diff --git a/builtin/submodule--helper.c b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
index d38113a31aeb38..61a5bfb1f2be0e 100644
--- a/builtin/submodule--helper.c
+++ b/builtin/submodule--helper.c
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ static void runcommand_in_submodule_cb(const struct cache_entry *list_item,
 		if (info->quiet)
 			argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--quiet");
 
+		argv_array_push(&cpr.args, "--");
 		argv_array_pushv(&cpr.args, info->argv);
 
 		if (run_command(&cpr))
diff --git a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
index 77729ac4aa1873..57e4b7f990d60c 100755
--- a/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
+++ b/t/t7407-submodule-foreach.sh
@@ -411,4 +411,11 @@ test_expect_success 'multi-argument command passed to foreach is not shell-evalu
 	test_cmp expected actual
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'option-like arguments passed to foreach recurse correctly' '
+	git -C clone2 submodule foreach --recursive "echo be --an-option" >expect &&
+	git -C clone2 submodule foreach --recursive echo be --an-option >actual &&
+	grep -e "--an-option" expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual
+'
+
 test_done