diff --git a/src/bindings/utils/getForkExecArgv.ts b/src/bindings/utils/getForkExecArgv.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fff9de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bindings/utils/getForkExecArgv.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+export function getForkExecArgv(execArgv: readonly string[] = process.execArgv): string[] {
+    const result: string[] = [];
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < execArgv.length; i++) {
+        const arg = execArgv[i]!;
+
+        // Explicit execArgv also bypasses fork's removal of the parent eval arguments.
+        if (arg === "--input-type" || arg === "-e" || arg === "--eval" || arg === "-pe") {
+            i++;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (arg === "-p" || arg === "--print") {
+            if (execArgv[i + 1] != null && !execArgv[i + 1]!.startsWith("-"))
+                i++;
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (arg.startsWith("--input-type=") || arg.startsWith("--eval=") || arg.startsWith("--print="))
+            continue;
+
+        result.push(arg);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/bindings/utils/testBindingBinary.ts b/src/bindings/utils/testBindingBinary.ts
index c26f4636..d4194f1e 100644
--- a/src/bindings/utils/testBindingBinary.ts
+++ b/src/bindings/utils/testBindingBinary.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {BuildGpu} from "../types.js";
 import {LlamaLogLevelToAddonLogLevel} from "../Llama.js";
 import {defaultBindingTestLogLevel, newGithubIssueUrl} from "../../config.js";
 import {getPlatform} from "./getPlatform.js";
+import {getForkExecArgv} from "./getForkExecArgv.js";
 import type {BindingModule} from "../AddonTypes.js";
 
 const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ export async function testBindingBinary(
 
         let pipeSet = false;
         const subProcess = forkFunction.fork(__filename, [], {
+            execArgv: getForkExecArgv(),
             detached: false,
             silent: true,
             stdio: pipeOutputOnNode
diff --git a/test/standalone/utils/getForkExecArgv.test.ts b/test/standalone/utils/getForkExecArgv.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..39851550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/standalone/utils/getForkExecArgv.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import {fork} from "node:child_process";
+import {mkdtemp, rm, writeFile} from "node:fs/promises";
+import os from "node:os";
+import path from "node:path";
+import {describe, expect, test} from "vitest";
+import {getForkExecArgv} from "../../../src/bindings/utils/getForkExecArgv.js";
+
+
+describe("getForkExecArgv", () => {
+    test("preserves file-compatible arguments without changing the input", () => {
+        const args = ["--trace-warnings", "--conditions", "custom", "--max-old-space-size=256"];
+        expect(getForkExecArgv(args)).to.eql(args);
+        expect(args).to.eql(["--trace-warnings", "--conditions", "custom", "--max-old-space-size=256"]);
+    });
+
+    test.each([
+        {args: ["--trace-warnings", "--input-type=module", "-e", "throw new Error('parent eval ran')"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]},
+        {args: ["--trace-warnings", "--input-type", "module", "--eval", "throw new Error('parent eval ran')"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]},
+        {args: ["--trace-warnings", "--input-type=commonjs", "--eval=throw new Error('parent eval ran')"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]},
+        {args: ["--trace-warnings", "--input-type", "commonjs", "-p", "'parent print ran'"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]},
+        {args: ["--trace-warnings", "--input-type=commonjs", "-pe", "'parent print ran'"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]},
+        {args: ["--trace-warnings", "--input-type=commonjs", "--print='parent print ran'"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]},
+        {args: ["-p", "--conditions", "custom", "-e", "'parent eval ran'"], expected: ["--conditions", "custom"]},
+        {args: ["--print", "--trace-warnings", "--eval", "'parent eval ran'"], expected: ["--trace-warnings"]}
+    ])("starts a file child with input arguments $args", async ({args, expected}) => {
+        const directory = await mkdtemp(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "node-llama-cpp-fork-"));
+        const childPath = path.join(directory, "child.mjs");
+        await writeFile(childPath, "process.send({execArgv: process.execArgv}); process.disconnect();\n");
+
+        try {
+            const childArgs = getForkExecArgv(args);
+            const result = await new Promise<{execArgv: string[]}>((resolve, reject) => {
+                const child = fork(childPath, [], {
+                    execArgv: childArgs,
+                    stdio: ["ignore", "ignore", "pipe", "ipc"]
+                });
+                let stderr = "";
+                let message: {execArgv: string[]} | undefined;
+                const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
+                    child.kill();
+                    reject(new Error("File child did not finish"));
+                }, 5000);
+
+                child.stderr?.on("data", (data) => stderr += data);
+                child.on("message", (value: {execArgv: string[]}) => message = value);
+                child.on("error", reject);
+                child.on("exit", (code) => {
+                    clearTimeout(timeout);
+                    if (code !== 0 || message == null)
+                        reject(new Error(`File child failed: ${code}: ${stderr}`));
+                    else
+                        resolve(message);
+                });
+            });
+
+            expect(result.execArgv).to.eql(expected);
+        } finally {
+            await rm(directory, {recursive: true, force: true});
+        }
+    });
+});