diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/package.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/package.rs
index ac6b1fe27f0..cef530fdc6c 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/package.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/package.rs
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ pub fn cli() -> Command {
 
 pub fn exec(config: &mut Config, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
     let ws = args.workspace(config)?;
+    if ws.root_maybe().is_embedded() {
+        return Err(anyhow::format_err!(
+            "{} is unsupported by `cargo package`",
+            ws.root_manifest().display()
+        )
+        .into());
+    }
     let specs = args.packages_from_flags()?;
 
     ops::package(
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/pkgid.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/pkgid.rs
index 664db75bd0a..cd92e9998db 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/pkgid.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/pkgid.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ pub fn cli() -> Command {
 
 pub fn exec(config: &mut Config, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
     let ws = args.workspace(config)?;
+    if ws.root_maybe().is_embedded() {
+        return Err(anyhow::format_err!(
+            "{} is unsupported by `cargo pkgid`",
+            ws.root_manifest().display()
+        )
+        .into());
+    }
     if args.is_present_with_zero_values("package") {
         print_available_packages(&ws)?
     }
diff --git a/src/bin/cargo/commands/publish.rs b/src/bin/cargo/commands/publish.rs
index c831d399f59..e550e1544c0 100644
--- a/src/bin/cargo/commands/publish.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cargo/commands/publish.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ pub fn cli() -> Command {
 pub fn exec(config: &mut Config, args: &ArgMatches) -> CliResult {
     let registry = args.registry(config)?;
     let ws = args.workspace(config)?;
+    if ws.root_maybe().is_embedded() {
+        return Err(anyhow::format_err!(
+            "{} is unsupported by `cargo publish`",
+            ws.root_manifest().display()
+        )
+        .into());
+    }
     let index = args.index()?;
 
     ops::publish(
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/script.rs b/tests/testsuite/script.rs
index fcf58de6981..1065b3bc47e 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/script.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/script.rs
@@ -1182,3 +1182,57 @@ fn cmd_verify_project_with_embedded() {
         )
         .run();
 }
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn cmd_pkgid_with_embedded() {
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project()
+        .file("script.rs", ECHO_SCRIPT)
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("-Zscript pkgid --manifest-path script.rs")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecifiead, defaulting to `2021`
+[ERROR] [ROOT]/foo/script.rs is unsupported by `cargo pkgid`
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn cmd_package_with_embedded() {
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project()
+        .file("script.rs", ECHO_SCRIPT)
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("-Zscript package --manifest-path script.rs")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecifiead, defaulting to `2021`
+[ERROR] [ROOT]/foo/script.rs is unsupported by `cargo package`
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}
+
+#[cargo_test]
+fn cmd_publish_with_embedded() {
+    let p = cargo_test_support::project()
+        .file("script.rs", ECHO_SCRIPT)
+        .build();
+
+    p.cargo("-Zscript publish --manifest-path script.rs")
+        .masquerade_as_nightly_cargo(&["script"])
+        .with_status(101)
+        .with_stderr(
+            "\
+[WARNING] `package.edition` is unspecifiead, defaulting to `2021`
+[ERROR] [ROOT]/foo/script.rs is unsupported by `cargo publish`
+",
+        )
+        .run();
+}