diff --git a/core/dbt/cli/context.py b/core/dbt/cli/context.py
index e0cf27624ca..62b500110b5 100644
--- a/core/dbt/cli/context.py
+++ b/core/dbt/cli/context.py
@@ -4,19 +4,21 @@
 from dbt.cli.main import cli
 from dbt.config.project import Project
 
+
 class DBTUsageException(Exception):
     pass
 
+
 class DBTContext(Context):
     def __init__(self, args: List[str]) -> None:
-        try: 
+        try:
             ctx = cli.make_context(cli.name, args)
             if args:
                 cmd_name, cmd, cmd_args = cli.resolve_command(ctx, args)
-                cmd.make_context(cmd_name, cmd_args, parent=ctx)
+                cmd.make_context(cmd_name, cmd_args, parent=ctx)  # type: ignore
         except (NoSuchOption, UsageError) as e:
-            raise DBTUsageException(e.message) 
-        
+            raise DBTUsageException(e.message)
+
         ctx.obj = {}
         # yikes?
         self.__dict__.update(ctx.__dict__)
@@ -24,14 +26,14 @@ def __init__(self, args: List[str]) -> None:
 
     # @classmethod
     # def from_args(cls, args: List[str]) -> "DBTContext":
-    #     try: 
+    #     try:
     #         ctx = cli.make_context(cli.name, args)
     #         if args:
     #             cmd_name, cmd, cmd_args = cli.resolve_command(ctx, args)
     #             cmd.make_context(cmd_name, cmd_args, parent=ctx)
     #     except (NoSuchOption, UsageError) as e:
-    #         raise DBTUsageException(e.message) 
-        
+    #         raise DBTUsageException(e.message)
+
     #     ctx.obj = {}
     #     # yikes
     #     ctx.__class__ = cls
@@ -40,5 +42,5 @@ def __init__(self, args: List[str]) -> None:
     def set_project(self, project: Project):
         if not isinstance(project, Project):
             raise ValueError(f"{project} is a {type(project)}, expected a Project object.")
-        
-        self.obj["project"] = project
\ No newline at end of file
+
+        self.obj["project"] = project
diff --git a/core/dbt/cli/flags.py b/core/dbt/cli/flags.py
index a8af62bf61d..f82ce19ee56 100644
--- a/core/dbt/cli/flags.py
+++ b/core/dbt/cli/flags.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # TODO  Move this to /core/dbt/flags.py when we're ready to break things
 import os
-import sys
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from importlib import import_module
 from multiprocessing import get_context
 from pprint import pformat as pf
 from typing import Set
+from contextvars import ContextVar
 
 from click import Context, get_current_context
 from click.core import ParameterSource
@@ -18,6 +18,17 @@
     import multiprocessing.popen_spawn_posix  # type: ignore  # noqa: F401
 
 
+INVOCATION_ARGS: ContextVar[list[str]] = ContextVar("invocation_args")
+
+
+def set_invocation_args(args):
+    INVOCATION_ARGS.set(args)
+
+
+def get_invocation_args():
+    return INVOCATION_ARGS.get()
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class Flags:
     def __init__(self, ctx: Context = None, user_config: UserConfig = None) -> None:
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ def assign_params(ctx, params_assigned_from_default):
             invoked_subcommand = getattr(import_module("dbt.cli.main"), invoked_subcommand_name)
             invoked_subcommand.allow_extra_args = True
             invoked_subcommand.ignore_unknown_options = True
-            invoked_subcommand_ctx = invoked_subcommand.make_context(None, sys.argv)
+            invoked_subcommand_ctx = invoked_subcommand.make_context(None, get_invocation_args())
             assign_params(invoked_subcommand_ctx, params_assigned_from_default)
 
         if not user_config:
diff --git a/core/dbt/cli/main.py b/core/dbt/cli/main.py
index 4901caf56f4..09b571d31ed 100644
--- a/core/dbt/cli/main.py
+++ b/core/dbt/cli/main.py
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import inspect  # This is temporary for RAT-ing
 from copy import copy
 from pprint import pformat as pf  # This is temporary for RAT-ing
+import sys
 
 import click
 from dbt.adapters.factory import adapter_management
 from dbt.cli import params as p
-from dbt.cli.flags import Flags
 from dbt.config import RuntimeConfig
 from dbt.config.runtime import load_project, load_profile
+from dbt.cli.flags import Flags, set_invocation_args
 from dbt.events.functions import setup_event_logger
 from dbt.profiler import profiler
 from dbt.task.deps import DepsTask
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def cli_runner():
     ls = copy(cli.commands["list"])
     ls.hidden = True
     cli.add_command(ls, "ls")
+    set_invocation_args(sys.argv[1:])
 
     # Run the cli
     cli()