diff --git a/src/uu/id/src/id.rs b/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
index b8fb51d79..fe605a33c 100644
--- a/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
+++ b/src/uu/id/src/id.rs
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
+        .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::OPT_AUDIT)
                 .short('A')
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_id.rs b/tests/by-util/test_id.rs
index 5c2a67199..e51f3e542 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_id.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_id.rs
@@ -327,6 +327,11 @@ fn test_id_default_format() {
             .args(&args)
             .succeeds()
             .stdout_only(unwrap_or_return!(expected_result(&ts, &args)).stdout_str());
+        let args = [opt2, opt2];
+        ts.ucmd()
+            .args(&args)
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only(unwrap_or_return!(expected_result(&ts, &args)).stdout_str());
     }
 }