diff --git a/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs b/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
index 99b9d6b81..eb9766eb4 100644
--- a/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
+++ b/src/uu/expand/src/expand.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .after_help(LONG_HELP)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
+        .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::INITIAL)
                 .long(options::INITIAL)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs b/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs
index f6802358c..a1173c496 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_expand.rs
@@ -392,3 +392,17 @@ fn test_comma_with_plus_4() {
         //          01234567890
         .stdout_is("a  b    c");
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_args_override() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-i", "-i", "alice_in_wonderland.txt"])
+        .run()
+        .stdout_is(
+            "Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by\n\
+        her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice\n\
+        she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no\n\
+        pictures or conversations in it, \"and what is the use of a book,\"\n\
+        thought Alice \"without pictures or conversation?\"\n",
+        );
+}
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/expand/alice_in_wonderland.txt b/tests/fixtures/expand/alice_in_wonderland.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a95562a1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/expand/alice_in_wonderland.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by
+her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice
+she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no
+pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book,"
+thought Alice "without pictures or conversation?"