diff --git a/mopidy/utils/command.py b/mopidy/utils/command.py
index 7c6e874b..d8b5bbf6 100644
--- a/mopidy/utils/command.py
+++ b/mopidy/utils/command.py
@@ -127,3 +127,6 @@ class Command(object):
 
         return self._children[child]._parse(
             result._args, result, defaults, ' '.join([prog, child]))
+
+    def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/tests/utils/command_test.py b/tests/utils/command_test.py
index 016de37f..7c2e3112 100644
--- a/tests/utils/command_test.py
+++ b/tests/utils/command_test.py
@@ -434,3 +434,9 @@ class CommandErrorTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_str_command_error(self):
         error = command.CommandError('message', usage='usage: foo')
         self.assertEqual(str(error), 'usage: foo\n\nerror: message\n')
+
+
+class RunTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_default_implmentation_raises_error(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+            command.Command().run()