diff --git a/.changeset/six-ends-grin.md b/.changeset/six-ends-grin.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..69e295c7cd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-ends-grin.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@tanstack/router-cli': patch
+---
+
+Fix CLI commands not executing by passing process.argv.slice(2) to yargs
diff --git a/packages/router-cli/src/index.ts b/packages/router-cli/src/index.ts
index c164f4f8800..d880d4b6ebe 100644
--- a/packages/router-cli/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/router-cli/src/index.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ import { watch } from './watch'
 main()
 
 export function main() {
-  yargs()
+  yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
     .scriptName('tsr')
     .usage('$0 <cmd> [args]')
+    .demandCommand(1)
+    .strictCommands()
     .command('generate', 'Generate the routes for a project', async () => {
       const config = getConfig()
       await generate(config, process.cwd())