diff --git a/common/ruletypes.h b/common/ruletypes.h
index 7a2a2fe50..b5b51e17b 100644
--- a/common/ruletypes.h
+++ b/common/ruletypes.h
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ RULE_BOOL(Chat, AutoInjectSaylinksToSay, true, "Automatically injects saylinks i
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, AutoInjectSaylinksToClientMessage, true, "Automatically injects saylinks into dialogue that has [brackets in them]")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, QuestDialogueUsesDialogueWindow, false, "Pipes all quest dialogue to dialogue window")
 RULE_BOOL(Chat, DialogueWindowAnimatesNPCsIfNoneSet, true, "If there is no animation specified in the dialogue window markdown then it will choose a random greet animation such as wave or salute")
+RULE_BOOL(Chat, AlwaysCaptureCommandText, false, "Consume command text (# and ^ by default), regardless of which channel it is sent to")
 RULE_CATEGORY_END()
 
 RULE_CATEGORY(Merchant)
diff --git a/zone/client.cpp b/zone/client.cpp
index 91cdcb4fa..e9d1eed0a 100644
--- a/zone/client.cpp
+++ b/zone/client.cpp
@@ -1217,6 +1217,58 @@ void Client::ChannelMessageReceived(uint8 chan_num, uint8 language, uint8 lang_s
 
 	LogDebug("Client::ChannelMessageReceived() Channel:[{}] message:[{}]", chan_num, message);
 
+	if (RuleB(Chat, AlwaysCaptureCommandText)) {
+		if (message[0] == COMMAND_CHAR) {
+			if (command_dispatch(this, message, false) == -2) {
+				if (parse->PlayerHasQuestSub(EVENT_COMMAND)) {
+					int i = parse->EventPlayer(EVENT_COMMAND, this, message, 0);
+					if (i == 0 && !RuleB(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors)) {
+						Message(Chat::Red, "Command '%s' not recognized.", message);
+					}
+				}
+				else if (parse->PlayerHasQuestSub(EVENT_SAY)) {
+					int i = parse->EventPlayer(EVENT_SAY, this, message, 0);
+					if (i == 0 && !RuleB(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors)) {
+						Message(Chat::Red, "Command '%s' not recognized.", message);
+					}
+				}
+				else {
+					if (!RuleB(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors)) {
+						Message(Chat::Red, "Command '%s' not recognized.", message);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (message[0] == BOT_COMMAND_CHAR) {
+			if (RuleB(Bots, Enabled)) {
+				if (bot_command_dispatch(this, message) == -2) {
+					if (parse->PlayerHasQuestSub(EVENT_BOT_COMMAND)) {
+						int i = parse->EventPlayer(EVENT_BOT_COMMAND, this, message, 0);
+						if (i == 0 && !RuleB(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors)) {
+							Message(Chat::Red, "Bot command '%s' not recognized.", message);
+						}
+					}
+					else if (parse->PlayerHasQuestSub(EVENT_SAY)) {
+						int i = parse->EventPlayer(EVENT_SAY, this, message, 0);
+						if (i == 0 && !RuleB(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors)) {
+							Message(Chat::Red, "Bot command '%s' not recognized.", message);
+						}
+					}
+					else {
+						if (!RuleB(Chat, SuppressCommandErrors)) {
+							Message(Chat::Red, "Bot command '%s' not recognized.", message);
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				Message(Chat::Red, "Bots are disabled on this server.");
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (targetname == nullptr) {
 		targetname = (!GetTarget()) ? "" : GetTarget()->GetName();
 	}