diff --git a/commands/args.go b/commands/args.go
index 8d08314b..129c7d83 100644
--- a/commands/args.go
+++ b/commands/args.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func (a *Args) Replace(executable, command string, params ...string) {
 	a.Executable = executable
 	a.Command = command
 	a.Params = params
+	a.GlobalFlags = []string{}
 }
 
 func (a *Args) Commands() []*cmd.Cmd {
@@ -54,19 +55,19 @@ func (a *Args) Commands() []*cmd.Cmd {
 
 func (a *Args) ToCmd() *cmd.Cmd {
 	c := cmd.New(a.Executable)
-	args := make([]string, 0)
+	c.WithArgs(a.GlobalFlags...)
 
 	if a.Command != "" {
-		args = append(args, a.Command)
+		c.WithArg(a.Command)
 	}
 
 	for _, arg := range a.Params {
 		if arg != "" {
-			args = append(args, arg)
+			c.WithArg(arg)
 		}
 	}
 
-	return c.WithArgs(args...)
+	return c
 }
 
 func (a *Args) GetParam(i int) string {
diff --git a/commands/args_test.go b/commands/args_test.go
index 4d3f67db..3801012f 100644
--- a/commands/args_test.go
+++ b/commands/args_test.go
@@ -105,3 +105,17 @@ func TestArgs_GlobalFlags_Repeated(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(args.Params))
 	assert.Equal(t, false, args.Noop)
 }
+
+func TestArgs_GlobalFlags_Propagate(t *testing.T) {
+	args := NewArgs([]string{"-c", "key=value", "status"})
+	cmd := args.ToCmd()
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"-c", "key=value", "status"}, cmd.Args)
+}
+
+func TestArgs_GlobalFlags_Replaced(t *testing.T) {
+	args := NewArgs([]string{"-c", "key=value", "status"})
+	args.Replace("open", "", "-a", "http://example.com")
+	cmd := args.ToCmd()
+	assert.Equal(t, "open", cmd.Name)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"-a", "http://example.com"}, cmd.Args)
+}