diff --git a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
index ca425ad0c4..239dd3932b 100755
--- a/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
+++ b/phpBB/bin/phpbbcli.php
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ $phpbb_container->get('request')->enable_super_globals();
 require($phpbb_root_path . 'includes/compatibility_globals.' . $phpEx);
 
 $user = $phpbb_container->get('user');
+$user->data['user_id'] = ANONYMOUS;
+$user->ip = '127.0.0.1';
 $user->add_lang('acp/common');
 $user->add_lang('cli');