diff --git a/src/node_dotenv.cc b/src/node_dotenv.cc
index 9e0205b4e6249ff..9d00fd3fd8ad986 100644
--- a/src/node_dotenv.cc
+++ b/src/node_dotenv.cc
@@ -14,21 +14,23 @@ using v8::String;
 std::vector<std::string> Dotenv::GetPathFromArgs(
     const std::vector<std::string>& args) {
   const auto find_match = [](const std::string& arg) {
-    const std::string_view flag = "--env-file";
-    return strncmp(arg.c_str(), flag.data(), flag.size()) == 0;
+    return arg == "--" || arg.starts_with("--env-file");
   };
   std::vector<std::string> paths;
   auto path = std::find_if(args.begin(), args.end(), find_match);
 
   while (path != args.end()) {
+    if (*path == "--") {
+      return paths;
+    }
+
     auto equal_char = path->find('=');
 
     if (equal_char != std::string::npos) {
       paths.push_back(path->substr(equal_char + 1));
     } else {
       auto next_path = std::next(path);
-
-      if (next_path == args.end()) {
+      if (next_path == args.end() || *next_path == "--") {
         return paths;
       }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/should-not-write.txt b/test/parallel/should-not-write.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..b6fc4c620b67d95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/should-not-write.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hello
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js b/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js
index f8cd262c8a80925..f652d6467bf3382 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-dotenv-edge-cases.js
@@ -98,4 +98,18 @@ describe('.env supports edge cases', () => {
     assert.strictEqual(child.stderr, '');
     assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
   });
+
+  it('should handle when --env-file is passed along with --', async () => {
+    const child = await common.spawnPromisified(
+      process.execPath,
+      [
+        '--eval', `require('assert').strictEqual(process.env.BASIC, undefined);`,
+        '--', '--env-file', validEnvFilePath
+      ],
+      { cwd: fixtures.path('dotenv') },
+    );
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stdout, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.stderr, '');
+    assert.strictEqual(child.code, 0);
+  });
 });