diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/options.nim b/src/nimblepkg/options.nim
index 28560e7..72f4a3a 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/options.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/options.nim
@@ -390,9 +390,18 @@ proc parseMisc(options: var Options) =
 
 proc handleUnknownFlags(options: var Options) =
   if options.action.typ == actionRun:
+    # ActionRun uses flags that come before the command as compilation flags
+    # and flags that come after as run flags.
     options.action.compileFlags =
       map(options.unknownFlags, x => getFlagString(x[0], x[1], x[2]))
     options.unknownFlags = @[]
+  else:
+    # For everything else, handle the flags that came before the command
+    # normally.
+    let unknownFlags = options.unknownFlags
+    options.unknownFlags = @[]
+    for flag in unknownFlags:
+      parseFlag(flag[1], flag[2], options, flag[0])
 
   # Any unhandled flags?
   if options.unknownFlags.len > 0:
diff --git a/tests/tester.nim b/tests/tester.nim
index 21c7011..efa0107 100644
--- a/tests/tester.nim
+++ b/tests/tester.nim
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@ proc hasLineStartingWith(lines: seq[string], prefix: string): bool =
       return true
   return false
 
+test "depsOnly + flag order test":
+  var (output, exitCode) = execNimble(
+    "--depsOnly", "install", "-y", "https://github.com/nimble-test/packagebin2"
+  )
+  check(not output.contains("Success: packagebin2 installed successfully."))
+  check exitCode == QuitSuccess
+
 test "caching of nims and ini detects changes":
   cd "caching":
     var (output, exitCode) = execNimble("dump")