diff --git a/src/flake8/main/application.py b/src/flake8/main/application.py
index e183351..0f86844 100644
--- a/src/flake8/main/application.py
+++ b/src/flake8/main/application.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class Application(object):
         except ValueError:
             pass
 
-        opts, args = self.option_manager.parse_known_args(args)
+        opts, args = self.prelim_arg_parser.parse_known_args(args)
         # parse_known_args includes unknown options as args
         args = [a for a in args if not a.startswith("-")]
         return opts, args
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_application.py b/tests/unit/test_application.py
index 09edfe4..15bc54d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_application.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_application.py
@@ -93,9 +93,10 @@ def test_returns_specified_plugin(application):
 def test_prelim_opts_args(application):
     """Verify we get sensible prelim opts and args."""
     opts, args = application.parse_preliminary_options_and_args(
-        ['flake8', '--foo', '--verbose', 'src', 'setup.py', '--statistics'])
+        ['--foo', '--verbose', 'src', 'setup.py', '--statistics'])
 
-    assert opts.statistics
+    assert not hasattr(opts, 'foo')
+    assert not hasattr(opts, 'statistics')
     assert opts.verbose
     assert args == ['src', 'setup.py']