diff --git a/lib/cli/parse.js b/lib/cli/parse.js
index bff13e3a..789fe6ea 100644
--- a/lib/cli/parse.js
+++ b/lib/cli/parse.js
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ function parse(argv) {
       // respect the standard way of saying: hereafter belongs to my script
       if (args[i] === '--') {
         args.splice(i, 1);
+        nodemonOptions.scriptPosition = i;
         // cycle back one argument, as we just ate this one up
         i--;
 
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ function parse(argv) {
  * @return {Boolean} false if argument was not a nodemon arg
  */
 function nodemonOption(options, arg, eatNext) {
-  // line seperation on purpose to help legibility
+  // line separation on purpose to help legibility
   if (arg === '--help' || arg === '-h' || arg === '-?') {
     var help = eatNext();
     options.help = help ? help : true;
diff --git a/test/cli/parse.test.js b/test/cli/parse.test.js
index b01b8622..c5813707 100644
--- a/test/cli/parse.test.js
+++ b/test/cli/parse.test.js
@@ -274,12 +274,45 @@ describe('nodemon respects custom "ext" and "execMap"', function () {
   });
 });
 
-describe('nodemon should slurp properly', () => {
+describe.only('nodemon should slurp properly', () => {
   it('should read quotes as a single entity', () => {
     const settings = parse(asCLI('notindex.js -- -b "hello - world"'));
     assert(settings.execOptions.exec === 'node', 'node is exec');
     assert(settings.args.length === 3, 'only has 3 arguments to node');
   });
+
+  it('should pass non-slurped args to script', () => {
+    const settings = parse(asCLI('-- --log'));
+    var cmd = commandToString(command(settings));
+    assert.equal(cmd, 'node ./lib/nodemon.js --log', 'args passed to script');
+  });
+
+  it('should pass non-slurped args to explicit script', () => {
+    const settings = parse(asCLI('./lib/nodemon.js -- --log'));
+    var cmd = commandToString(command(settings));
+    assert.equal(cmd, 'node ./lib/nodemon.js --log', 'args passed to script');
+  });
+
+  it('should pass slurped args to explicit script', () => {
+    const settings = parse(asCLI('./lib/nodemon.js --log'));
+    var cmd = commandToString(command(settings));
+    assert.equal(cmd, 'node ./lib/nodemon.js --log', 'args passed to script');
+  });
+
+  it('should handle a mix of slurps', () => {
+    var cmd;
+    var settings;
+
+    cmd = commandToString(command(parse(asCLI('--inspect -- --log'))));
+    assert.equal(cmd, 'node --inspect ./lib/nodemon.js --log', 'args passed to script');
+
+    cmd = commandToString(command(parse(asCLI('--inspect ./lib/nodemon.js -- --log'))));
+    assert.equal(cmd, 'node --inspect ./lib/nodemon.js --log', 'args passed to script');
+
+    cmd = commandToString(command(parse(asCLI('--inspect --log ./lib/nodemon.js'))));
+    assert.equal(cmd, 'node --inspect --log ./lib/nodemon.js', 'args passed to script');
+  });
+
 });
 
 describe('nodemon with CoffeeScript', function () {