diff --git a/cmd/akash/cmd/root.go b/cmd/akash/cmd/root.go
index bcb9967fe..0d97664a1 100644
--- a/cmd/akash/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/akash/cmd/root.go
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/snapshot"
 	sdkserver "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server"
 	banktypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/bank/types"
+	ibctransfer "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v10/modules/apps/transfer"
+	ibccore "github.com/cosmos/ibc-go/v10/modules/core"
 	rosettaCmd "github.com/cosmos/rosetta/cmd"
 
 	"pkg.akt.dev/go/cli"
@@ -107,10 +109,29 @@ func initRootCmd(rootCmd *cobra.Command, encodingConfig sdkutil.EncodingConfig)
 
 	cli.ServerCmds(rootCmd, home, ac.newApp, ac.appExport, addModuleInitFlags)
 
+	addIBCCommands(rootCmd)
+
 	rootCmd.SetOut(rootCmd.OutOrStdout())
 	rootCmd.SetErr(rootCmd.ErrOrStderr())
 }
 
+// addIBCCommands adds IBC core (client, channel) and transfer tx/query subcommands to the CLI.
+// The chain supports IBC; the pkg.akt.dev/go/cli package does not wire these in.
+func addIBCCommands(rootCmd *cobra.Command) {
+	coreBasic := ibccore.AppModuleBasic{}
+	transferBasic := ibctransfer.AppModuleBasic{}
+	for _, c := range rootCmd.Commands() {
+		switch c.Name() {
+		case "tx":
+			c.AddCommand(coreBasic.GetTxCmd())
+			c.AddCommand(transferBasic.GetTxCmd())
+		case "query", "q":
+			c.AddCommand(coreBasic.GetQueryCmd())
+			c.AddCommand(transferBasic.GetQueryCmd())
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func addModuleInitFlags(startCmd *cobra.Command) {
 	crisis.AddModuleInitFlags(startCmd) //nolint: staticcheck
 }