diff --git a/complete.go b/complete.go
index 5c621971..35c8ed10 100644
--- a/complete.go
+++ b/complete.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 		"cmd",
 		"addcustominfo",
 		"bottom",
+		"builtin",
 		"calcdirsize",
 		"cd",
 		"clear",
@@ -473,6 +474,10 @@ func completeCmd(acc []rune) (matches []compMatch, result string) {
 		if len(f) == 2 {
 			matches, result = matchCmdFile(f[1], false)
 		}
+	case "builtin":
+		if len(f) == 2 {
+			matches, result = matchCmd(f[1])
+		}
 	case "toggle":
 		matches, result = matchCmdFile(f[len(f)-1], false)
 	default:
diff --git a/eval.go b/eval.go
index b89def17..4a29b538 100644
--- a/eval.go
+++ b/eval.go
@@ -958,6 +958,27 @@ func exitCompMenu(app *app) {
 func (e *callExpr) eval(app *app, _ []string) {
 	os.Setenv("lf_count", strconv.Itoa(e.count))
 
+	noOverride := []string{
+		"open",
+		"paste",
+		"delete",
+		"rename",
+	}
+
+	if e.name == "builtin" {
+		if len(e.args) == 0 {
+			app.ui.echoerr("builtin: requires at least 1 argument")
+			return
+		} else if e.args[0] == "builtin" {
+			app.ui.echoerr("builtin: recursive call")
+			return
+		}
+		e.name, e.args = e.args[0], e.args[1:]
+	} else if cmd, ok := gOpts.cmds[e.name]; ok && !slices.Contains(noOverride, e.name) {
+		cmd.eval(app, e.args)
+		return
+	}
+
 	silentCmds := []string{
 		"addcustominfo",
 		"clearmaps",
@@ -2260,12 +2281,7 @@ func (e *callExpr) eval(app *app, _ []string) {
 	case "on-init":
 		onInit(app)
 	default:
-		cmd, ok := gOpts.cmds[e.name]
-		if !ok {
-			app.ui.echoerrf("command not found: %s", e.name)
-			return
-		}
-		cmd.eval(app, e.args)
+		app.ui.echoerrf("command not found: %s", e.name)
 	}
 }