diff --git a/src/Console/Command.php b/src/Console/Command.php
index 8913ddf4a6e..46a5726795d 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command.php
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ class Command
     use LogTrait;
     use ModelAwareTrait;
 
+    /**
+     * The name of this command. Inflected from the class name.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
@@ -37,6 +44,21 @@ public function __construct()
     {
         $locator = $this->getTableLocator() ? : 'Cake\ORM\TableRegistry';
         $this->modelFactory('Table', [$locator, 'get']);
+
+        if (!$this->name) {
+            list(, $class) = namespaceSplit(get_class($this));
+            $this->name = str_replace('Command', '', $class);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the command name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getName()
+    {
+        return $this->name;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/Console/CommandTest.php b/tests/TestCase/Console/CommandTest.php
index 5ee1f3cb766..1698bbed15c 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/Console/CommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/Console/CommandTest.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 use Cake\ORM\Locator\TableLocator;
 use Cake\ORM\Table;
 use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
-
+use TestApp\Command\ExampleCommand;
 
 /**
  * Test case for Console\Command
@@ -48,4 +48,15 @@ public function testConstructorLoadModel()
         $command->loadModel('Comments');
         $this->assertInstanceOf(Table::class, $command->Comments);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Test name inflection
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testNameInflection()
+    {
+        $command = new ExampleCommand();
+        $this->assertSame('Example', $command->getName());
+    }
 }