diff --git a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.spec.ts b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.spec.ts
index bc75688cfd33e6..87fcbcd070bd6a 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.spec.ts
@@ -36,19 +36,32 @@ describe('Run Commands', () => {
     expect(readFile(f)).toEqual('123');
   });
 
-  it('should not pass --args into underlying command', async () => {
-    const f = fileSync().name;
-    const result = await runCommands(
-      {
-        command: `echo`,
-        __unparsed__: ['--args=--key=123'],
-        args: '--key=123',
-        unparsedCommandArgs: { args: '--key=123' },
-      },
-      context
-    );
-    expect(result.terminalOutput.trim()).not.toContain('--args=--key=123');
-  });
+  it.each([
+    {
+      unparsed: ['test', '--args=--key=123', '--test=1', '--test=2'],
+      expected: 'test --test=1 --test=2',
+    },
+    {
+      unparsed: ['test', '--args=--key=123', '--test.a=1', '--test.b=2'],
+      expected: 'test --test.a=1 --test.b=2',
+    },
+    { unparsed: ['one', '-a=b', `--args=--key=123`], expected: 'one -a=b' },
+  ])(
+    'should pass command line args $unparsed to the command and ignore --args',
+    async ({ unparsed: unparsedOptions, expected }) => {
+      let result = (
+        await runCommands(
+          {
+            command: `echo`,
+            __unparsed__: unparsedOptions,
+          },
+          context
+        )
+      ).terminalOutput.trim();
+      expect(result).not.toContain('--args=--key=123');
+      expect(result).toContain(expected);
+    }
+  );
 
   it('should interpolate all unknown args as if they were --args', async () => {
     const f = fileSync().name;
@@ -86,7 +99,7 @@ describe('Run Commands', () => {
 
   it('should run commands serially', async () => {
     const f = fileSync().name;
-    const result = await runCommands(
+    let result = await runCommands(
       {
         commands: [`sleep 0.2 && echo 1 >> ${f}`, `echo 2 >> ${f}`],
         parallel: false,
@@ -96,6 +109,16 @@ describe('Run Commands', () => {
     );
     expect(result).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ success: true }));
     expect(readFile(f)).toEqual('12');
+
+    result = await runCommands(
+      {
+        commands: [`sleep 0.2 && echo 1 >> ${f}`, `echo 2 >> ${f}`],
+        __unparsed__: ['--no-parallel'],
+      },
+      context
+    );
+    expect(result).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({ success: true }));
+    expect(readFile(f)).toEqual('1212');
   });
 
   it('should run commands in parallel', async () => {
@@ -312,6 +335,34 @@ describe('Run Commands', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    it('should not set FORCE_COLOR=true when --no-color is passed', async () => {
+      const exec = jest.spyOn(require('child_process'), 'exec');
+      await runCommands(
+        {
+          commands: [`echo 'Hello World'`, `echo 'Hello Universe'`],
+          parallel: true,
+          __unparsed__: ['--no-color'],
+        },
+        context
+      );
+
+      expect(exec).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
+      expect(exec).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(1, `echo 'Hello World'`, {
+        maxBuffer: LARGE_BUFFER,
+        env: {
+          ...process.env,
+          ...env(),
+        },
+      });
+      expect(exec).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(2, `echo 'Hello Universe'`, {
+        maxBuffer: LARGE_BUFFER,
+        env: {
+          ...process.env,
+          ...env(),
+        },
+      });
+    });
+
     it('should set FORCE_COLOR=true when running with --color', async () => {
       const exec = jest.spyOn(require('child_process'), 'exec');
       await runCommands(
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
index defcc03542b172..c1c77f36d78801 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/executors/run-commands/run-commands.impl.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   getPseudoTerminal,
   PseudoTerminal,
 } from '../../tasks-runner/pseudo-terminal';
-import { output } from '../../utils/output';
 
 export const LARGE_BUFFER = 1024 * 1000000;
 
@@ -62,7 +61,9 @@ const propKeys = [
   'command',
   'commands',
   'color',
+  'no-color',
   'parallel',
+  'no-parallel',
   'readyWhen',
   'cwd',
   'args',