diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
index cb1f11df47af..480ca1600b68 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/core.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,6 @@ export class Vitest {
       'testTimeout',
       'pool',
       'globals',
-      'mode',
       'expandSnapshotDiff',
       'retry',
       'testNamePattern',
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
index d816ac87cb9b..6f1e2c472367 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/workspace.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export async function initializeProject(workspacePath: string | number, ctx: Vit
     logLevel: 'error',
     configFile,
     // this will make "mode": "test" | "benchmark" inside defineConfig
-    mode: options.mode || ctx.config.mode,
+    mode: options.test?.mode || options.mode || ctx.config.mode,
     plugins: [
       ...options.plugins || [],
       WorkspaceVitestPlugin(project, { ...options, root, workspacePath }),
diff --git a/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/projects/cli-config.test.ts b/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/projects/cli-config.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c069dce322ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/projects/cli-config.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { it, expect } from 'vitest';
+
+it('math', () => {
+  expect(1).toBe(1)
+})
diff --git a/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/projects/vitest.config.js b/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/projects/vitest.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56004c9f9e06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/projects/vitest.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default {}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/vitest.workspace.js b/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/vitest.workspace.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47d013c1f23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/fixtures/workspace-flags/vitest.workspace.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default ['projects']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/config/test/flags.test.ts b/test/config/test/flags.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ab7230acc25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/config/test/flags.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { runVitest } from '../../test-utils'
+
+it('correctly inherit from the cli', async () => {
+  const { vitest } = await runVitest({
+    root: 'fixtures/workspace-flags',
+    logHeapUsage: true,
+    allowOnly: true,
+    sequence: {
+      seed: 123,
+    },
+    testTimeout: 5321,
+    pool: 'forks',
+    globals: true,
+    expandSnapshotDiff: true,
+    retry: 6,
+    testNamePattern: 'math',
+    passWithNoTests: true,
+    bail: 100,
+  })
+  const project = vitest!.projects[0]
+  const config = project.getSerializableConfig()
+  expect(config).toMatchObject({
+    logHeapUsage: true,
+    allowOnly: true,
+    sequence: expect.objectContaining({
+      seed: 123,
+    }),
+    testTimeout: 5321,
+    pool: 'forks',
+    globals: true,
+    expandSnapshotDiff: true,
+    retry: 6,
+    passWithNoTests: true,
+    bail: 100,
+  })
+  expect(config.testNamePattern?.test('math')).toBe(true)
+})