diff --git a/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/command/RawCommand.java b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/command/RawCommand.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..268beeeb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/api/command/RawCommand.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.velocitypowered.api.command;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.NonNull;
+
+/**
+ * A specialized sub-interface of {@code Command} which indicates that the proxy should pass a
+ * raw command to the command. This is useful for bolting on external command frameworks to
+ * Velocity.
+ */
+public interface RawCommand extends Command {
+  /**
+   * Executes the command for the specified {@link CommandSource}.
+   *
+   * @param source the source of this command
+   * @param commandLine the full command line after the command name
+   */
+  void execute(CommandSource source, String commandLine);
+
+  default void execute(CommandSource source, String @NonNull [] args) {
+    execute(source, String.join(" ", args));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Provides tab complete suggestions for a command for a specified {@link CommandSource}.
+   *
+   * @param source the source to run the command for
+   * @param currentLine the current, partial command line for this command
+   * @return tab complete suggestions
+   */
+  default List<String> suggest(CommandSource source, String currentLine) {
+    return ImmutableList.of();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  default List<String> suggest(CommandSource source, String @NonNull [] currentArgs) {
+    return suggest(source, String.join(" ", currentArgs));
+  }
+
+  default boolean hasPermission(CommandSource source, String @NonNull [] args) {
+    return hasPermission(source, String.join(" ", args));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests to check if the {@code source} has permission to use this command with the provided
+   * {@code args}.
+   *
+   * <p>If this method returns false, the handling will be forwarded onto
+   * the players current server.</p>
+   *
+   * @param source the source of the command
+   * @param commandLine the arguments for this command
+   * @return whether the source has permission
+   */
+  default boolean hasPermission(CommandSource source, String commandLine) {
+    return true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/VelocityCommandManager.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/VelocityCommandManager.java
index dcd47339c..c60438c98 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/VelocityCommandManager.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/command/VelocityCommandManager.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.Command;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandManager;
 import com.velocitypowered.api.command.CommandSource;
+import com.velocitypowered.api.command.RawCommand;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -55,11 +56,20 @@ public class VelocityCommandManager implements CommandManager {
     @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
     String[] actualArgs = Arrays.copyOfRange(split, 1, split.length);
     try {
-      if (!command.hasPermission(source, actualArgs)) {
-        return false;
+      if (command instanceof RawCommand) {
+        RawCommand rc = (RawCommand) command;
+        int firstSpace = cmdLine.indexOf(' ');
+        String line = firstSpace == -1 ? "" : cmdLine.substring(firstSpace + 1);
+        if (!rc.hasPermission(source, line)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        rc.execute(source, line);
+      } else {
+        if (!command.hasPermission(source, actualArgs)) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        command.execute(source, actualArgs);
       }
-
-      command.execute(source, actualArgs);
       return true;
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new RuntimeException("Unable to invoke command " + cmdLine + " for " + source, e);
@@ -112,11 +122,20 @@ public class VelocityCommandManager implements CommandManager {
     @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
     String[] actualArgs = Arrays.copyOfRange(split, 1, split.length);
     try {
-      if (!command.hasPermission(source, actualArgs)) {
-        return ImmutableList.of();
+      if (command instanceof RawCommand) {
+        RawCommand rc = (RawCommand) command;
+        int firstSpace = cmdLine.indexOf(' ');
+        String line = firstSpace == -1 ? "" : cmdLine.substring(firstSpace + 1);
+        if (!rc.hasPermission(source, line)) {
+          return ImmutableList.of();
+        }
+        return ImmutableList.copyOf(rc.suggest(source, line));
+      } else {
+        if (!command.hasPermission(source, actualArgs)) {
+          return ImmutableList.of();
+        }
+        return ImmutableList.copyOf(command.suggest(source, actualArgs));
       }
-
-      return ImmutableList.copyOf(command.suggest(source, actualArgs));
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(
           "Unable to invoke suggestions for command " + alias + " for " + source, e);
@@ -149,7 +168,14 @@ public class VelocityCommandManager implements CommandManager {
     @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
     String[] actualArgs = Arrays.copyOfRange(split, 1, split.length);
     try {
-      return command.hasPermission(source, actualArgs);
+      if (command instanceof RawCommand) {
+        RawCommand rc = (RawCommand) command;
+        int firstSpace = cmdLine.indexOf(' ');
+        String line = firstSpace == -1 ? "" : cmdLine.substring(firstSpace + 1);
+        return rc.hasPermission(source, line);
+      } else {
+        return command.hasPermission(source, actualArgs);
+      }
     } catch (Exception e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(
           "Unable to invoke suggestions for command " + alias + " for " + source, e);