characters.
+    """
+    # every item will take up at least two characters, but we always want to
+    # print at least first and last items
+    max_possibly_relevant = min(
+        max(array.size, 1), max(int(np.ceil(max_width / 2.0)), 2)
+    )
+    relevant_front_items = format_items(
+        first_n_items(array, (max_possibly_relevant + 1) // 2)
+    )
+    relevant_back_items = format_items(last_n_items(array, max_possibly_relevant // 2))
+    # interleave relevant front and back items:
+    #     [a, b, c] and [y, z] -> [a, z, b, y, c]
+    relevant_items = sum(
+        zip_longest(relevant_front_items, reversed(relevant_back_items)), ()
+    )[:max_possibly_relevant]
+
+    cum_len = np.cumsum([len(s) + 1 for s in relevant_items]) - 1
+    if (array.size > 2) and (
+        (max_possibly_relevant < array.size) or (cum_len > max_width).any()
+    ):
+        padding = " ... "
+        count = min(
+            array.size, max(np.argmax(cum_len + len(padding) - 1 > max_width), 2)
+        )
+    else:
+        count = array.size
+        padding = "" if (count <= 1) else " "
+
+    num_front = (count + 1) // 2
+    num_back = count - num_front
+    # note that num_back is 0 <--> array.size is 0 or 1
+    #                         <--> relevant_back_items is []
+    pprint_str = "".join(
+        [
+            " ".join(relevant_front_items[:num_front]),
+            padding,
+            " ".join(relevant_back_items[-num_back:]),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    # As a final check, if it's still too long even with the limit in values,
+    # replace the end with an ellipsis
+    # NB: this will still returns a full 3-character ellipsis when max_width < 3
+    if len(pprint_str) > max_width:
+        pprint_str = pprint_str[: max(max_width - 3, 0)] + "..."
+
+    return pprint_str
+
+
+def inline_repr(quantity, max_width):
+    magnitude = quantity.magnitude
+    units = quantity.units
+
+    units_repr = f"{units:~P}"
+    if isinstance(magnitude, np.ndarray):
+        data_repr = format_array_flat(magnitude, max_width - len(units_repr) - 3)
+    else:
+        data_repr = maybe_truncate(repr(magnitude), max_width - len(units_repr) - 3)
+
+    return f"[{units_repr}] {data_repr}"
diff --git a/pint_xarray/tests/test_formatting.py b/pint_xarray/tests/test_formatting.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9eda1567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pint_xarray/tests/test_formatting.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import pint
+import pytest
+
+# only need to register _repr_inline_
+import pint_xarray  # noqa: F401
+
+unit_registry = pint.UnitRegistry(force_ndarray_like=True)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("length", "expected"),
+    (
+        (40, "[N] 7.1 5.4 9.8 21.4 15.3"),
+        (20, "[N] 7.1 5.4 ... 15.3"),
+        (10, "[N] 7.1..."),
+        (7, "[N] ..."),
+        (3, "[N] ..."),
+    ),
+)
+def test_inline_repr(length, expected):
+    quantity = unit_registry.Quantity([7.1, 5.4, 9.8, 21.4, 15.3], "N")
+
+    assert quantity._repr_inline_(length) == expected