diff --git a/src/node_dotenv.cc b/src/node_dotenv.cc
index 9e0205b4e6249f..8bc027b24c718f 100644
--- a/src/node_dotenv.cc
+++ b/src/node_dotenv.cc
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ using v8::String;
 std::vector<std::string> Dotenv::GetPathFromArgs(
     const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
   const auto find_match = [](const std::string& arg) {
-    const std::string_view flag = "--env-file";
-    return strncmp(arg.c_str(), flag.data(), flag.size()) == 0;
+    return arg == "--" || arg == "--env-file" || arg.starts_with("--env-file=");
   };
   std::vector<std::string> paths;
   auto path = std::find_if(args.begin(), args.end(), find_match);
 
   while (path != args.end()) {
+    if (*path == "--") {
+      return paths;
+    }
     auto equal_char = path->find('=');
 
     if (equal_char != std::string::npos) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js b/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js
index f8cd262c8a8092..5528d0b47fecb1 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js
@@ -98,4 +98,18 @@ describe('.env supports edge cases', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(child.stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
   });
+
+  it('should handle when --env-file is passed along with --', async () => {
+    const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
+      process.execPath,
+      [
+        '--eval', `require('assert').strictEqual(process.env.BASIC, undefined);`,
+        '--', '--env-file', validEnvFilePath,
+      ],
+      { cwd: fixtures.path('dotenv') },
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stdout, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
+  });
 });