diff --git a/tests/auto/qml/qml/tst_qml.cpp b/tests/auto/qml/qml/tst_qml.cpp
index 871a1273c6..3d6691929e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qml/qml/tst_qml.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qml/qml/tst_qml.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <QtGui/qpa/qplatformintegration.h>
 #include <QtQuickTestUtils/private/qmlutils_p.h>
 
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
+
 Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(lcQml, "qt.qml.tests");
 
 class tst_qml : public QQmlDataTest
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ private slots:
     void nonWindow();
     void itemAndWindowGeometry_data();
     void itemAndWindowGeometry();
+    void extraPositionalArguments();
 
 private:
     QString qmlPath;
@@ -175,6 +178,38 @@ void tst_qml::itemAndWindowGeometry()
         QCOMPARE(contentSize, expectedContentSize);
 }
 
+void tst_qml::extraPositionalArguments()
+{
+    QProcess qml;
+    QStringList args;
+
+    QTemporaryFile f;
+    QVERIFY(f.open());
+    QVERIFY(f.write(R"(import QtQml
+
+QtObject {
+    Component.onCompleted: {
+        let s = ""
+        for (let i = 2; i < Qt.application.arguments.length; ++i)
+            s += Qt.application.arguments[i].substring(1)
+        console.log(s)
+        Qt.quit()
+    }
+}
+)"));
+    f.flush();
+
+    args << f.fileName();
+    args << "--";
+    for (char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; ++c)
+        args << u'-' + QString(c);
+
+    qml.start(qmlPath, args);
+    QVERIFY(qml.waitForFinished());
+    QVERIFY(qml.exitStatus() == QProcess::NormalExit && qml.exitCode() == 0);
+    QVERIFY(qml.readAllStandardError().contains("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"));
+}
+
 QTEST_MAIN(tst_qml)
 
 #include <tst_qml.moc>
diff --git a/tools/qml/main.cpp b/tools/qml/main.cpp
index 79d75fb940..825c320c96 100644
--- a/tools/qml/main.cpp
+++ b/tools/qml/main.cpp
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ static void getAppFlags(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 #ifdef QT_GUI_LIB
     for (int i=0; i<argc; i++) {
+        if (strcmp(argv[i], "--"))
+            return; // After "--", arguments are interpreted as positional and not as options.
+
         if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--apptype") || !strcmp(argv[i], "-a") || !strcmp(argv[i], "-apptype")) {
             applicationType = QmlApplicationTypeUnknown;
             if (i+1 < argc) {