diff --git a/src/Console/Please/Kernel.php b/src/Console/Please/Kernel.php
index dea93ae9cc2..ad698e161e9 100644
--- a/src/Console/Please/Kernel.php
+++ b/src/Console/Please/Kernel.php
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ protected function getArtisan()
         if (is_null($this->artisan)) {
             $this->artisan = tap(
                 (new Please($this->app, $this->events, Statamic::version()))
-                    ->resolveCommands($this->commands)
+                    ->resolveCommands([...($this->kernelCommands ?? []), ...$this->commands])
                     ->setContainerCommandLoader()
             )->setName('Statamic');
 
diff --git a/tests/Console/PleaseTest.php b/tests/Console/PleaseTest.php
index caa5c11f270..611ae3359be 100644
--- a/tests/Console/PleaseTest.php
+++ b/tests/Console/PleaseTest.php
@@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ public function it_can_run_a_please_command_with_statamic_prefix()
         $this->please('statamic:stache:clear');
     }
 
+    #[Test]
+    public function it_can_run_a_command_registered_on_the_kernel()
+    {
+        $kernel = $this->app[Kernel::class];
+        $kernel->command('app:example', fn () => 0);
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $kernel->call('app:example'));
+    }
+
     public function please($command, $parameters = [])
     {
         return $this->app[Kernel::class]->call($command, $parameters);