diff --git a/cmd/v/v.v b/cmd/v/v.v
index eabb8a4ce5..bd67dc1dd9 100644
--- a/cmd/v/v.v
+++ b/cmd/v/v.v
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ fn main() {
 fn parse_args(args []string) (&pref.Preferences, string) {
 	mut res := &pref.Preferences{}
 	mut command := ''
+	mut command_pos := 0
 	//for i, arg in args {
 	for i := 0 ; i < args.len; i ++ {
 		arg := args[i]
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ fn parse_args(args []string) (&pref.Preferences, string) {
 				}
 				if !arg.starts_with('-') && command == '' {
 					command = arg
+					command_pos = i
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -170,7 +172,8 @@ fn parse_args(args []string) (&pref.Preferences, string) {
 	}
 	else if command == 'run' {
 		res.is_run = true
-		res.path = args[args.len-1]
+		res.path = args[command_pos+1]
+		res.run_args = args[command_pos+1..]
 	}
 	if res.is_verbose {
 		println('setting pref.path to "$res.path"')
diff --git a/vlib/v/builder/compile.v b/vlib/v/builder/compile.v
index b299a62ade..9b5597b4c8 100644
--- a/vlib/v/builder/compile.v
+++ b/vlib/v/builder/compile.v
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ fn get_vtmp_filename(base_file_name, postfix string) string {
 }
 
 pub fn compile(command string, pref &pref.Preferences) {
-	mut remaining := []string
 	// Construct the V object from command line arguments
 	mut b := new_builder(pref)
 	if pref.is_verbose {
@@ -72,22 +71,22 @@ pub fn compile(command string, pref &pref.Preferences) {
 		println('compilation took: ' + tmark.total_duration().str() + 'ms')
 	}
 	if pref.is_test || pref.is_run {
-		b.run_compiled_executable_and_exit(remaining)
+		b.run_compiled_executable_and_exit()
 	}
 	// v.finalize_compilation()
 }
 
-fn (b mut Builder) run_compiled_executable_and_exit(remaining []string) {
+fn (b mut Builder) run_compiled_executable_and_exit() {
 	if b.pref.is_verbose {
 		println('============ running $b.pref.out_name ============')
 	}
 	mut cmd := '"${b.pref.out_name}"'
-	for i in 1 .. remaining.len {
+	for arg in b.pref.run_args {
 		// Determine if there are spaces in the parameters
-		if remaining[i].index_byte(` `) > 0 {
-			cmd += ' "' + remaining[i] + '"'
+		if arg.index_byte(` `) > 0 {
+			cmd += ' "' + arg + '"'
 		} else {
-			cmd += ' ' + remaining[i]
+			cmd += ' ' + arg
 		}
 	}
 	if b.pref.is_verbose {
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index a5ea5b43d7..7f54fde510 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ pub mut:
 	compile_defines_all []string // contains both: ['vfmt','another']
 
 	mod                 string
+	run_args []string  // `v run x.v 1 2 3` => `1 2 3`
+
 }
 
 pub fn backend_from_string(s string) ?Backend {