diff --git a/cmd/minikube/main.go b/cmd/minikube/main.go
index 28ffb50052..57f6df5c24 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/main.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/main.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 
+	_ "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/initflag"
+
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/pkg/profile"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd"
diff --git a/pkg/initflag/initflag.go b/pkg/initflag/initflag.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ea8827a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/initflag/initflag.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package initflag
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+
+	_ = fs.Parse([]string{})
+	flag.CommandLine = fs
+}