diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 54c420de..1b28c976 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "ripgrep"
 version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytecount 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "clap 2.18.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "clap 2.19.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "ctrlc 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "grep 0.1.4",
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
-version = "2.18.0"
+version = "2.19.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 dependencies = [
  "ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum ansi_term 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "23ac7c30002a5accbf7e8987d0632fa6de155b7c3d39d0067317a391e00a2ef6"
 "checksum bitflags 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "aad18937a628ec6abcd26d1489012cc0e18c21798210f491af69ded9b881106d"
 "checksum bytecount 0.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "49e3c21915578e2300b08d3c174a8ac887e0c6421dff86fdc4d741dc29e5d413"
-"checksum clap 2.18.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "40046b8a004bf3ba43b9078bf4b9b6d1708406a234848f925dbd7160a374c8a8"
+"checksum clap 2.19.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "956cee0b2427dd9e71129a509d1ef17a7f5df9f8253924074d7a5d79bc61851e"
 "checksum crossbeam 0.2.10 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "0c5ea215664ca264da8a9d9c3be80d2eaf30923c259d03e870388eb927508f97"
 "checksum ctrlc 2.0.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "77f98bb69e3fefadcc5ca80a1368a55251f70295168203e01165bcaecb270891"
 "checksum env_logger 0.3.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "15abd780e45b3ea4f76b4e9a26ff4843258dd8a3eed2775a0e7368c2e7936c2f"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a9893650..65df5bc9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ path = "tests/tests.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 bytecount = "0.1.4"
-clap = "~2.18.0"
+clap = "~2.19.0"
 ctrlc = "2.0"
 env_logger = "0.3"
 grep = { version = "0.1.4", path = "grep" }
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index 937529f3..fe80a069 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
-use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg};
+use clap::{App, AppSettings, Arg, ArgSettings};
 
 const ABOUT: &'static str = "
 ripgrep (rg) recursively searches your current directory for a regex pattern.
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ fn app<F>(next_line_help: bool, doc: F) -> App<'static, 'static>
         .arg(arg("path").multiple(true))
         .arg(flag("regexp").short("e")
              .takes_value(true).multiple(true).number_of_values(1)
+             .set(ArgSettings::AllowLeadingHyphen)
              .value_name("pattern"))
         .arg(flag("files")
              // This should also conflict with `pattern`, but the first file
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index 37e9678d..c21fffc9 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1263,6 +1263,18 @@ fn regression_64() {
     assert_eq!(lines, path("foo/abc\n"));
 }
 
+// See: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/270
+#[test]
+fn regression_270() {
+    let wd = WorkDir::new("regression_270");
+    wd.create("foo", "-test");
+
+    let mut cmd = wd.command();
+    cmd.arg("-e").arg("-test");
+    let lines: String = wd.stdout(&mut cmd);
+    assert_eq!(lines, path("foo:-test\n"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn type_list() {
     let wd = WorkDir::new("type_list");