diff --git a/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php b/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
index e81ae9cabbd9..64c0f0adae6d 100644
--- a/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
+++ b/system/HTTP/CLIRequest.php
@@ -272,6 +272,20 @@ public function getGetPost($index = null, $filter = null, $flags = null)
         return $this->returnNullOrEmptyArray($index);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * This is a place holder for calls from cookie_helper get_cookie().
+     *
+     * @param array|string|null $index  Index for item to be fetched from $_COOKIE
+     * @param int|null          $filter A filter name to be applied
+     * @param mixed             $flags
+     *
+     * @return array|null
+     */
+    public function getCookie($index = null, $filter = null, $flags = null)
+    {
+        return $this->returnNullOrEmptyArray($index);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @param array|string|null $index
      *
diff --git a/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php b/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
index b294d1621b2b..cbec9b22a33e 100644
--- a/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/system/HTTP/CLIRequestTest.php
@@ -616,4 +616,11 @@ public function testGetLocale()
     {
         $this->assertSame('en', $this->request->getLocale());
     }
+
+    public function testGetCookie()
+    {
+        $this->assertNull($this->request->getCookie('TESTY'));
+
+        $this->assertSame($this->request->getCookie(), []);
+    }
 }