diff --git a/includes/classes/Command.php b/includes/classes/Command.php
index b72a568c5a..4453c43a1f 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Command.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Command.php
@@ -1807,4 +1807,99 @@ protected function render_stats( $current_index, $body ) {
 	public static function skip_number_format_i18n( $formatted, $number, $decimals ) {
 		return number_format( $number, absint( $decimals ), '.', '' );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Send a HTTP request to Elasticsearch
+	 *
+	 * ## OPTIONS
+	 *
+	 * <path>
+	 * : Path of the request. Example: `_cat/indices`
+	 *
+	 * [--method=<method>]
+	 * : HTTP Method (GET, POST, etc.)
+	 *
+	 * [--body=<json-body>]
+	 * : Request body
+	 *
+	 * [--debug-http-request]
+	 * : Enable debugging
+	 *
+	 * @subcommand request
+	 *
+	 * @since 3.6.6
+	 *
+	 * @param array $args Positional CLI args.
+	 * @param array $assoc_args Associative CLI args.
+	 */
+	public function request( $args, $assoc_args ) {
+		$path         = $args[0];
+		$method       = isset( $assoc_args['method'] ) ? $assoc_args['method'] : 'GET';
+		$body         = isset( $assoc_args['body'] ) ? $assoc_args['body'] : '';
+		$request_args = [
+			'method' => $method,
+		];
+		if ( 'GET' !== $method && ! empty( $body ) ) {
+			$request_args['body'] = $body;
+		}
+
+		if ( ! empty( $assoc_args['debug-http-request'] ) ) {
+			add_filter(
+				'http_api_debug',
+				function ( $response, $context, $transport, $request_args, $url ) {
+					WP_CLI::line(
+						sprintf(
+							/* translators: URL of the request */
+							esc_html__( 'URL: %s', 'elasticpress' ),
+							$url
+						)
+					);
+					WP_CLI::line(
+						sprintf(
+							/* translators: Request arguments (outputted with print_r()) */
+							esc_html__( 'Request Args: %s', 'elasticpress' ),
+							print_r( $request_args, true )
+						)
+					);
+					WP_CLI::line(
+						sprintf(
+							/* translators: HTTP transport used */
+							esc_html__( 'Transport: %s', 'elasticpress' ),
+							$transport
+						)
+					);
+					WP_CLI::line(
+						sprintf(
+							/* translators: Context under which the http_api_debug hook is fired */
+							esc_html__( 'Context: %s', 'elasticpress' ),
+							$context
+						)
+					);
+					WP_CLI::line(
+						sprintf(
+							/* translators: HTTP response (outputted with print_r()) */
+							esc_html__( 'Response: %s', 'elasticpress' ),
+							print_r( $response, true )
+						)
+					);
+				},
+				10,
+				5
+			);
+		}
+		$response = Elasticsearch::factory()->remote_request( $path, $request_args, [], 'wp_cli_request' );
+
+		if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
+			WP_CLI::error( $response->get_error_message() );
+		}
+
+		$response_body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
+		$content_type  = wp_remote_retrieve_header( $response, 'Content-Type' );
+		if ( preg_match( '/json/', $content_type ) ) {
+			// Re-encode the JSON to add space formatting
+			$response_body = wp_json_encode( json_decode( $response_body ), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT );
+		}
+
+		WP_CLI::log( $response_body );
+	}
 }