diff --git a/packages/cli/test/auth_test.dart b/packages/cli/test/auth_test.dart
index d351cff66..22bca7bfc 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/auth_test.dart
+++ b/packages/cli/test/auth_test.dart
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void main() {
         },
         dependencyOverrides: {
           'fs_test_agent': {'path': join(project, '..', 'fs_test_agent')},
+          'conduit': {'path': join(project, '..', 'cli')},
           'conduit_codable': {'path': join(project, '..', 'codable')},
           'conduit_common': {'path': join(project, '..', 'common')},
           'conduit_config': {'path': join(project, '..', 'config')},
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/not_tests/cli_helpers.dart b/packages/cli/test/not_tests/cli_helpers.dart
index 9fe263b90..1174458b8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/not_tests/cli_helpers.dart
+++ b/packages/cli/test/not_tests/cli_helpers.dart
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class CLIClient {
           devDependencies: {"test": "^1.21.6"},
           dependencyOverrides: {
             'fs_test_agent': {'path': join(project, '..', 'fs_test_agent')},
+            'conduit': {'path': join(project, '..', 'cli')},
             'conduit_codable': {'path': join(project, '..', 'codable')},
             'conduit_common': {'path': join(project, '..', 'common')},
             'conduit_config': {'path': join(project, '..', 'config')},
diff --git a/packages/core/lib/src/runtime/compiler.dart b/packages/core/lib/src/runtime/compiler.dart
index 5e20b9adc..3a81ce80b 100644
--- a/packages/core/lib/src/runtime/compiler.dart
+++ b/packages/core/lib/src/runtime/compiler.dart
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ class ConduitCompiler extends Compiler {
       targetPubspecFile.writeAsStringSync(json.encode(pubspecContents));
 
       final conduitPackages = [
+        {'name': 'conduit', 'path': 'cli'},
         {'name': 'conduit_codable', 'path': 'codable'},
         {'name': 'conduit_common', 'path': 'common'},
         {'name': 'conduit_config', 'path': 'config'},