diff --git a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
index f1ee69c42..837475255 100644
--- a/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
+++ b/cmd/troubleshoot/cli/run.go
@@ -283,10 +283,11 @@ func loadSupportBundleSpecsFromURIs(ctx context.Context, kinds *loader.Troublesh
 
 func loadSpecs(ctx context.Context, args []string, client kubernetes.Interface) (*troubleshootv1beta2.SupportBundle, *troubleshootv1beta2.Redactor, error) {
 	var (
-		kinds   = loader.NewTroubleshootKinds()
-		vp      = viper.GetViper()
-		allArgs = append(args, vp.GetStringSlice("redactors")...)
-		err     error
+		kinds     = loader.NewTroubleshootKinds()
+		vp        = viper.GetViper()
+		redactors = vp.GetStringSlice("redactors")
+		allArgs   = append(args, redactors...)
+		err       error
 	)
 
 	if len(args) < 1 {
@@ -295,6 +296,13 @@ func loadSpecs(ctx context.Context, args []string, client kubernetes.Interface)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to load specs from cluster, and no specs were provided as arguments")
 		}
+		if len(redactors) > 0 {
+			additionalKinds, err := specs.LoadFromCLIArgs(ctx, client, allArgs, vp)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, nil, errors.Wrap(err, "failed to load redactors from CLI args")
+			}
+			kinds.RedactorsV1Beta2 = append(kinds.RedactorsV1Beta2, additionalKinds.RedactorsV1Beta2...)
+		}
 	} else {
 		kinds, err = specs.LoadFromCLIArgs(ctx, client, allArgs, vp)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/validate-support-bundle-e2e.sh b/test/validate-support-bundle-e2e.sh
index a54764e57..51f7bfcb0 100755
--- a/test/validate-support-bundle-e2e.sh
+++ b/test/validate-support-bundle-e2e.sh
@@ -155,6 +155,28 @@ if ! grep "labelled-support-bundle-4 \*\*\*HIDDEN\*\*\*" "$tmpdir/$bundle_direct
 fi
 kubectl delete -f "$PRJ_ROOT/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-specs"
 
+echo "======= Generating support bundle from k8s cluster using discovered cluster spec and redactor from the CLI ======"
+recreate_tmpdir
+kubectl apply -f "$PRJ_ROOT/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor"
+./bin/support-bundle -v1 --interactive=false --output=$tmpdir/$bundle_archive_name --redactors=configmap/default/unlabelled-redactor-spec-1/redactor-spec
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "support-bundle command failed"
+    exit $?
+fi
+
+if ! tar -xvzf $tmpdir/$bundle_archive_name --directory $tmpdir; then
+    echo "A valid support bundle archive was not generated"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! grep "labelled-support-bundle-1 \*\*\*HIDDEN\*\*\*" "$tmpdir/$bundle_directory_name/echo-hi-1"; then
+    echo "$(cat $tmpdir/$bundle_directory_name/echo-hi-1)"
+    echo "Hidden content not found in redacted echo-hi-1 file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+kubectl delete -f "$PRJ_ROOT/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor"
+
 echo "======= Generating support bundle from k8s cluster using 0 arguments and no spec in the cluster ======"
 recreate_tmpdir
 set +e
diff --git a/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor/redact-spec-1.yaml b/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor/redact-spec-1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6e9e54a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor/redact-spec-1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: unlabelled-redactor-spec-1
+data:
+  redactor-spec: |
+    apiVersion: troubleshoot.sh/v1beta2
+    kind: Redactor
+    metadata:
+      name: unlabelled-redactor-spec-1
+    spec:
+      redactors:
+        - name: redact-text-1
+          removals:
+            values:
+            -  REDACT FIRST TEXT PLEASE
+  customer-redactor-spec: |
+    apiVersion: troubleshoot.sh/v1beta2
+    kind: Redactor
+    metadata:
+      name: unlabelled-redactor-spec-1
+    spec:
+      redactors:
+        - name: redact-text-1
+          removals:
+            values:
+            -  REDACT FIRST TEXT PLEASE
+  garbagge: MWdRRTlBRi9YNzB3eUE2VEgvWjdhRFVUR1UvRmU3TXdUR3Q4cnE4Nkti
diff --git a/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor/sb-spec-1.yaml b/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor/sb-spec-1.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..978ae667d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/supportbundle/labelled-bundle-unlabelled-redactor/sb-spec-1.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Secret
+metadata:
+  name: labelled-support-bundle-1
+  labels:
+    troubleshoot.io/kind: support-bundle
+stringData:
+  support-bundle-spec: |
+    apiVersion: troubleshoot.sh/v1beta2
+    kind: SupportBundle
+    metadata:
+      name: labelled-support-bundle-1
+    spec:
+      collectors:
+        - data:
+            name: echo-hi-1
+            data: "I am labelled-support-bundle-1 REDACT FIRST TEXT PLEASE"
+  custom-spec-key: |
+    apiVersion: troubleshoot.sh/v1beta2
+    kind: SupportBundle
+    metadata:
+      name: custom-spec-key
+    spec:
+      collectors:
+        - data:
+            name: echo-hi-3
+            data: "I am custom-spec-key REDACT FIRST TEXT PLEASE"
+  garbagge: MWdRRTlBRi9YNzB3eUE2VEgvWjdhRFVUR1UvRmU3TXdUR3Q4cnE4Nkti