diff --git a/src/lake/Lake/CLI/Main.lean b/src/lake/Lake/CLI/Main.lean
index 7e402d006647..370e8f7d4a5a 100644
--- a/src/lake/Lake/CLI/Main.lean
+++ b/src/lake/Lake/CLI/Main.lean
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ protected def list : CliM PUnit := do
         IO.println script.name
 
 protected nonrec def run : CliM PUnit := do
-  processOptions lakeOption
+  processLeadingOptions lakeOption  -- between `lake [script] run` and `<name>`
   let config ← mkLoadConfig (← getThe LakeOptions)
   let ws ← loadWorkspace config
   if let some spec ← takeArg? then
diff --git a/src/lake/examples/scripts/expected.out b/src/lake/examples/scripts/expected.out
index 47508d273a14..ac7cdad5a4da 100644
--- a/src/lake/examples/scripts/expected.out
+++ b/src/lake/examples/scripts/expected.out
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ scripts/dismiss
 scripts/greet
 Hello, world!
 Hello, me!
+Hello, --me!
 Display a greeting
 
 USAGE:
diff --git a/src/lake/examples/scripts/test.sh b/src/lake/examples/scripts/test.sh
index b032172cc365..0d90532679c3 100755
--- a/src/lake/examples/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/src/lake/examples/scripts/test.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ $LAKE update
 $LAKE script list | tee produced.out
 $LAKE run /greet | tee -a produced.out
 $LAKE script run greet me | tee -a produced.out
+$LAKE script run greet --me | tee -a produced.out
 $LAKE script doc greet | tee -a produced.out
 $LAKE script run hello | tee -a produced.out
 $LAKE script run dep/hello | tee -a produced.out