diff --git a/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl b/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl
index 7d014d8442..edf4c968aa 100644
--- a/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl
+++ b/src/REPLMode/REPLMode.jl
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ Base.@kwdef mutable struct Statement
 end
 
 function lex(cmd::String)::Vector{QString}
-    replace_comma = (nothing!=match(r"^(add|rm|remove|status|precompile)+\s", cmd))
+    replace_comma = (nothing!=match(r"^(add|dev|develop|rm|remove|status|precompile)+\s", cmd))
     in_doublequote = false
     in_singlequote = false
     qstrings = QString[]
diff --git a/test/repl.jl b/test/repl.jl
index f1d0488358..6b4b32fef8 100644
--- a/test/repl.jl
+++ b/test/repl.jl
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ temp_pkg_dir(;rm=false) do project_path; cd(project_path) do;
     mktempdir() do tmp_dev_dir
     withenv("JULIA_PKG_DEVDIR" => tmp_dev_dir) do
         pkg"develop Example"
+        pkg"develop Example,PackageCompiler"
+        pkg"develop Example PackageCompiler"
 
         # Copy the manifest + project and see that we can resolve it in a new environment
         # and get all the packages installed