diff --git a/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/run.ts b/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/run.ts
index 1359dd475e..bcd0c036bd 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/run.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/src/cmd/recursive/run.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default async <T> (
     opts.workspaceConcurrency === 1 ||
     packageChunks.length === 1 && packageChunks[0].length === 1
   ) ? 'inherit' : 'pipe'
+  const passedThruArgs = args.slice(1)
 
   for (const chunk of packageChunks) {
     await Promise.all(chunk.map((prefix: string) =>
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export default async <T> (
         hasCommand++
         try {
           const lifecycleOpts = {
+            args: passedThruArgs,
             depPath: prefix,
             extraBinPaths: opts.extraBinPaths,
             pkgRoot: prefix,
diff --git a/packages/pnpm/test/run.ts b/packages/pnpm/test/run.ts
index c61bf3dfd8..13bc7742ed 100644
--- a/packages/pnpm/test/run.ts
+++ b/packages/pnpm/test/run.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import prepare from '@pnpm/prepare'
+import prepare, { preparePackages } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 import { stripIndent } from 'common-tags'
 import fs = require('mz/fs')
 import path = require('path')
@@ -33,6 +33,19 @@ test('run: pass the args to the command that is specfied in the build script', a
   t.ok((result.stdout as Buffer).toString('utf8').match(/ts-node test "arg" "--flag=true"/), 'command was successful')
 })
 
+test('run -r: pass the args to the command that is specfied in the build script', async (t: tape.Test) => {
+  preparePackages(t, [{
+    name: 'project',
+    scripts: {
+      foo: 'ts-node test'
+    },
+  }])
+
+  const result = execPnpmSync('run', '-r', 'foo', 'arg', '--', '--flag=true')
+
+  t.ok((result.stdout as Buffer).toString('utf8').match(/ts-node test "arg" "--flag=true"/), 'command was successful')
+})
+
 test('run: pass the args to the command that is specfied in the build script of a package.yaml manifest', async (t: tape.Test) => {
   prepare(t, {
     scripts: {
@@ -57,6 +70,19 @@ test('test: pass the args to the command that is specfied in the build script of
   t.ok((result.stdout as Buffer).toString('utf8').match(/ts-node test "--flag=true"/), 'command was successful')
 })
 
+test('test -r: pass the args to the command that is specfied in the build script of a package.json manifest', async (t: tape.Test) => {
+  preparePackages(t, [{
+    name: 'project',
+    scripts: {
+      test: 'ts-node test'
+    },
+  }])
+
+  const result = execPnpmSync('test', '-r', 'arg', '--', '--flag=true')
+
+  t.ok((result.stdout as Buffer).toString('utf8').match(/ts-node test "arg" "--flag=true"/), 'command was successful')
+})
+
 test('start: pass the args to the command that is specfied in the build script of a package.yaml manifest', async (t: tape.Test) => {
   prepare(t, {
     scripts: {