diff --git a/.changes/change-pr-13253.md b/.changes/change-pr-13253.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e42a66072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/change-pr-13253.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:enhance
+"tauri-cli": patch:enhance
+---
+
+Allow electron to run the CLI directly
diff --git a/packages/cli/tauri.js b/packages/cli/tauri.js
index d0460573b..452202cbb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tauri.js
+++ b/packages/cli/tauri.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (globalThis.navigator?.userAgent?.includes('Deno')) {
 }
 // Even if started by a package manager, the binary will be NodeJS.
 // Some distribution still use "nodejs" as the binary name.
-else if (binStem.match(/(nodejs|node|bun)\-?([0-9]*)*$/g)) {
+else if (binStem.match(/(nodejs|node|bun|electron)\-?([0-9]*)*$/g)) {
   const managerStem = process.env.npm_execpath
     ? path.parse(process.env.npm_execpath).name.toLowerCase()
     : null