diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 830bb0a546..b15341c5fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,10 +7,9 @@
   ],
   "scripts": {
     "link": "lerna link",
-    "nuxt": "jiti ./scripts/nuxt",
     "build": "yarn workspaces run build --silent",
     "stub": "yarn workspaces run stub --silent",
-    "play": "yarn nuxt dev playground",
+    "play": "yarn nu dev playground",
     "lint": "eslint --ext .vue,.ts,.js .",
     "test": "yarn lint",
     "postinstall": "yarn stub"
diff --git a/packages/nu/bin/nu.js b/packages/nu/bin/nu.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6243ac7577
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nu/bin/nu.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+require('..').main()
diff --git a/packages/nu/package.json b/packages/nu/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e4899f9a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nu/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "@nuxt/nu",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "repository": "nuxt/framework",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "main": "./dist/index.js",
+  "bin": {
+    "nu": "./bin/nu.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "bin",
+    "dist"
+  ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "jiti ../../scripts/build .",
+    "stub": "yarn build --stub",
+    "prepublishOnly": "yarn build"
+  },
+  "build": {
+    "entries": {
+      "index": { "format": "cjs" }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/cli.ts b/packages/nu/src/index.ts
similarity index 90%
rename from packages/nuxt3/src/cli.ts
rename to packages/nu/src/index.ts
index 0384baf141..4a748d5d6e 100755
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/nu/src/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 import { resolve } from 'path'
-import { loadNuxt } from './core/load'
-import { build } from './builder'
 
 async function _main () {
   const args = process.argv.splice(2)
   const cmd = args[0]
+
   if (!['dev', 'build'].includes(cmd)) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.error('Usage nuxt dev|build [rootDir]')
     process.exit(1)
   }
+
   const isDev = cmd === 'dev'
   const rootDir = resolve(process.cwd(), args[1] || '.')
+
+  const { loadNuxt, build } = await import('nuxt3')
+
   const nuxt = await loadNuxt({ for: isDev ? 'dev' : 'build', rootDir })
 
   if (isDev) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/index.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/index.ts
index b9be2c102c..a918a9a721 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 export { loadNuxt } from './core'
 export { build } from './builder'
-export { main } from './cli'
+export { main } from '../../nu/src'
diff --git a/scripts/nuxt.ts b/scripts/nuxt.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index 287c7f32d8..0000000000
--- a/scripts/nuxt.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-require('nuxt3').main()