diff --git a/examples/covademo.zig b/examples/covademo.zig
index 63451e5..60d681a 100644
--- a/examples/covademo.zig
+++ b/examples/covademo.zig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pub const CommandT = Command.Custom(.{
     .global_help_prefix = "CovaDemo",
     .global_vals_mandatory = false,
     .help_category_order = &.{ .Prefix, .Header, .Aliases, .Values, .Options, .Commands },
+    .allow_abbreviated_cmds = true,
     //.allow_arg_indices = false,
     .global_usage_fn = struct{
         fn usage(self: anytype, writer: anytype, _: ?mem.Allocator) !void {
diff --git a/src/Command.zig b/src/Command.zig
index 8e9632c..3a77b24 100644
--- a/src/Command.zig
+++ b/src/Command.zig
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@ pub const Config = struct {
     /// During parsing, mandate that Command instances of this Command Type, and their aliases, must be used in a case-sensitive manner.
     /// This will also affect Command Validation, but will NOT affect Tab-Completion.
     global_case_sensitive: bool = true,
+    /// During parsing, allow Abbreviated Command Names. (i.e. 'com' working for 'command')
+    /// This is seen in programs like `ip` on Linux, but may not be ideal in every use case.
+    /// Note, this does not check for uniqueness and will simply match on the first Command matching the abbreviation.
+    allow_abbreviated_cmds: bool = false,
+    /// The minimum length for an Abbreviated Command Name.
+    abbreviated_min_len: u16 = 3,
 
 
     /// Help Categories.
@@ -320,6 +326,12 @@ pub fn Custom(comptime config: Config) type {
         /// Include Examples.
         /// Check (`Command.Config`) for details.
         pub const include_examples = config.include_examples;
+        /// Allow Abbreviated Commands.
+        /// Check (`Command.Config`) for details.
+        pub const allow_abbreviated_cmds = config.allow_abbreviated_cmds;
+        /// The minimum length for an Abbreviated Command Name.
+        /// Check (`Command.Config`) for details.
+        pub const abbreviated_min_len = config.abbreviated_min_len;
 
 
         /// The Root Allocator for this Command.
diff --git a/src/cova.zig b/src/cova.zig
index 8e05598..f2584c0 100644
--- a/src/cova.zig
+++ b/src/cova.zig
@@ -277,8 +277,26 @@ fn parseArgsCtx(
             checkCmds: for (cmds) |*sub_cmd| {
                 const should_parse = shouldParse: {
                     if (sub_cmd.case_sensitive) {
-                        if (mem.eql(u8, sub_cmd.name, arg)) break :shouldParse true
-                        else for (sub_cmd.alias_names orelse continue :checkCmds) |alias| if (mem.eql(u8, alias, arg)) break :shouldParse true;
+                        if (
+                            mem.eql(u8, sub_cmd.name, arg) or
+                            (
+                                CommandT.allow_abbreviated_cmds and
+                                arg.len >= @min(sub_cmd.name.len, CommandT.abbreviated_min_len) and
+                                mem.indexOf(u8, sub_cmd.name, arg) != null and sub_cmd.name[0] == arg[0]
+                            )
+                        ) break :shouldParse true
+                        else {
+                            for (sub_cmd.alias_names orelse continue :checkCmds) |alias| {
+                                if (
+                                    mem.eql(u8, alias, arg) or 
+                                    (
+                                        CommandT.allow_abbreviated_cmds and
+                                        arg.len >= @min(alias.len, CommandT.abbreviated_min_len) and
+                                        mem.indexOf(u8, alias, arg) != null and alias[0] == arg[0]
+                                    )
+                                ) break :shouldParse true;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     else {
                         if (ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(sub_cmd.name, arg)) break :shouldParse true
@@ -436,7 +454,10 @@ fn parseArgsCtx(
                             if (matchOpt: {
                                 break :matchOpt if (opt.case_sensitive)
                                     mem.eql(u8, long_opt, long_name) or
-                                    (OptionT.allow_abbreviated_long_opts and mem.indexOf(u8, long_name, long_opt) != null and long_name[0] == long_opt[0])
+                                    (
+                                        OptionT.allow_abbreviated_long_opts and
+                                        mem.indexOf(u8, long_name, long_opt) != null and long_name[0] == long_opt[0]
+                                    )
                                 else
                                     ascii.eqlIgnoreCase(long_opt, long_name) or
                                     (