diff --git a/appengine/wordpress/src/WordPressSetup.php b/appengine/wordpress/src/WordPressSetup.php
index e8422f46aa..1d8aaa22e2 100644
--- a/appengine/wordpress/src/WordPressSetup.php
+++ b/appengine/wordpress/src/WordPressSetup.php
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
                 'cron.yaml' => '/',
                 'composer.json' => '/',
                 'php.ini' => '/',
+                'wp-cli.yml' => '/',
                 'wp-config.php' => '/wordpress/',
             );
             $templateDir = __DIR__ . '/files/standard';
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
                 'composer.json' => '/',
                 'nginx-app.conf' => '/',
                 'php.ini' => '/',
+                'wp-cli.yml' => '/',
                 'wp-config.php' => '/wordpress/',
             );
             $templateDir = __DIR__ . '/files/flexible';
diff --git a/appengine/wordpress/src/files/flexible/wp-cli.yml b/appengine/wordpress/src/files/flexible/wp-cli.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88531ac47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/wordpress/src/files/flexible/wp-cli.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+path: wordpress
diff --git a/appengine/wordpress/src/files/standard/wp-cli.yml b/appengine/wordpress/src/files/standard/wp-cli.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88531ac47b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/wordpress/src/files/standard/wp-cli.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+path: wordpress