diff --git a/bin/node-lambda b/bin/node-lambda
index df554fde..731c0bcd 100755
--- a/bin/node-lambda
+++ b/bin/node-lambda
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const AWS_DLQ_TARGET_ARN = (() => {
   return undefined
 })()
 const PROXY = process.env.PROXY || process.env.http_proxy || ''
+const ENABLE_RUN_MULTIPLE_EVENTS = true
 
 program
   .command('deploy')
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ program
   .option('-f, --configFile [' + CONFIG_FILE + ']',
     'Path to file holding secret environment variables (e.g. "deploy.env")', CONFIG_FILE)
   .option('-x, --contextFile [' + CONTEXT_FILE + ']', 'Context JSON File', CONTEXT_FILE)
+  .option('-M, --enableRunMultipleEvents [' + ENABLE_RUN_MULTIPLE_EVENTS + ']', 'Enable run multiple events',
+    ENABLE_RUN_MULTIPLE_EVENTS)
   .action((prg) => lambda.run(prg))
 
 program
diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index b413b046..0c1b7415 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -67,11 +67,17 @@ class Lambda {
     const handler = require(path.join(process.cwd(), filename))[handlername]
     const event = require(path.join(process.cwd(), program.eventFile))
     const context = require(path.join(process.cwd(), program.contextFile))
+    const enableRunMultipleEvents = (() => {
+      if (typeof program.enableRunMultipleEvents === 'boolean') {
+        return program.enableRunMultipleEvents
+      }
+      return program.enableRunMultipleEvents === 'true'
+    })()
 
-    if (!Array.isArray(event)) {
-      return this._runHandler(handler, event, program, context)
+    if (Array.isArray(event) && enableRunMultipleEvents === true) {
+      return this._runMultipleHandlers(event)
     }
-    this._runMultipleHandlers(event)
+    this._runHandler(handler, event, program, context)
   }
 
   _runHandler (handler, event, program, context) {
diff --git a/test/node-lambda.js b/test/node-lambda.js
index dcabaf30..857b3030 100644
--- a/test/node-lambda.js
+++ b/test/node-lambda.js
@@ -197,6 +197,53 @@ describe('bin/node-lambda', () => {
         }, done)
       })
     })
+
+    describe('node-lambda run (disable Multiple events))', () => {
+      const eventObj = [{
+        asyncTest: false,
+        callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop: true,
+        callbackCode: 'callback(null);',
+        no: 1
+      }, {
+        asyncTest: false,
+        callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop: true,
+        callbackCode: 'callback(null);',
+        no: 2
+      }, {
+        asyncTest: false,
+        callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop: true,
+        callbackCode: 'callback(null);',
+        no: 3
+      }]
+
+      it('`node-lambda run` exitCode is `0`', function (done) {
+        this.timeout(10000) // give it time to multiple executions
+
+        _generateEventFile(eventObj)
+        const run = spawn('node', [
+          nodeLambdaPath, 'run',
+          '--handler', 'index.handler',
+          '--eventFile', 'event.json',
+          '-M', 'false'
+        ])
+        let stdoutString = ''
+        run.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
+          stdoutString += data.toString().replace(/\r|\n/g, '')
+        })
+
+        run.on('exit', (code) => {
+          const expected = 'Running index.handler==================================event ' +
+            '[ { asyncTest: false,    callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop: true,    callbackCode: \'callback(null);\',    no: 1 },  ' +
+            '{ asyncTest: false,    callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop: true,    callbackCode: \'callback(null);\',    no: 2 },  ' +
+            '{ asyncTest: false,    callbackWaitsForEmptyEventLoop: true,    callbackCode: \'callback(null);\',    no: 3 } ]' +
+            '==================================Stopping index.handlerSuccess:'
+
+          assert.equal(stdoutString, expected)
+          assert.equal(code, 0)
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+    })
   })
 
   describe('node-lambda --version', () => {