diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
index 18ca5c28..9094269b 100644
--- a/src/command.ts
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -64,16 +64,20 @@ export namespace Command {
     examples?: string[];
   }
 
+  export type RunOptions = {
+    isBeingRunByDefault?: boolean
+  }
+
   export interface Class extends Base {
     plugin?: Config.IPlugin;
     flags?: Parser.flags.Input<any>;
     args?: Parser.args.Input;
-    new(argv: string[], config: Config.IConfig): Instance;
-    run(argv?: string[], config?: Config.LoadOptions): PromiseLike<any>;
+    new(argv: string[], config: Config.IConfig, options?: RunOptions): Instance;
+    run(argv?: string[], config?: Config.LoadOptions, options?: RunOptions): PromiseLike<any>;
   }
 
   export interface Instance {
-    _run(argv: string[]): Promise<any>;
+    _run(argv: string[], options?: RunOptions): Promise<any>;
   }
 
   export interface Plugin extends Command {
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 5fb2f836..0153f14d 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export interface IConfig {
   readonly topics: Topic[];
   readonly commandIDs: string[];
 
-  runCommand(id: string, argv?: string[]): Promise<void>;
+  runCommand(id: string, argv?: string[], options?: Command.RunOptions): Promise<void>;
   runHook<T extends Hooks, K extends Extract<keyof T, string>>(event: K, opts: T[K]): Promise<void>;
   findCommand(id: string, opts: {must: true}): Command.Plugin;
   findCommand(id: string, opts?: {must: boolean}): Command.Plugin | undefined;
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ export class Config implements IConfig {
     debug('%s hook done', event)
   }
 
-  async runCommand(id: string, argv: string[] = []) {
+  async runCommand(id: string, argv: string[] = [], options?: Command.RunOptions) {
     debug('runCommand %s %o', id, argv)
     const c = this.findCommand(id)
     if (!c) {
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ export class Config implements IConfig {
     }
     const command = c.load()
     await this.runHook('prerun', {Command: command, argv})
-    await command.run(argv, this)
+    await command.run(argv, this, options)
   }
 
   scopedEnvVar(k: string) {