diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/mod.rs b/src/runtime/cli/mod.rs
index 9bd01c88ea88..d7f042f5db44 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/mod.rs
@@ -937,10 +937,8 @@ pub mod command {
         let Some(mut first_arg_name) = iter.next() else {
             return Tag::AutoCommand;
         };
-        while !first_arg_name.is_empty()
-            && first_arg_name[0] == b'-'
-            && !(first_arg_name.len() > 1 && first_arg_name[1] == b'e')
-        {
+        // A lone `-` (stdin script) ends the search like `-e`: the rest of argv is the script's.
+        while first_arg_name.len() > 1 && first_arg_name[0] == b'-' && first_arg_name[1] != b'e' {
             // `--interactive` stays on AutoCommand: Arguments.rs parses it and the no-target check
             // routes to RunCommand::exec_node_repl. An early ReplCommand return here would bypass
             // that and boot the legacy `bun repl` implementation instead.
diff --git a/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts b/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts
index 0f928a7ce6a7..0a177b55c9c1 100644
--- a/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { SyncSubprocess } from "bun";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import { rmSync, writeFileSync } from "fs";
-import { bunEnv, bunExe, isWindows, tmpdirSync } from "harness";
+import { bunEnv, bunExe, isWindows, tempDir, tmpdirSync } from "harness";
 import { tmpdir } from "os";
 import { join, sep } from "path";
 
@@ -276,6 +276,42 @@ describe("echo | bun run -", () => {
   group(run);
 });
 
+// `-` is the stdin entry point, not a flag: whatever follows it belongs to the
+// script (`node - help` runs stdin with argv ["-", "help"]). The subcommand
+// lookup used to skip the `-` and dispatch on the next argument instead, so
+// `bun - help` printed bun's help and `bun - add x` ran `bun add x`.
+describe("bun - <args> runs stdin even when an arg is a subcommand name", () => {
+  const cases: { flags: string[]; args: string[] }[] = [
+    { flags: [], args: ["help"] },
+    { flags: [], args: ["add", "--help"] },
+    { flags: [], args: ["test"] },
+    // Landed on `bun run`, which happened to read stdin but dropped "run" from argv.
+    { flags: [], args: ["run", "x"] },
+    // The `-` is reached after stepping over a real flag.
+    { flags: ["--silent"], args: ["upgrade", "--help"] },
+  ];
+
+  for (const { flags, args } of cases) {
+    test.concurrent(["bun", ...flags, "-", ...args].join(" "), async () => {
+      // An empty cwd: if the args are dispatched as a subcommand instead, it
+      // must not find a project (or test files) to act on.
+      using dir = tempDir("bun-dash-stdin", {});
+      await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+        cmd: [bunExe(), ...flags, "-", ...args],
+        cwd: String(dir),
+        env: bunEnv,
+        stdin: Buffer.from("console.log(JSON.stringify(process.argv.slice(1)))"),
+        stdout: "pipe",
+        stderr: "pipe",
+      });
+      const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+      expect(stderr).toBe("");
+      expect(stdout).toBe(JSON.stringify(["-", ...args]) + "\n");
+      expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+    });
+  }
+});
+
 test("process._eval (undefined for normal run)", async () => {
   const cwd = tmpdirSync();
   const file = join(cwd, "test.js");