diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index effe205442..e7f79c5130 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// Allows global flags set by libraries which use flag.XXXVar(...) directly
 	// to be parsed through this library
 	AllowExtFlags bool
+	// Treat all flags as normal arguments if true
+	SkipFlagParsing bool
 
 	didSetup bool
 
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ func (a *App) newRootCommand() *Command {
 		HelpName:               a.HelpName,
 		CustomHelpTemplate:     a.CustomAppHelpTemplate,
 		categories:             a.categories,
+		SkipFlagParsing:        a.SkipFlagParsing,
 		isRoot:                 true,
 	}
 }
diff --git a/app_test.go b/app_test.go
index e2b31e910d..7091c40ef9 100644
--- a/app_test.go
+++ b/app_test.go
@@ -813,6 +813,24 @@ func TestApp_CommandWithNoFlagBeforeTerminator(t *testing.T) {
 	expect(t, args.Get(2), "notAFlagAtAll")
 }
 
+func TestApp_SkipFlagParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	var args Args
+
+	app := &App{
+		SkipFlagParsing: true,
+		Action: func(c *Context) error {
+			args = c.Args()
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	_ = app.Run([]string{"", "--", "my-arg", "notAFlagAtAll"})
+
+	expect(t, args.Get(0), "--")
+	expect(t, args.Get(1), "my-arg")
+	expect(t, args.Get(2), "notAFlagAtAll")
+}
+
 func TestApp_VisibleCommands(t *testing.T) {
 	app := &App{
 		Commands: []*Command{
diff --git a/godoc-current.txt b/godoc-current.txt
index 5b67f953c7..54424fb1e6 100644
--- a/godoc-current.txt
+++ b/godoc-current.txt
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// Allows global flags set by libraries which use flag.XXXVar(...) directly
 	// to be parsed through this library
 	AllowExtFlags bool
+	// Treat all flags as normal arguments if true
+	SkipFlagParsing bool
 
 	// Has unexported fields.
 }
diff --git a/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt b/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt
index 5b67f953c7..54424fb1e6 100644
--- a/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt
+++ b/testdata/godoc-v2.x.txt
@@ -327,6 +327,8 @@ type App struct {
 	// Allows global flags set by libraries which use flag.XXXVar(...) directly
 	// to be parsed through this library
 	AllowExtFlags bool
+	// Treat all flags as normal arguments if true
+	SkipFlagParsing bool
 
 	// Has unexported fields.
 }