diff --git a/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/gradle_cli_parser.py b/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/gradle_cli_parser.py
index f381c505c..e2b646c91 100644
--- a/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/gradle_cli_parser.py
+++ b/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/gradle_cli_parser.py
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ def parse(self, cmd_list: list[str]) -> GradleCLICommand:
         # TODO: because our parser is not completed for all cases, should we be more relaxed and use
         # parse_unknown_options?
         try:
-            parsed_opts = self.arg_parser.parse_args(options)
+            parsed_opts = self.arg_parser.parse_intermixed_args(options)
         except argparse.ArgumentError as error:
             raise CommandLineParseError(f"Failed to parse {' '.join(options)}.") from error
         # Even though we have set `exit_on_error`, argparse still exits unexpectedly in some
diff --git a/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/maven_cli_parser.py b/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/maven_cli_parser.py
index c4877cbdd..62cb66d4f 100644
--- a/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/maven_cli_parser.py
+++ b/src/macaron/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/maven_cli_parser.py
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ def parse(self, cmd_list: list[str]) -> "MavenCLICommand":
         # TODO: because our parser is not completed for all cases, should we be more relaxed and use
         # parse_unknown_options?
         try:
-            parsed_opts = self.arg_parser.parse_args(options)
+            parsed_opts = self.arg_parser.parse_intermixed_args(options)
         except argparse.ArgumentError as error:
             raise CommandLineParseError(f"Failed to parse command {' '.join(options)}.") from error
         # Even though we have set `exit_on_error`, argparse still exits unexpectedly in some
diff --git a/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_gradle_cli_command.py b/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_gradle_cli_command.py
index 6143dc2af..7363fe991 100644
--- a/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_gradle_cli_command.py
+++ b/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_gradle_cli_command.py
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
             "gradlew clean build -x test -x boo",
             id="test_excluded_tasks",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "gradlew clean -x test -x boo build",
+            "gradlew clean build -x test -x boo",
+            id="test_intermixed_args",
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_comparing_gradle_cli_command_equal(
diff --git a/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_maven_cli_command.py b/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_maven_cli_command.py
index 36e9c286e..33ad2c276 100644
--- a/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_maven_cli_command.py
+++ b/tests/build_spec_generator/cli_command_parser/test_maven_cli_command.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
             "mvn clean package -Dmaven.skip.test",
             id="test_default_value_for_system_property",
         ),
+        pytest.param(
+            "mvn clean package -Dmaven.skip.test=true",
+            "mvn clean -Dmaven.skip.test=true package",
+            id="test_intermixed_args",
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_comparing_maven_cli_command_equal(