diff --git a/lib/debug_command.js b/lib/debug_command.js
index 7c7703cf..ee9ed9d0 100644
--- a/lib/debug_command.js
+++ b/lib/debug_command.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class DebugCommand extends Command {
   }
 
   * run(cwd, args) {
-    args = yield this.helper.formatArgs(cwd, args);
+    const eggPath = this.getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd);
+    args = yield this.helper.formatArgs(cwd, args, { eggPath });
 
     const options = {
       env: Object.assign({}, process.env),
@@ -63,6 +64,10 @@ class DebugCommand extends Command {
     this.helper.forkNode(this.helper.serverBin, args, options);
   }
 
+  getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd) {
+    return this.utils.getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd);
+  }
+
   help() {
     return 'Debug mode start';
   }
diff --git a/lib/dev_command.js b/lib/dev_command.js
index 342347b6..e6aede56 100644
--- a/lib/dev_command.js
+++ b/lib/dev_command.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ class DevCommand extends Command {
   * run(cwd, args) {
     const execArgv = args ? args.filter(str => str.indexOf('--debug') === 0 || str.indexOf('--inspect') === 0) : [];
 
-    args = yield this.helper.formatArgs(cwd, args);
+    const eggPath = this.getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd);
+    args = yield this.helper.formatArgs(cwd, args, { eggPath });
 
     const options = {
       env: Object.assign({}, process.env),
@@ -24,6 +25,10 @@ class DevCommand extends Command {
   help() {
     return 'local env start';
   }
+
+  getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd) {
+    return this.utils.getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd);
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = DevCommand;
diff --git a/lib/helper.js b/lib/helper.js
index 67483796..c2d1f62a 100644
--- a/lib/helper.js
+++ b/lib/helper.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const detect = require('detect-port');
-const utils = require('egg-utils');
 
 exports.defaultPort = 7001;
 exports.serverBin = path.join(__dirname, 'start-cluster');
@@ -24,15 +23,15 @@ exports.checkDeps = function* () {
   return true;
 };
 
-exports.formatArgs = function* (cwd, args) {
+exports.formatArgs = function* (cwd, args, options) {
+  options = options || {};
   args.push('--baseDir');
   args.push(cwd);
   args.push('--cluster');
   args.push('1');
 
-  const eggPath = utils.getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd);
-  if (eggPath) {
-    args.push(`--eggPath=${eggPath}`);
+  if (options.eggPath) {
+    args.push(`--eggPath=${options.eggPath}`);
   }
 
   // auto detect available port
@@ -45,4 +44,3 @@ exports.formatArgs = function* (cwd, args) {
   }
   return args;
 };
-
diff --git a/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/dev_command.js b/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/dev_command.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e286e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/dev_command.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const DevCommand = require('../../../..').DevCommand;
+
+class MyDevCommand extends DevCommand {
+  * run(cwd) {
+    console.log('run dev with eggPath: %s', this.getFrameworkOrEggPath(cwd) || 'empty');
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = MyDevCommand;
diff --git a/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/my_program.js b/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/my_program.js
index e76c8090..f7555f8c 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/my_program.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/my-egg-bin/lib/my_program.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class MyProgram extends Program {
     this.version = require('../package.json').version;
 
     this.addCommand('nsp', path.join(__dirname, 'nsp_command.js'));
+    this.addCommand('dev', path.join(__dirname, 'dev_command.js'));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/my-egg-bin.test.js b/test/my-egg-bin.test.js
index 29beec1a..76d7dcfe 100644
--- a/test/my-egg-bin.test.js
+++ b/test/my-egg-bin.test.js
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ describe('custom egg-bin: my-egg-bin', () => {
     .end(done);
   });
 
+  it('should my-egg-bin dev success', done => {
+    coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'dev' ], {
+      cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/test-files'),
+    })
+    // .debug()
+    .expect('stdout', /run dev with eggPath: empty/)
+    .expect('code', 0)
+    .end(done);
+  });
+
   it('should show help message', done => {
     coffee.fork(eggBin, [ '-h' ], {
       cwd: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/test-files'),