diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/AeshConsole.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/AeshConsole.java
index 3eb446e39c04ca..ec84aac3358d71 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/AeshConsole.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/AeshConsole.java
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 package io.quarkus.deployment.console;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.TreeMap;
 import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingDeque;
 import java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock;
@@ -564,11 +567,51 @@ public void run() {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Map<Character, String> singleLetterAliases() {
+        try {
+            var manager = new AliasManager(Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home")).resolve(ALIAS_FILE).toFile(), true);
+            Map<Character, String> ret = new HashMap<>();
+            for (String alias : manager.getAllNames()) {
+                if (alias.length() == 1) {
+                    ret.put(alias.charAt(0), manager.getAlias(alias).get().getValue());
+                }
+            }
+            return ret;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            return Map.of();
+        }
+    }
 
+    @Override
+    public void runAlias(char alias) {
+        try {
+            AeshCommandRegistryBuilder<CommandInvocation> commandBuilder = AeshCommandRegistryBuilder.builder();
+            ConsoleCliManager.commands.forEach(commandBuilder::command);
+
+            CommandRegistry registry = commandBuilder
+                    .create();
+            Settings settings = SettingsBuilder
+                    .builder()
+                    .enableExport(false)
+                    .inputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[] { (byte) alias, '\n' }))
+                    .enableAlias(true)
+                    .aliasManager(
+                            new AliasManager(Paths.get(System.getProperty("user.home")).resolve(ALIAS_FILE).toFile(), true))
+                    .connection(delegateConnection)
+                    .commandRegistry(registry)
+                    .build();
+            aeshConsole = new ReadlineConsole(settings);
+            aeshConsole.start();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
     }
 
     public void exitCliMode() {
-        if (aeshConsole == null) {
+        if (aeshConsole == null || delegateConnection == null) {
             return;
         }
         aeshConsole.stop();
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/ConsoleStateManager.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/ConsoleStateManager.java
index e6671d5ae3516c..83afe02f07c2b9 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/ConsoleStateManager.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/console/ConsoleStateManager.java
@@ -51,19 +51,20 @@ public class ConsoleStateManager {
         @Override
         public void accept(int[] ints) {
             for (int i : ints) {
+                char key = (char) i;
                 if (readLineBuilder != null) {
                     if (i == '\n' || i == '\r') {
                         readLineConsumer.accept(readLineBuilder.toString());
                         readLineBuilder = null;
                         readLineConsumer = null;
                     } else {
-                        readLineBuilder.append((char) i);
+                        readLineBuilder.append(key);
                     }
                 } else {
                     if (i == '\n') {
                         System.out.println("");
                     }
-                    Holder command = commands.get((char) i);
+                    Holder command = commands.get(key);
                     if (command != null) {
                         if (command.consoleCommand.getReadLineHandler() != null) {
                             QuarkusConsole.INSTANCE.doReadLine();
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ public void accept(int[] ints) {
                         } else {
                             command.consoleCommand.getRunnable().run();
                         }
+                    } else {
+                        if (QuarkusConsole.INSTANCE.singleLetterAliases().containsKey(key)) {
+                            QuarkusConsole.INSTANCE.runAlias(key);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -203,11 +208,16 @@ private void printHelp() {
         for (Holder i : commands.values()) {
             contexts.add(i.context);
         }
+        Set<Character> seen = new HashSet<>();
 
         for (ConsoleContext ctx : contexts.stream().sorted(Comparator.comparing(ConsoleContext::getName))
                 .collect(Collectors.toList())) {
             System.out.println("\n" + RED + "==" + RESET + " " + UNDERLINE + ctx.name + NO_UNDERLINE + "\n");
             for (var i : ctx.internal) {
+                if (seen.contains(i.getKey())) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                seen.add(i.getKey());
                 if (i.getDescription() != null) {
                     if (i.getHelpState() == null) {
                         System.out.println(helpOption(i.getKey(), i.getDescription()));
@@ -220,7 +230,15 @@ private void printHelp() {
                 }
             }
         }
-
+        Map<Character, String> aliases = QuarkusConsole.INSTANCE.singleLetterAliases();
+        if (!aliases.isEmpty()) {
+            System.out.println("\n" + RED + "==" + RESET + " " + UNDERLINE + "User Defined Aliases" + NO_UNDERLINE + "\n");
+            for (Map.Entry<Character, String> entry : aliases.entrySet()) {
+                if (!seen.contains(entry.getKey())) {
+                    System.out.println(helpOption(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue()));
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     static class Holder {
diff --git a/core/devmode-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/dev/console/QuarkusConsole.java b/core/devmode-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/dev/console/QuarkusConsole.java
index bc6b3766e88e59..5e439cdfd60725 100644
--- a/core/devmode-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/dev/console/QuarkusConsole.java
+++ b/core/devmode-spi/src/main/java/io/quarkus/dev/console/QuarkusConsole.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 import java.util.function.BiPredicate;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
@@ -141,6 +142,20 @@ public void exitCliMode() {
         //noop for the non-aesh console
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Exposes single character aliases so they can be displayed in the help screen
+     */
+    public Map<Character, String> singleLetterAliases() {
+        return Map.of();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * runs a single letter alias
+     */
+    public void runAlias(char alias) {
+
+    }
+
     protected String stripAnsiCodes(String s) {
         if (s == null) {
             return null;