diff --git a/cli/tools/task.rs b/cli/tools/task.rs
index 5cb6cc1127..2429e56004 100644
--- a/cli/tools/task.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/task.rs
@@ -344,24 +344,27 @@ impl ShellCommand for NpmCommand {
     mut context: ShellCommandContext,
   ) -> LocalBoxFuture<'static, ExecuteResult> {
     if context.args.first().map(|s| s.as_str()) == Some("run")
-      && !context.args.iter().any(|s| s == "--")
+      && context.args.len() > 2
+      // for now, don't run any npm scripts that have a flag because
+      // we don't handle stuff like `--workspaces` properly
+      && !context.args.iter().any(|s| s.starts_with('-'))
     {
-      if let Some(task_name) = context.args.get(1) {
-        // run with deno task instead
-        let mut args = vec!["task".to_string(), task_name.to_string()];
-        args.extend(context.args.iter().skip(2).cloned());
-        let mut state = context.state;
-        state.apply_env_var(USE_PKG_JSON_HIDDEN_ENV_VAR_NAME, "1");
-        return ExecutableCommand::new(
-          "deno".to_string(),
-          std::env::current_exe().unwrap(),
-        )
-        .execute(ShellCommandContext {
-          args,
-          state,
-          ..context
-        });
-      }
+      // run with deno task instead
+      let mut args = Vec::with_capacity(context.args.len());
+      args.push("task".to_string());
+      args.extend(context.args.iter().skip(1).cloned());
+
+      let mut state = context.state;
+      state.apply_env_var(USE_PKG_JSON_HIDDEN_ENV_VAR_NAME, "1");
+      return ExecutableCommand::new(
+        "deno".to_string(),
+        std::env::current_exe().unwrap(),
+      )
+      .execute(ShellCommandContext {
+        args,
+        state,
+        ..context
+      });
     }
 
     // fallback to running the real npm command
@@ -647,7 +650,7 @@ esac
 
 if [ -x "$basedir/node" ]; then
   exec "$basedir/node"  "$basedir/../example/bin/example" "$@"
-else 
+else
   exec node  "$basedir/../example/bin/example" "$@"
 fi"#;
     assert_eq!(
diff --git a/tests/specs/task/npm_run/__test__.jsonc b/tests/specs/task/npm_run/__test__.jsonc
index b6cb249b8a..7f3ce2885a 100644
--- a/tests/specs/task/npm_run/__test__.jsonc
+++ b/tests/specs/task/npm_run/__test__.jsonc
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
     "npm_run": {
       "args": "task npm_run",
       "output": "task_npm_run.out"
+    },
+    "npm_run_args": {
+      "args": "task npm_run_args",
+      "output": "task_npm_run_args.out"
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/specs/task/npm_run/deno.jsonc b/tests/specs/task/npm_run/deno.jsonc
index bd6dde8739..e923b063c2 100644
--- a/tests/specs/task/npm_run/deno.jsonc
+++ b/tests/specs/task/npm_run/deno.jsonc
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     // currently this will execute using the actual `npm run` because we
     // haven't implemented the flags for `npm run` yet
     "test_using_npm": "npm run non_existent -- --ignore-scripts",
-    "npm_run": "npm run"
+    "npm_run": "npm run",
+    "npm_run_args": "npm run -d echo"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/specs/task/npm_run/task_npm_run_args.out b/tests/specs/task/npm_run/task_npm_run_args.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8040ba4f6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/task/npm_run/task_npm_run_args.out
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Task npm_run_args npm run -d echo
+npm info using[WILDCARD]
+
+> echo
+[WILDCARD]