diff --git a/web/app_dev.php b/web/app_dev.php
index 872a882835..e0279c2aeb 100644
--- a/web/app_dev.php
+++ b/web/app_dev.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // Feel free to remove this, extend it, or make something more sophisticated.
 if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])
     || isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])
-    || !in_array(@$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], array('127.0.0.1', 'fe80::1', '::1'))
+    || !(in_array(@$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], array('127.0.0.1', 'fe80::1', '::1')) || php_sapi_name() === 'cli-server')
 ) {
     header('HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden');
     exit('You are not allowed to access this file. Check '.basename(__FILE__).' for more information.');