diff --git a/src/V3Options.cpp b/src/V3Options.cpp
index d111bfeb3..dee87bee0 100644
--- a/src/V3Options.cpp
+++ b/src/V3Options.cpp
@@ -416,8 +416,18 @@ string V3Options::allArgsStringForHierBlock(bool forTop, bool forCMake) const {
     std::set<string> vFiles;
     for (const auto& vFile : m_vFiles) vFiles.insert(vFile);
     string out;
+    bool stripArg = false;
+    bool stripArgIfNum = false;
     for (std::list<string>::const_iterator it = m_impp->m_lineArgs.begin();
          it != m_impp->m_lineArgs.end(); ++it) {
+        if (stripArg) {
+            stripArg = false;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (stripArgIfNum) {
+            stripArgIfNum = false;
+            if (isdigit((*it)[0])) continue;
+        }
         int skip = 0;
         if (it->length() >= 2 && (*it)[0] == '-' && (*it)[1] == '-') {
             skip = 2;
@@ -428,8 +438,9 @@ string V3Options::allArgsStringForHierBlock(bool forTop, bool forCMake) const {
             const string opt = it->substr(skip);  // Remove '-' in the beginning
             const int numStrip = stripOptionsForChildRun(opt, forTop);
             if (numStrip) {
-                UASSERT(0 <= numStrip && numStrip <= 2, "should be one of 0, 1, 2");
-                if (numStrip == 2) ++it;
+                UASSERT(0 <= numStrip && numStrip <= 3, "should be one of 0, 1, 2, 3");
+                if (numStrip == 2) stripArg = true;
+                if (numStrip == 3) stripArgIfNum = true;
                 continue;
             }
         } else {  // Not an option
@@ -536,10 +547,12 @@ string V3Options::filePathCheckOneDir(const string& modname, const string& dirna
 // 0: Keep the option including its argument
 // 1: Delete the option which has no argument
 // 2: Delete the option and its argument
+// 3: Delete the option and its argument if it is a number
 int V3Options::stripOptionsForChildRun(const string& opt, bool forTop) {
-    if (opt == "Mdir" || opt == "clk" || opt == "lib-create" || opt == "f" || opt == "j"
+    if (opt == "j") return 3;
+    if (opt == "Mdir" || opt == "clk" || opt == "lib-create" || opt == "f" || opt == "v"
         || opt == "l2-name" || opt == "mod-prefix" || opt == "prefix" || opt == "protect-lib"
-        || opt == "protect-key" || opt == "threads" || opt == "top-module" || opt == "v") {
+        || opt == "protect-key" || opt == "threads" || opt == "top-module") {
         return 2;
     }
     if (opt == "build" || (!forTop && (opt == "cc" || opt == "exe" || opt == "sc"))
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_flag_j_hier.py b/test_regress/t/t_flag_j_hier.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4c393789a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_flag_j_hier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test driver/expect definition
+#
+# Copyright 2024 by Wilson Snyder. This program is free software; you
+# can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License Version 3 or the Perl Artistic License
+# Version 2.0.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only OR Artistic-2.0
+
+import vltest_bootstrap
+
+test.scenarios('vlt')
+
+test.compile(verilator_flags2=['--hierarchical -j --build-jobs 2'])
+
+test.passes()
diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_flag_j_hier.v b/test_regress/t/t_flag_j_hier.v
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..885f06437
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_flag_j_hier.v
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// DESCRIPTION: Verilator: Verilog Test module
+//
+// This file ONLY is placed under the Creative Commons Public Domain, for
+// any use, without warranty, 2024 by Antmicro.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+module t (/*AUTOARG*/);
+   logic a;
+   s u_s(.a(a));
+endmodule
+
+module s(output logic a);
+   /*verilator hier_block*/
+endmodule