diff --git a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
index 7ed64c5813fcd..efcb006870c5a 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustdoc/lib.rs
@@ -412,11 +412,7 @@ fn opts() -> Vec<RustcOptGroup> {
             )
         }),
         unstable("test-builder", |o| {
-            o.optflag(
-                "",
-                "test-builder",
-                "specified the rustc-like binary to use as the test builder",
-            )
+            o.optopt("", "test-builder", "The rustc-like binary to use as the test builder", "PATH")
         }),
         unstable("check", |o| o.optflag("", "check", "Run rustdoc checks")),
     ]
diff --git a/src/test/rustdoc/issue-80893.rs b/src/test/rustdoc/issue-80893.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7c958a80be395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/rustdoc/issue-80893.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// compile-flags: --test -Z unstable-options --test-builder true
+
+/// ```no_run
+/// This tests that `--test-builder` is accepted as a flag by rustdoc.
+/// ```
+pub struct Foo;