diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/DEPS.list b/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/DEPS.list
index 956f4210d5952..f71bab90aa05f 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/DEPS.list
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/DEPS.list
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 ../remote/
 ../server/trace/viewer/
 ../tools/cli-client/program.ts
+../tools/mcp/program.ts
 ../tools/trace/traceCli.ts
 ../bootstrap.ts
 node_modules/commander
diff --git a/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/program.ts b/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/program.ts
index b5d63420c3445..64ea909101883 100644
--- a/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/program.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright-core/src/cli/program.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import { installBrowsers, uninstallBrowsers, installDeps } from './installAction
 import { runTraceInBrowser, runTraceViewerApp } from '../server/trace/viewer/traceViewer';
 import { screenshot, pdf } from './browserActions';
 import { program as cliProgram } from '../tools/cli-client/program';
+import { decorateMCPCommand } from '../tools/mcp/program';
 
 import type { TraceViewerServerOptions } from '../server/trace/viewer/traceViewer';
 import type { Command } from 'commander';
@@ -236,7 +237,8 @@ export function decorateProgram(program: Command) {
   addTraceCommands(program, logErrorAndExit);
 
   program
-      .command('cli', { hidden: true })
+      .command('cli')
+      .description('run playwright cli commands from terminal')
       .allowExcessArguments(true)
       .allowUnknownOption(true)
       .helpOption(false)
@@ -244,6 +246,10 @@ export function decorateProgram(program: Command) {
         process.argv.splice(process.argv.indexOf('cli'), 1);
         cliProgram().catch(logErrorAndExit);
       });
+
+  decorateMCPCommand(program
+      .command('mcp')
+      .description('run the Playwright MCP server'));
 }
 
 function logErrorAndExit(e: Error) {