diff --git a/fs/rc/internal.go b/fs/rc/internal.go
index a813b006e..9c87dafb2 100644
--- a/fs/rc/internal.go
+++ b/fs/rc/internal.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package rc
 import (
 	"context"
 	"os"
+	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
@@ -335,3 +336,110 @@ func rcSetBlockProfileRate(ctx context.Context, in Params) (out Params, err erro
 	runtime.SetBlockProfileRate(int(rate))
 	return nil, nil
 }
+
+func init() {
+	Add(Call{
+		Path:         "core/command",
+		AuthRequired: true,
+		Fn:           rcRunCommand,
+		Title:        "Run a rclone terminal command over rc.",
+		Help: `This takes the following parameters
+
+- command - a string with the command name
+- arg - a list of arguments for the backend command
+- opt - a map of string to string of options
+
+Returns
+
+- result - result from the backend command
+- error	 - set if rclone exits with an error code
+
+For example
+
+    rclone rc core/command command=ls -a mydrive:/ -o max-depth=1
+	rclone rc core/command -a ls -a mydrive:/ -o max-depth=1
+
+Returns
+
+` + "```" + `
+{
+	"error": false,
+	"result": "<Raw command line output>"
+}
+
+OR 
+{
+	"error": true,
+	"result": "<Raw command line output>"
+}
+
+
+`,
+	})
+}
+
+// rcRunCommand runs an rclone command with the given args and flags
+func rcRunCommand(ctx context.Context, in Params) (out Params, err error) {
+
+	command, err := in.GetString("command")
+	if err != nil {
+		command = ""
+	}
+
+	var opt = map[string]string{}
+	err = in.GetStructMissingOK("opt", &opt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var arg = []string{}
+	err = in.GetStructMissingOK("arg", &arg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var allArgs = []string{}
+	if command != "" {
+		// Add the command eg: ls to the args
+		allArgs = append(allArgs, command)
+	}
+	// Add all from arg
+	for _, cur := range arg {
+		allArgs = append(allArgs, cur)
+	}
+
+	// Add flags to args for eg --max-depth 1 comes in as { max-depth 1 }.
+	// Convert it to [ max-depth, 1 ] and append to args list
+	for key, value := range opt {
+		if len(key) == 1 {
+			allArgs = append(allArgs, "-"+key)
+		} else {
+			allArgs = append(allArgs, "--"+key)
+		}
+		allArgs = append(allArgs, value)
+	}
+
+	// Get the path for the current executable which was used to run rclone.
+	ex, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, ex, allArgs...)
+
+	// Run the command and get the output for error and stdout combined.
+	output, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fs.Errorf(nil, "Command error %v", err)
+		return Params{
+			"result": string(output),
+			"error":  true,
+		}, nil
+	}
+
+	return Params{
+		"result": string(output),
+		"error":  false,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/fs/rc/internal_test.go b/fs/rc/internal_test.go
index 118215301..64b212b1a 100644
--- a/fs/rc/internal_test.go
+++ b/fs/rc/internal_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/rclone/rclone/fstest"
+
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
@@ -119,3 +121,27 @@ func TestCoreQuit(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err := call.Fn(context.Background(), in)
 	require.Error(t, err)
 }
+
+// core/command: Runs a raw rclone command
+func TestCoreCommand(t *testing.T) {
+	call := Calls.Get("core/command")
+	r := fstest.NewRun(t)
+	defer r.Finalise()
+
+	in := Params{
+		"command": "ls",
+		"opt": map[string]string{
+			"max-depth": "1",
+		},
+		"arg": []string{
+			r.FremoteName,
+		},
+	}
+	got, err := call.Fn(context.Background(), in)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	errorBool, err := got.GetBool("error")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, errorBool, false)
+}