diff --git a/vlib/cli/command.v b/vlib/cli/command.v
index 93616aae01f5c3..76b47d9dc27f19 100644
--- a/vlib/cli/command.v
+++ b/vlib/cli/command.v
@@ -248,16 +248,16 @@ fn (mut cmd Command) add_default_commands() {
 }
 
 fn (mut cmd Command) parse_flags() {
-	for {
-		if cmd.args.len < 1 || !cmd.args[0].starts_with('-') {
-			break
+	for cmd.args.len > 0 {
+		if !cmd.args[0].starts_with('-') {
+			return
 		}
 		mut found := false
-		for i in 0 .. cmd.flags.len {
-			mut flag := &cmd.flags[i]
-			if flag.matches(cmd.args, cmd.posix_mode) {
+		for mut flag in cmd.flags {
+			if flag.matches(cmd.args[0], cmd.posix_mode) {
 				found = true
 				flag.found = true
+				// Eat flag and its values, continue with reduced args.
 				cmd.args = flag.parse(cmd.args, cmd.posix_mode) or {
 					eprintln_exit('Failed to parse flag `${cmd.args[0]}`: ${err}')
 				}
diff --git a/vlib/cli/command_test.v b/vlib/cli/command_test.v
index 2d97744861fa9a..b78f8ca1c96250 100644
--- a/vlib/cli/command_test.v
+++ b/vlib/cli/command_test.v
@@ -94,44 +94,54 @@ fn test_if_flag_gets_set_with_long_arg() {
 	cmd.parse(['command', '--flag', 'value'])
 }
 
-fn flag_should_have_value_of_42(cmd cli.Command) ! {
+fn assert_flags(cmd cli.Command) ! {
 	flag := cmd.flags.get_string('flag')!
 	assert flag == 'value'
 	value := cmd.flags.get_int('value')!
 	assert value == 42
+	flag2 := cmd.flags.get_string('flag-2')!
+	assert flag2 == 'value-2'
 }
 
 fn test_if_multiple_flags_get_set() {
 	mut cmd := cli.Command{
 		name: 'command'
-		execute: flag_should_have_value_of_42
+		execute: assert_flags
 	}
 	cmd.add_flag(cli.Flag{
 		flag: .string
 		name: 'flag'
 	})
+	cmd.add_flag(cli.Flag{
+		flag: .string
+		name: 'flag-2'
+	})
 	cmd.add_flag(cli.Flag{
 		flag: .int
 		name: 'value'
 	})
-	cmd.parse(['command', '-flag', 'value', '-value', '42'])
+	cmd.parse(['command', '-flag=value', '-value', '42', '-flag-2', 'value-2'])
 }
 
 fn test_if_required_flags_get_set() {
 	mut cmd := cli.Command{
 		name: 'command'
-		execute: flag_should_have_value_of_42
+		execute: assert_flags
 	}
 	cmd.add_flag(cli.Flag{
 		flag: .string
 		name: 'flag'
 	})
+	cmd.add_flag(cli.Flag{
+		flag: .string
+		name: 'flag-2'
+	})
 	cmd.add_flag(cli.Flag{
 		flag: .int
 		name: 'value'
 		required: true
 	})
-	cmd.parse(['command', '-flag', 'value', '-value', '42'])
+	cmd.parse(['command', '-flag', 'value', '-value', '42', '-flag-2', 'value-2'])
 }
 
 fn flag_is_set_in_subcommand(cmd cli.Command) ! {
diff --git a/vlib/cli/flag.v b/vlib/cli/flag.v
index 225bd17aeb0f20..8d6cb9276a72c8 100644
--- a/vlib/cli/flag.v
+++ b/vlib/cli/flag.v
@@ -213,31 +213,29 @@ pub fn (flags []Flag) get_strings(name string) ![]string {
 // parse parses flag values from arguments and return
 // an array of arguments with all consumed elements removed.
 pub fn (mut flag Flag) parse(args []string, posix_mode bool) ![]string {
-	if flag.matches(args, posix_mode) {
-		if flag.flag == .bool {
-			new_args := flag.parse_bool(args)!
-			return new_args
-		} else {
-			if flag.value.len > 0 && flag.flag != .int_array && flag.flag != .float_array
-				&& flag.flag != .string_array {
-				return error('The argument `${flag.name}` accept only one value!')
-			}
-
-			new_args := flag.parse_raw(args)!
-			return new_args
+	return match true {
+		!flag.matches(args[0], posix_mode) {
+			args
+		}
+		flag.flag == .bool {
+			flag.parse_bool(args)!
+		}
+		flag.value.len > 0 && flag.flag !in [.int_array, .float_array, .string_array] {
+			error('The argument `${flag.name}` accept only one value!')
+		}
+		else {
+			flag.parse_raw(args)!
 		}
-	} else {
-		return args
 	}
 }
 
 // matches returns `true` if first arg in `args` matches this flag.
-fn (mut flag Flag) matches(args []string, posix_mode bool) bool {
+fn (mut flag Flag) matches(arg string, posix_mode bool) bool {
 	prefix := if posix_mode { '--' } else { '-' }
-	return (flag.name != '' && args[0] == '${prefix}${flag.name}')
-		|| (flag.name != '' && args[0].starts_with('${prefix}${flag.name}='))
-		|| (flag.abbrev != '' && args[0] == '-${flag.abbrev}')
-		|| (flag.abbrev != '' && args[0].starts_with('-${flag.abbrev}='))
+	return (flag.name != '' && arg == '${prefix}${flag.name}')
+		|| (flag.name != '' && arg.starts_with('${prefix}${flag.name}='))
+		|| (flag.abbrev != '' && arg == '-${flag.abbrev}')
+		|| (flag.abbrev != '' && arg.starts_with('-${flag.abbrev}='))
 }
 
 fn (mut flag Flag) parse_raw(args []string) ![]string {