diff --git a/scrapy/commands/parse.py b/scrapy/commands/parse.py
index ac937e464..c9f8586d3 100644
--- a/scrapy/commands/parse.py
+++ b/scrapy/commands/parse.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import functools
 import inspect
 import json
 import logging
@@ -251,39 +252,40 @@ class Command(BaseRunSpiderCommand):
 
         return scraped_data
 
+    def _get_callback(self, *, spider, opts, response=None):
+        cb = None
+        if response:
+            cb = response.meta["_callback"]
+        if not cb:
+            if opts.callback:
+                cb = opts.callback
+            elif response and opts.rules and self.first_response == response:
+                cb = self.get_callback_from_rules(spider, response)
+                if not cb:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f"Cannot find a rule that matches {response.url!r} in spider: "
+                        f"{spider.name}"
+                    )
+            else:
+                cb = "parse"
+
+        if not callable(cb):
+            cb_method = getattr(spider, cb, None)
+            if callable(cb_method):
+                cb = cb_method
+            else:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    f"Cannot find callback {cb!r} in spider: {spider.name}"
+                )
+        return cb
+
     def prepare_request(self, spider, request, opts):
         def callback(response, **cb_kwargs):
             # memorize first request
             if not self.first_response:
                 self.first_response = response
 
-            # determine real callback
-            cb = response.meta["_callback"]
-            if not cb:
-                if opts.callback:
-                    cb = opts.callback
-                elif opts.rules and self.first_response == response:
-                    cb = self.get_callback_from_rules(spider, response)
-
-                    if not cb:
-                        logger.error(
-                            "Cannot find a rule that matches %(url)r in spider: %(spider)s",
-                            {"url": response.url, "spider": spider.name},
-                        )
-                        return
-                else:
-                    cb = "parse"
-
-            if not callable(cb):
-                cb_method = getattr(spider, cb, None)
-                if callable(cb_method):
-                    cb = cb_method
-                else:
-                    logger.error(
-                        "Cannot find callback %(callback)r in spider: %(spider)s",
-                        {"callback": cb, "spider": spider.name},
-                    )
-                    return
+            cb = self._get_callback(spider=spider, opts=opts, response=response)
 
             # parse items and requests
             depth = response.meta["_depth"]
@@ -303,6 +305,9 @@ class Command(BaseRunSpiderCommand):
 
         request.meta["_depth"] = 1
         request.meta["_callback"] = request.callback
+        if not request.callback and not opts.rules:
+            cb = self._get_callback(spider=spider, opts=opts)
+            functools.update_wrapper(callback, cb)
         request.callback = callback
         return request
 
diff --git a/tests/test_command_check.py b/tests/test_command_check.py
index 129ef0121..592494aba 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_check.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_check.py
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import scrapy
 
 class CheckSpider(scrapy.Spider):
     name = '{self.spider_name}'
-    start_urls = ['http://toscrape.com']
+    start_urls = ['data:,']
 
     def parse(self, response, **cb_kwargs):
         \"\"\"
-        @url http://toscrape.com
+        @url data:,
         {contracts}
         \"\"\"
         {parse_def}
diff --git a/tests/test_command_parse.py b/tests/test_command_parse.py
index 037333c03..9356d6b79 100644
--- a/tests/test_command_parse.py
+++ b/tests/test_command_parse.py
@@ -78,9 +78,21 @@ class AsyncDefAsyncioGenExcSpider(scrapy.Spider):
             if i > 5:
                 raise ValueError("Stopping the processing")
 
+class CallbackSignatureDownloaderMiddleware:
+    def process_request(self, request, spider):
+        from inspect import signature
+        spider.logger.debug(f"request.callback signature: {{signature(request.callback)}}")
+
+
 class MySpider(scrapy.Spider):
     name = '{self.spider_name}'
 
+    custom_settings = {{
+        "DOWNLOADER_MIDDLEWARES": {{
+            CallbackSignatureDownloaderMiddleware: 0,
+        }}
+    }}
+
     def parse(self, response):
         if getattr(self, 'test_arg', None):
             self.logger.debug('It Works!')
@@ -220,7 +232,11 @@ ITEM_PIPELINES = {{'{self.project_name}.pipelines.MyPipeline': 1}}
                 self.url("/html"),
             ]
         )
-        self.assertIn("DEBUG: It Works!", _textmode(stderr))
+        log = _textmode(stderr)
+        self.assertIn("DEBUG: It Works!", log)
+        self.assertIn(
+            "DEBUG: request.callback signature: (response, foo=None, key=None)", log
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def test_request_without_meta(self):