diff --git a/includes/classes/Command.php b/includes/classes/Command.php
index e8e2fe64bd..0d014a5a4f 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Command.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Command.php
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ private function put_mapping_helper( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 		$non_global_indexable_objects = Indexables::factory()->get_all( false );
 		$global_indexable_objects     = Indexables::factory()->get_all( true );
 
-		if ( isset( $assoc_args['network-wide'] ) && is_multisite() ) {
+		if ( isset( $assoc_args['network-wide'] ) && defined( 'EP_IS_NETWORK' ) && EP_IS_NETWORK ) {
 			if ( ! is_numeric( $assoc_args['network-wide'] ) ) {
 				$assoc_args['network-wide'] = 0;
 			}
diff --git a/tests/cypress/integration/wp-cli.spec.js b/tests/cypress/integration/wp-cli.spec.js
index 4a45c13119..62d9f6ae8b 100644
--- a/tests/cypress/integration/wp-cli.spec.js
+++ b/tests/cypress/integration/wp-cli.spec.js
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ describe('WP-CLI Commands', () => {
 			.its('stdout')
 			.should('contain', 'Adding post mapping')
 			.should('contain', 'Mapping sent');
+
+		cy.activatePlugin('elasticpress', 'wpCli', 'network');
+
+		cy.wpCli('wp elasticpress put-mapping --network-wide')
+			.its('stdout')
+			.should('contain', 'Adding post mapping for site')
+			.should('contain', 'Mapping sent');
 	});
 
 	it('Can recreate the alias index which points to every index in the network if user runs wp elasticpress recreate-network-alias command', () => {});