diff --git a/tooling/nargo_cli/Cargo.toml b/tooling/nargo_cli/Cargo.toml
index f92a2421b0f..1629ae86edb 100644
--- a/tooling/nargo_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tooling/nargo_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "nargo_cli"
 description = "Noir's package manager"
+default-run = "nargo"
 version.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true