diff --git a/system/CLI/CommandRunner.php b/system/CLI/CommandRunner.php
index a6985d0db931..06d06863de2f 100644
--- a/system/CLI/CommandRunner.php
+++ b/system/CLI/CommandRunner.php
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ public function __construct()
      * so we have the chance to look for a Command first.
      *
      * @param string $method
-     * @param array  ...$params
+     * @param array  $params
      *
      * @throws ReflectionException
      *
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public function _remap($method, ...$params)
+    public function _remap($method, $params)
     {
         // The first param is usually empty, so scrap it.
         if (empty($params[0])) {
diff --git a/system/CodeIgniter.php b/system/CodeIgniter.php
index 86e70546dd41..093687254c77 100644
--- a/system/CodeIgniter.php
+++ b/system/CodeIgniter.php
@@ -884,14 +884,16 @@ protected function runController($class)
             /** @var CLIRequest $request */
             $request = $this->request;
             $params  = $request->getArgs();
+
+            $output = $class->_remap($this->method, $params);
         } else {
             // This is a Web request or PHP CLI request
             $params = $this->router->params();
-        }
 
-        $output = method_exists($class, '_remap')
-            ? $class->_remap($this->method, ...$params)
-            : $class->{$this->method}(...$params);
+            $output = method_exists($class, '_remap')
+                ? $class->_remap($this->method, ...$params)
+                : $class->{$this->method}(...$params);
+        }
 
         $this->benchmark->stop('controller');
 
diff --git a/tests/system/CLI/CommandRunnerTest.php b/tests/system/CLI/CommandRunnerTest.php
index 32ca71357e75..c9e3245b932c 100644
--- a/tests/system/CLI/CommandRunnerTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/CLI/CommandRunnerTest.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public function testBadCommand()
      */
     public function testRemapEmptyFirstParams()
     {
-        self::$runner->_remap('anyvalue', null, 'list');
+        self::$runner->_remap('anyvalue', [null, 'list']);
         $result = CITestStreamFilter::$buffer;
 
         // make sure the result looks like a command list
diff --git a/tests/system/SparkTest.php b/tests/system/SparkTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cd76453c02a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/system/SparkTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * This file is part of CodeIgniter 4 framework.
+ *
+ * (c) CodeIgniter Foundation <admin@codeigniter.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view
+ * the LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace CodeIgniter;
+
+use CodeIgniter\Test\CIUnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+final class SparkTest extends CIUnitTestCase
+{
+    public function testCanUseOption()
+    {
+        ob_start();
+        passthru('php spark list --simple');
+        $output = ob_get_clean();
+
+        $this->assertStringContainsString('cache:clear', $output);
+    }
+}