diff --git a/src/ostree/ot-main.c b/src/ostree/ot-main.c
index c9c4f299..4b72f399 100644
--- a/src/ostree/ot-main.c
+++ b/src/ostree/ot-main.c
@@ -152,11 +152,6 @@ ostree_run (int    argc,
             }
         }
 
-      else if (g_str_equal (argv[in], "--"))
-        {
-          break;
-        }
-
       argv[out] = argv[in];
     }
 
@@ -348,6 +343,22 @@ ostree_option_context_parse (GOptionContext *context,
   if (!g_option_context_parse (context, argc, argv, error))
     return FALSE;
 
+  /* Filter out the first -- we see; g_option_context_parse() leaves it in */
+  int in, out;
+  gboolean removed_double_dashes = FALSE;
+  for (in = 1, out = 1; in < *argc; in++, out++)
+    {
+      if (g_str_equal ((*argv)[in], "--") && !removed_double_dashes)
+        {
+          removed_double_dashes = TRUE;
+          out--;
+          continue;
+        }
+
+      (*argv)[out] = (*argv)[in];
+    }
+  *argc = out;
+
   if (opt_version)
     {
       /* This should now be YAML, like `docker version`, so it's both nice to read
diff --git a/tests/test-config.sh b/tests/test-config.sh
index 7e913d32..2f44c30b 100755
--- a/tests/test-config.sh
+++ b/tests/test-config.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ fi
 assert_file_has_content err.txt "error: Too many arguments given"
 echo "ok config set"
 
-# Check that "ostree config unset" works
+# Check that using `--` works and that "ostree config unset" works
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree config --repo=repo set core.lock-timeout-secs 60
 assert_file_has_content repo/config "lock-timeout-secs=60"
+${CMD_PREFIX} ostree config --repo=repo -- set core.lock-timeout-secs -1
+assert_file_has_content repo/config "lock-timeout-secs=-1"
 ${CMD_PREFIX} ostree config --repo=repo unset core.lock-timeout-secs
 assert_not_file_has_content repo/config "lock-timeout-secs="