diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2a9fc0a7fab7..b580a68e6871 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6579,6 +6579,7 @@ name = "reth-cli"
 version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "reth-cli-runner",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/crates/cli/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/cli/Cargo.toml
index effd1ed29962..c2aa22e70e71 100644
--- a/crates/cli/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,5 +11,8 @@ repository.workspace = true
 
 
 [dependencies]
+# reth
+reth-cli-runner.workspace = true
+
 # misc
 clap.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cli/cli/src/lib.rs b/crates/cli/cli/src/lib.rs
index 5e273d88717f..ccaa900edbd7 100644
--- a/crates/cli/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/cli/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 use std::{borrow::Cow, ffi::OsString};
 
+use reth_cli_runner::CliRunner;
+
 use clap::{Error, Parser};
 
 /// Reth based node cli.
@@ -42,4 +44,25 @@ pub trait RethCli: Sized {
     {
         <Self as Parser>::try_parse_from(itr)
     }
+
+    /// Executes a command.
+    fn with_runner<F, R>(self, f: F) -> R
+    where
+        F: FnOnce(Self, CliRunner) -> R,
+    {
+        let runner = CliRunner::default();
+
+        f(self, runner)
+    }
+
+    /// Parses and executes a command.
+    fn execute<F, R>(f: F) -> Result<R, Error>
+    where
+        Self: Parser + Sized,
+        F: FnOnce(Self, CliRunner) -> R,
+    {
+        let cli = Self::parse_args()?;
+
+        Ok(cli.with_runner(f))
+    }
 }