diff --git a/src/commands/deploy/deploy.ts b/src/commands/deploy/deploy.ts
index 1a0cff793f2..6d845206f79 100644
--- a/src/commands/deploy/deploy.ts
+++ b/src/commands/deploy/deploy.ts
@@ -581,7 +581,12 @@ const runDeploy = async ({
       }
 
       const draft = options.draft || (!deployToProduction && !alias)
-      const createDeployBody = { draft, branch: alias, include_upload_url: options.uploadSourceZip }
+      const createDeployBody = {
+        draft,
+        branch: alias,
+        include_upload_url: options.uploadSourceZip,
+        deploy_source: 'cli',
+      }
 
       const createDeployResponse = await api.createSiteDeploy({ siteId, title, body: createDeployBody })
       deployId = createDeployResponse.id as string
@@ -1358,7 +1363,7 @@ export const deploy = async (options: DeployOptionValues, command: BaseCommand)
     }
 
     const draft = options.draft || (!deployToProduction && !alias)
-    const createDeployBody = { draft, branch: alias, include_upload_url: options.uploadSourceZip }
+    const createDeployBody = { draft, branch: alias, include_upload_url: options.uploadSourceZip, deploy_source: 'cli' }
 
     // TODO: Type this properly in `@netlify/api`.
     const deployMetadata = (await api.createSiteDeploy({
diff --git a/tests/integration/commands/deploy/deploy.test.ts b/tests/integration/commands/deploy/deploy.test.ts
index 1490cf5215c..dab1038b5eb 100644
--- a/tests/integration/commands/deploy/deploy.test.ts
+++ b/tests/integration/commands/deploy/deploy.test.ts
@@ -1483,6 +1483,30 @@ describe.concurrent('deploy command', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  test('should include deploy_source cli in create deploy request', async (t) => {
+    await withMockDeploy(async (mockApi) => {
+      await withSiteBuilder(t, async (builder) => {
+        builder.withContentFile({
+          path: 'public/index.html',
+          content: '<h1>test</h1>',
+        })
+
+        await builder.build()
+
+        await callCli(
+          ['deploy', '--json', '--no-build', '--dir', 'public'],
+          getCLIOptions({ apiUrl: mockApi.apiUrl, builder }),
+        ).then(parseDeploy)
+
+        const createDeployRequest = mockApi.requests.find(
+          (req) => req.method === 'POST' && req.path === '/api/v1/sites/site_id/deploys',
+        )
+        expect(createDeployRequest).toBeDefined()
+        expect((createDeployRequest!.body as Record<string, unknown>).deploy_source).toBe('cli')
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   test('should include build_version in deploy body', async (t) => {
     await withMockDeploy(async (mockApi, deployState) => {
       await withSiteBuilder(t, async (builder) => {