diff --git a/terminatorlib/optionparse.py b/terminatorlib/optionparse.py
index cd20ff8b..9f30124d 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/optionparse.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/optionparse.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def parse_options():
                 help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
 
     global options
-    options = parser.parse_args()
+    options, extra = parser.parse_known_args()
 
     if options.version:
         print('%s %s' % (version.APP_NAME, version.APP_VERSION))
@@ -175,4 +175,5 @@ def parse_options():
     if util.DEBUG == True:
         dbg('command line options: %s' % options)
 
+    options.extra = extra
     return(options,optionslist)
diff --git a/terminatorlib/terminal.py b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
index 2aaf58d7..918ae909 100644
--- a/terminatorlib/terminal.py
+++ b/terminatorlib/terminal.py
@@ -1539,6 +1539,12 @@ def spawn_child(self, widget=None, respawn=False, debugserver=False, init_comman
             options.command = None
         elif options and options.execute:
             command = options.execute
+            dbg('cmd: %s' % command)
+            if len(options.extra) and options.extra[0] == '--':
+                options.execute.extend(options.extra[1:])
+                command = options.execute
+                dbg('cmd with extra args: %s' % command)
+
             self.relaunch_command = command
             options.execute = None
         elif self.relaunch_command: