diff --git a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
index 7586c5a843..e72353e157 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-bisect.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ on the subcommand:
  git bisect (visualize|view)
  git bisect replay <logfile>
  git bisect log
- git bisect run <cmd>...
+ git bisect run [--] <cmd>...
  git bisect help
 
 This command uses a binary search algorithm to find which commit in
diff --git a/git-bisect.sh b/git-bisect.sh
index efee12b8b1..46085651e1 100755
--- a/git-bisect.sh
+++ b/git-bisect.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ git bisect replay <logfile>
 	replay bisection log.
 git bisect log
 	show bisect log.
-git bisect run <cmd>...
+git bisect run [--] <cmd>...
 	use <cmd>... to automatically bisect.
 
 Please use "git help bisect" to get the full man page.'
@@ -238,6 +238,23 @@ bisect_replay () {
 bisect_run () {
 	git bisect--helper --bisect-next-check $TERM_GOOD $TERM_BAD fail || exit
 
+	# check for options
+	# (there aren't any supported yet, unless you count "--")
+	while test -n "$1"
+	do
+		case "$1" in
+		--)
+			shift
+			break ;;
+		-*)
+			option="$1" # \$1 is not expanded by eval_gettext
+			die "$(eval_gettext "bisect run: invalid option: \$option")" ;;
+		*)
+			break ;;
+		esac
+		shift
+	done
+
 	test -n "$*" || die "$(gettext "bisect run failed: no command provided.")"
 
 	while true
diff --git a/t/t6071-bisect-run.sh b/t/t6071-bisect-run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e173ca18b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t6071-bisect-run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Tests git bisect run'
+
+exec </dev/null
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+{ test_expect_success 'Setting up repo for "git bisect run" tests.' "$(cat)" ; } <<'SETUP'
+echo '.DEFAULT: dummy
+.PHONY: dummy
+dummy:
+	true
+' > Makefile &&
+make &&
+echo '0' >path0 &&
+git update-index --add -- Makefile path0 &&
+git commit -q -m 'initial commit' &&
+git tag working0 &&
+# make some commits that don't cause problems
+for x in `test_seq 1 20`; do
+	echo "$x" >path0 &&
+	git update-index --replace -- path0 &&
+	git commit -q -m "working commit $x" &&
+	git tag "working$x" || exit 1
+done &&
+# break the makefile
+sed -i.bak -e 's/true/false/' Makefile &&
+rm -f Makefile.bak &&
+! make &&
+git update-index --replace -- Makefile &&
+git commit -q -m "First broken commit" &&
+git tag broken0 &&
+# make some more commits that still FTBFS
+for x in `test_seq 1 20`; do
+	echo "$x" >path0 &&
+	git update-index --replace -- path0 &&
+	git commit -q -m "broken build $x" &&
+	git tag "broken$x" || exit 1
+done &&
+# repair it
+git checkout working0 -- Makefile &&
+make &&
+git update-index --replace -- Makefile &&
+git commit -q -m "First repaired commit" &&
+git tag fixed0 &&
+# make some more commits with the bugfix
+for x in `test_seq 1 20`; do
+	echo "$x" >path0 &&
+	git update-index --replace -- path0 &&
+	git commit -q -m "fixed build $x" &&
+	git tag "fixed$x" || exit 1
+done
+SETUP
+
+test_expect_success 'setup first bisect' 'git bisect start && git bisect good working0 && git bisect bad broken9'
+
+test_expect_failure() {
+	shift
+	test_must_fail "$@"
+}
+
+# okay, let's do some negative testing
+
+OLDPATH="$PATH"
+
+PATH="$PATH:."
+
+test_expect_success 'setup this-is-not-a-valid-option' '
+ echo "#/bin/sh" > --this-is-not-a-valid-option &&
+ chmod a+x -- --this-is-not-a-valid-option &&
+ --this-is-not-a-valid-option'
+
+test_expect_failure 'git bisect run: reject unrecognized options' git bisect run --this-is-not-a-valid-option
+
+PATH="$OLDPATH"
+
+# finally, verify that '--' is honored (note that will mess things up and require a bisect reset)
+PATH="$PATH:."
+
+test_expect_success 'git bisect run: honor --' 'git bisect run -- --this-is-not-a-valid-option'
+
+PATH="$OLDPATH"
+
+# now we have to undo the bisect run
+test_expect_success 'restarting bisection' 'git bisect reset && git bisect start && git bisect good working0 && git bisect bad broken9'
+
+test_expect_success "running bisection" "
+	git bisect run $success_option make &&
+	# we should have determined that broken0 is the first bad version
+	test_cmp_rev broken0 refs/bisect/bad &&
+	# and that version should be the one checked out
+	test_cmp_rev broken0 HEAD
+"
+
+test_done
