diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/caseapp/core/parser/Parser.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/caseapp/core/parser/Parser.scala
index 469255e0..2604643e 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/caseapp/core/parser/Parser.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/caseapp/core/parser/Parser.scala
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ abstract class Parser[T] {
                   }
                   val reverseSteps0 = Step.DoubleDash(index) :: reverseSteps.reverse
                   (res, reverseSteps0.reverse)
-              case opt :: rem if opt.startsWith("-") =>
+              case opt :: rem if opt.startsWith("-") && opt != "-" =>
                 if (ignoreUnrecognized)
                   helper(current, rem, opt :: extraArgsReverse, Step.IgnoredUnrecognized(index) :: reverseSteps, index + 1)
                 else if (stopAtFirstUnrecognized) {
@@ -282,6 +282,8 @@ abstract class Parser[T] {
             completer.optionName(value, stateOpt)
           case Step.Unrecognized(_, _) =>
             completer.optionName(value, stateOpt)
+          case Step.StandardArgument(idx) if args0(idx) == "-" =>
+            completer.optionName(value, stateOpt)
           case Step.MatchedOption(_, consumed, arg) if shift == 0 =>
             completer.optionName(value, stateOpt)
           case Step.MatchedOption(_, consumed, arg) if consumed == 2 && shift == 1 =>
diff --git a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/caseapp/ParserTests.scala b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/caseapp/ParserTests.scala
index 5ce7d63c..4e8656ea 100644
--- a/tests/shared/src/test/scala/caseapp/ParserTests.scala
+++ b/tests/shared/src/test/scala/caseapp/ParserTests.scala
@@ -48,5 +48,22 @@ object ParserTests extends TestSuite {
         assert(res.isLeft)
       }
     }
+    test("Keep single dashes in user arguments") {
+      case class Helper(n: Int, value: String)
+      val parser =
+        Argument[Int](Arg("n")) ::
+        Argument[String](Arg("value")).withDefault(() => Some("default")) ::
+          NilParser
+      test("single") {
+        val res = parser.to[Helper].parse(Seq("-n", "2", "-"))
+        val expected = Right((Helper(2, "default"), Seq("-")))
+        assert(res == expected)
+      }
+      test("several") {
+        val res = parser.to[Helper].parse(Seq("-", "a", "-", "-n", "2", "-"))
+        val expected = Right((Helper(2, "default"), Seq("-", "a", "-", "-")))
+        assert(res == expected)
+      }
+    }
   }
 }