diff --git a/src/goTest.ts b/src/goTest.ts
index 0f8ed381a..6fc34fdf3 100644
--- a/src/goTest.ts
+++ b/src/goTest.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 import path = require('path');
 import vscode = require('vscode');
-
 import { applyCodeCoverageToAllEditors } from './goCover';
 import { isModSupported } from './goModules';
 import {
diff --git a/src/testUtils.ts b/src/testUtils.ts
index 5e1d6af49..2293e790f 100644
--- a/src/testUtils.ts
+++ b/src/testUtils.ts
@@ -250,15 +250,21 @@ export function goTest(testconfig: TestConfig): Thenable<boolean> {
 				outTargets.push('<long arguments omitted>');
 			} else {
 				outTargets.push(...targets);
-				outTargets.push(...testconfig.flags);
 			}
-			outputChannel.appendLine(['Running tool:', goRuntimePath, ...outTargets].join(' '));
-			outputChannel.appendLine('');
 
 			args.push(...targets);
+
 			// ensure that user provided flags are appended last (allow use of -args ...)
+			// ignore user provided -run flag if we are already using it
+			if (args.indexOf('-run') > -1) {
+				removeRunFlag(testconfig.flags);
+			}
 			args.push(...testconfig.flags);
 
+			outTargets.push(...testconfig.flags);
+			outputChannel.appendLine(['Running tool:', goRuntimePath, ...outTargets].join(' '));
+			outputChannel.appendLine('');
+
 			const tp = cp.spawn(goRuntimePath, args, { env: testEnvVars, cwd: testconfig.dir });
 			const outBuf = new LineBuffer();
 			const errBuf = new LineBuffer();
@@ -405,3 +411,10 @@ function targetArgs(testconfig: TestConfig): Array<string> {
 	}
 	return params;
 }
+
+function removeRunFlag(flags: string[]): void {
+	const index: number = flags.indexOf('-run');
+	if (index !== -1) {
+		flags.splice(index, 2);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 741574536..995700ee4 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { outputChannel } from './goStatus';
 import { NearestNeighborDict, Node } from './avlTree';
 import { getCurrentPackage } from './goModules';
 import { buildDiagnosticCollection, lintDiagnosticCollection, vetDiagnosticCollection } from './goMain';
+import { getTestFlags } from './testUtils';
 
 const extensionId: string = 'ms-vscode.Go';
 const extensionVersion: string = vscode.extensions.getExtension(extensionId).packageJSON.version;