diff --git a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
index 83081124d..d69647c38 100644
--- a/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/wc/src/wc.rs
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
         .about(ABOUT)
         .override_usage(format_usage(USAGE))
         .infer_long_args(true)
+        .args_override_self(true)
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::BYTES)
                 .short('c')
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs b/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs
index 9c55bd3bc..77716e43a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_wc.rs
@@ -725,3 +725,16 @@ fn files0_from_dir() {
         .fails()
         .stderr_only(dir_err!("-"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_args_override() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["-ll", "-l", "alice_in_wonderland.txt"])
+        .run()
+        .stdout_is("5 alice_in_wonderland.txt\n");
+
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--total=always", "--total=never", "alice_in_wonderland.txt"])
+        .run()
+        .stdout_is("  5  57 302 alice_in_wonderland.txt\n");
+}