diff --git a/bin/nexe b/bin/nexe
index 8f9f7ac..960e5c7 100755
--- a/bin/nexe
+++ b/bin/nexe
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ options('t', {
 	default: '/tmp/nexe',
 	description: 'The path to store node.js sources'
 }).
+options('f', {
+	alias: 'flags',
+	description: 'Don\'t parse node and v8 flags, pass through app flags',
+	default: false
+}).
 options('v', {
 	alias: 'version',
 	description: 'Display version number'
@@ -54,6 +59,7 @@ function toRelative(pt) {
 require('../lib').compile({ 
 	input       : toRelative(argv.i),
 	output      : toRelative(argv.o), 
+	flags       : argv.f,
 	nodeVersion : argv.r, 
 	nodeTempDir : toRelative(argv.t) }, function(error) {
 
diff --git a/lib/exe.js b/lib/exe.js
index 4558863..3271bfe 100644
--- a/lib/exe.js
+++ b/lib/exe.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ProgressBar   = require("progress"),
 child_process = require("child_process"),
 glob          = require("glob"),
 sardines      = require("sardines"),
-os	      = require("os"),
+os            = require("os"),
 spawn         = child_process.spawn;
 
 
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@ exports.compile = function (options, complete) {
 			_monkeyPatchNodeConfig(nodeCompiler, next);
 		},
 
+		/**
+		 * monkeypatch node.cc to prevent v8 and node from processing CLI flags
+		 */
+		function monkeyPatchNodeCc (next) {
+			if (options.flags) {
+				_monkeyPatchMainCc(nodeCompiler, next);
+			} else {
+				next();
+			}
+		},
+
 		/**
 		 * compile the node application
 		 */
@@ -223,6 +234,7 @@ function _monkeyPatchNodeConfig (compiler, complete) {
 		function (next) {
 			_monkeyPatchMainJs(compiler, next)
 		}
+
 	], complete);
 }
 
@@ -263,6 +275,34 @@ function _monkeyPatchMainJs (compiler, complete) {
 	);
 }
 
+/**
+ */
+
+function _monkeyPatchMainCc(compiler, complete) {
+	var mainPath = path.join(compiler.dir, "src", "node.cc");
+	_monkeypatch(
+		mainPath,
+		function (content) {
+			return ~content.indexOf('//  // TODO use parse opts');
+		},
+		function (content, next) {
+			var lines = content.split('\n');
+			/* These lines exist until v0.11.6 */
+			var startLine = lines.indexOf('  // TODO use parse opts');
+			var endLine = lines.indexOf('  option_end_index = i;');
+
+			for (var i = startLine; i < endLine; i++) {
+				lines[i] = '//' + lines[i];
+			}
+
+			lines[endLine] = '  option_end_index = 1;';
+			lines = lines.join('\n');
+			next(null, lines);
+		},
+		complete
+	);
+}
+
 /**
  */
 
diff --git a/lib/monkeypatch.js b/lib/monkeypatch.js
index be57993..7140b17 100644
--- a/lib/monkeypatch.js
+++ b/lib/monkeypatch.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ var async = require("async"),
 fs        = require("fs"),
 _log      = require("./log");
 
+var _log  = require('./log');
+
 module.exports = _monkeypatch;
 
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ae7dbd5..ad62889 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "sardines": "~0.4.5",
     "async": "~0.2.10",
     "colors": "~0.6.2",
-    "glob": "~3.2.9"
+    "glob": "~3.2.9",
+    "progress": "~1.1.3"
   },
   "preferGlobal": "true",
   "bin": {