diff --git a/docs/deployment/one-off-processes.md b/docs/deployment/one-off-processes.md
index 5e591353e20..e9965ec3c6a 100644
--- a/docs/deployment/one-off-processes.md
+++ b/docs/deployment/one-off-processes.md
@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@ The `run` command can be used to run a one-off process for a specific command. T
 dokku run node-js-app ls -lah
 ```
 
+The `run` command can also be used to run a command defined in your Procfile:
+
+```
+console: bundle exec racksh
+```
+
+```shell
+# runs `bundle exec racksh` in the `/app` directory of the application `my-app`
+dokku run my-app console
+```
+
 If you want to remove the container after a command has started, you can run the following command:
 
 ```shell
diff --git a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/run b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/run
index ff2ca1588da..ddfdcb2a358 100755
--- a/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/run
+++ b/plugins/00_dokku-standard/subcommands/run
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
 source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
+source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/ps/functions"
 source "$PLUGIN_AVAILABLE_PATH/config/functions"
 
 dokku_run_cmd() {
@@ -23,6 +24,18 @@ dokku_run_cmd() {
   [[ "$DOKKU_RM_CONTAINER" ]] && local DOKKU_RUN_OPTS="--rm"
   has_tty && local DOKKU_RUN_OPTS+=" -i -t"
   is_image_herokuish_based "$IMAGE" && local EXEC_CMD="/exec"
+
+  DOKKU_QUIET_OUTPUT=1 extract_procfile "$APP"
+
+  POTENTIAL_PROCFILE_KEY="$1"
+  PROC_CMD=$(get_cmd_from_procfile "$APP" "$POTENTIAL_PROCFILE_KEY" || echo '')
+  remove_procfile "$APP"
+
+  if [ ! -z "$PROC_CMD" ]; then
+    dokku_log_info1 "Found '$POTENTIAL_PROCFILE_KEY' in Procfile, running that command"
+    set -- "$PROC_CMD" "${@:2}"
+  fi
+
   # shellcheck disable=SC2086
   docker run $DOKKU_GLOBAL_RUN_ARGS $DOKKU_RUN_OPTS $DOCKER_ARGS $IMAGE $EXEC_CMD "$@"
 }
diff --git a/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile b/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile
index 312461ac929..6d278657f2e 100644
--- a/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile
+++ b/tests/apps/nodejs-express/Procfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 cron: node worker.js
 web: node web.js
 worker: node worker.js
+custom: echo -n
 
 
 # Old version with separate processes (use this if you have issues with the threaded version)
diff --git a/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats b/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats
index 42f6e01221f..c6f2bb79431 100644
--- a/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats
+++ b/tests/unit/30_core_1.bats
@@ -128,6 +128,16 @@ build_nginx_config() {
   assert_success
 }
 
+@test "(core) run command from Procfile" {
+  deploy_app
+  run /bin/bash -c "dokku run $TEST_APP custom 'hi dokku' | tail -n 1"
+  echo "output: "$output
+  echo "status: "$status
+
+  assert_success
+  assert_output 'hi dokku'
+}
+
 @test "(core) port exposure (dockerfile raw port)" {
   source "$PLUGIN_CORE_AVAILABLE_PATH/common/functions"
   cat<<EOF > $DOCKERFILE