diff --git a/packages/luis/src/commands/luis/train/run.ts b/packages/luis/src/commands/luis/train/run.ts
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+/*!
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License.
+ */
+
+import {CLIError, Command, flags} from '@microsoft/bf-cli-command'
+
+const utils = require('../../../utils/index')
+
+export default class LuisTrainRun extends Command {
+  static description = 'Issues asynchronous training request for LUIS application'
+
+  static examples = [`
+    $ bf luis:train:run --appId {APPLICATION_ID} --versionId {VERSION_ID} --endpoint {ENDPOINT} --subscriptionKey {SUBSCRIPTION_KEY}
+  `]
+
+  static flags: any = {
+    help: flags.help({char: 'h'}),
+    endpoint: flags.string({description: 'LUIS endpoint hostname'}),
+    subscriptionKey: flags.string({description: 'LUIS cognitive services subscription key (mandatory, default: config:LUIS:subscriptionKey)'}),
+    appId: flags.string({description: 'LUIS application Id (mandatory, defaults to config:LUIS:appId)'}),
+    versionId: flags.string({description: 'Version to show training status (mandatory, defaults to config:LUIS:versionId)'}),
+  }
+
+  async run() {
+    const {flags} = this.parse(LuisTrainRun)
+    const flagLabels = Object.keys(LuisTrainRun.flags)
+    const configDir = this.config.configDir
+
+    let {endpoint, subscriptionKey, appId, versionId} = await utils.processInputs(flags, flagLabels, configDir)
+
+    const requiredProps = {endpoint, subscriptionKey, appId, versionId}
+    utils.validateRequiredProps(requiredProps)
+
+    const client = utils.getLUISClient(subscriptionKey, endpoint)
+
+    try {
+      const trainingRequestStatus = await client.train.trainVersion(appId, versionId)
+      if (trainingRequestStatus) {
+        await utils.writeToConsole(trainingRequestStatus)
+        this.log('\nTraining request successfully issued')
+      }
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new CLIError(`Failed to issue training request: ${err}`)
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/packages/luis/test/commands/luis/train/run.test.ts b/packages/luis/test/commands/luis/train/run.test.ts
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+import {expect, test} from '@oclif/test'
+const sinon = require('sinon')
+const uuidv1 = require('uuid/v1')
+const utils = require('../../../../src/utils/index')
+const fs = require('fs-extra')
+import * as rimraf from 'rimraf'
+
+describe('luis:train:run', () => {
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    sinon.stub(utils, 'processInputs').returnsArg(0)
+  })
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    sinon.restore();
+  });
+
+  test
+  .stdout()
+  .command(['luis:train:run', '--help'])
+  .it('should print the help contents when --help is passed as an argument', ctx => {
+    expect(ctx.stdout).to.contain('Issues asynchronous training request for LUIS application')
+  })
+
+  test
+  .stdout()
+  .stderr()
+  .command(['luis:train:run', '--appId', uuidv1(), '--endpoint', 'https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com',  '--versionId', '0.1'])
+  .it('displays an error if any required input parameters are missing', ctx => {
+    expect(ctx.stderr).to.contain(`Required input property 'subscriptionKey' missing.`)
+  })
+
+  test
+  .nock('https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com', api => api
+  .post(uri => uri.includes('train'))
+  .reply(202, {"statusId": 2,"status": "UpToDate"})
+  )
+  .stdout()
+  .command(['luis:train:run', '--appId', uuidv1(), '--versionId', '0.1', '--subscriptionKey', uuidv1(), '--endpoint', 'https://westus.api.cognitive.microsoft.com'])
+  .it('issues an asynchronous training request', ctx => {
+    expect(ctx.stdout).to.contain('Training request successfully issued')
+    expect(ctx.stdout).to.contain('statusId')
+    expect(ctx.stdout).to.contain('status')
+  })
+
+})
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