diff --git a/src/Robo.php b/src/Robo.php
index 313c38b0..3e22594a 100644
--- a/src/Robo.php
+++ b/src/Robo.php
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@
 
 use Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader;
 use League\Container\Container;
+use League\Container\ContainerAwareInterface;
 use League\Container\Definition\DefinitionInterface;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Robo\Collection\CollectionBuilder;
 use Robo\Common\ProcessExecutor;
+use Robo\Contract\BuilderAwareInterface;
 use Consolidation\Config\ConfigInterface;
 use Consolidation\Config\Loader\ConfigProcessor;
 use Consolidation\Config\Loader\YamlConfigLoader;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\StringInput;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Application as SymfonyApplication;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
 use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
 
 /**
@@ -498,4 +502,73 @@ public static function process(Process $process)
     {
         return ProcessExecutor::create(static::getContainer(), $process);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @param \Robo\Application $app
+     * @param string|object $handler
+     *
+     * @return null|object
+     */
+    public static function register($app, $handler)
+    {
+        $container = Robo::getContainer();
+        $instance = static::instantiate($handler);
+        if (!$instance) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // If the instance is a Symfony Command, register it with
+        // the application
+        if ($instance instanceof Command) {
+            $app->add($instance);
+            return $instance;
+        }
+
+        // Register commands for all of the public methods in the RoboFile.
+        $commandFactory = $container->get('commandFactory');
+        $commandList = $commandFactory->createCommandsFromClass($instance);
+        foreach ($commandList as $command) {
+            $app->add($command);
+        }
+        return $instance;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string|object $handler
+     *
+     * @return null|object
+     */
+    protected static function instantiate($handler)
+    {
+        $container = Robo::getContainer();
+
+        // Register the RoboFile with the container and then immediately
+        // fetch it; this ensures that all of the inflectors will run.
+        // If the command class is already an instantiated object, then
+        // just use it exactly as it was provided to us.
+        if (is_string($handler)) {
+            if (!class_exists($handler)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($handler);
+            if ($reflectionClass->isAbstract()) {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            $commandFileName = "{$handler}Commands";
+            Robo::addShared($container, $commandFileName, $handler);
+            $handler = $container->get($commandFileName);
+        }
+        // If the command class is a Builder Aware Interface, then
+        // ensure that it has a builder.  Every command class needs
+        // its own collection builder, as they have references to each other.
+        if ($handler instanceof BuilderAwareInterface) {
+            $builder = CollectionBuilder::create($container, $handler);
+            $handler->setBuilder($builder);
+        }
+        if ($handler instanceof ContainerAwareInterface) {
+            $handler->setContainer($container);
+        }
+        return $handler;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Runner.php b/src/Runner.php
index d8803ebe..c0ab62fb 100644
--- a/src/Runner.php
+++ b/src/Runner.php
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ protected function getRoboFileCommands($output)
     public function registerCommandClasses($app, $commandClasses)
     {
         foreach ((array)$commandClasses as $commandClass) {
-            $this->registerCommandClass($app, $commandClass);
+            Robo::register($app, $commandClass);
         }
     }
 
@@ -338,62 +338,21 @@ protected function discoverCommandClasses($relativeNamespace)
      * @param \Robo\Application $app
      * @param string|BuilderAwareInterface|ContainerAwareInterface $commandClass
      *
+     * @deprecated Use Robo::register directly
+     *
      * @return null|object
      */
     public function registerCommandClass($app, $commandClass)
     {
-        $container = Robo::getContainer();
-        $roboCommandFileInstance = $this->instantiateCommandClass($commandClass);
-        if (!$roboCommandFileInstance) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Register commands for all of the public methods in the RoboFile.
-        $commandFactory = $container->get('commandFactory');
-        $commandList = $commandFactory->createCommandsFromClass($roboCommandFileInstance);
-        foreach ($commandList as $command) {
-            $app->add($command);
-        }
-        return $roboCommandFileInstance;
+        return Robo::register($app, $commandClass);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param string|\Robo\Contract\BuilderAwareInterface|\League\Container\ContainerAwareInterface $commandClass
-     *
-     * @return null|object
+     * @deprecated Use Robo::instantiate directly
      */
     protected function instantiateCommandClass($commandClass)
     {
-        $container = Robo::getContainer();
-
-        // Register the RoboFile with the container and then immediately
-        // fetch it; this ensures that all of the inflectors will run.
-        // If the command class is already an instantiated object, then
-        // just use it exactly as it was provided to us.
-        if (is_string($commandClass)) {
-            if (!class_exists($commandClass)) {
-                return;
-            }
-            $reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($commandClass);
-            if ($reflectionClass->isAbstract()) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            $commandFileName = "{$commandClass}Commands";
-            Robo::addShared($container, $commandFileName, $commandClass);
-            $commandClass = $container->get($commandFileName);
-        }
-        // If the command class is a Builder Aware Interface, then
-        // ensure that it has a builder.  Every command class needs
-        // its own collection builder, as they have references to each other.
-        if ($commandClass instanceof BuilderAwareInterface) {
-            $builder = CollectionBuilder::create($container, $commandClass);
-            $commandClass->setBuilder($builder);
-        }
-        if ($commandClass instanceof ContainerAwareInterface) {
-            $commandClass->setContainer($container);
-        }
-        return $commandClass;
+        return Robo::instantiate($commandClass);
     }
 
     public function installRoboHandlers()