diff --git a/pkg/agent/run.go b/pkg/agent/run.go
index f16a1cc30d..554555a5ed 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/run.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/run.go
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func getConntrackConfig(nodeConfig *daemonconfig.Node) (*kubeproxyconfig.KubePro
 	}
 
 	cmd := app2.NewProxyCommand()
-	if err := cmd.ParseFlags(daemonconfig.GetArgsList(map[string]string{}, nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ExtraKubeProxyArgs)); err != nil {
+	if err := cmd.ParseFlags(daemonconfig.GetArgs(map[string]string{}, nodeConfig.AgentConfig.ExtraKubeProxyArgs)); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	maxPerCore, err := cmd.Flags().GetInt32("conntrack-max-per-core")
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go
index dc8097cfbd..ed52999907 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/agent/agent.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func Agent(ctx context.Context, nodeConfig *daemonconfig.Node, proxy proxy.Proxy
 
 func startKubeProxy(cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) error {
 	argsMap := kubeProxyArgs(cfg)
-	args := daemonconfig.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraKubeProxyArgs)
+	args := daemonconfig.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraKubeProxyArgs)
 	logrus.Infof("Running kube-proxy %s", daemonconfig.ArgString(args))
 	return executor.KubeProxy(args)
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func startKubeProxy(cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) error {
 func startKubelet(cfg *daemonconfig.Agent) error {
 	argsMap := kubeletArgs(cfg)
 
-	args := daemonconfig.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraKubeletArgs)
+	args := daemonconfig.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraKubeletArgs)
 	logrus.Infof("Running kubelet %s", daemonconfig.ArgString(args))
 
 	return executor.Kubelet(args)
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/config/types.go b/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
index c4c1cc5ebe..71db71cc0e 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/config/types.go
@@ -257,10 +257,13 @@ func (a ArgString) String() string {
 	return b.String()
 }
 
-func GetArgsList(argsMap map[string]string, extraArgs []string) []string {
+// GetArgs appends extra arguments to existing arguments overriding any default options.
+func GetArgs(argsMap map[string]string, extraArgs []string) []string {
+	const hyphens = "--"
+
 	// add extra args to args map to override any default option
 	for _, arg := range extraArgs {
-		splitArg := strings.SplitN(arg, "=", 2)
+		splitArg := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimPrefix(arg, hyphens), "=", 2)
 		if len(splitArg) < 2 {
 			argsMap[splitArg[0]] = "true"
 			continue
@@ -269,7 +272,7 @@ func GetArgsList(argsMap map[string]string, extraArgs []string) []string {
 	}
 	var args []string
 	for arg, value := range argsMap {
-		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", arg, value)
+		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("%s%s=%s", hyphens, strings.TrimPrefix(arg, hyphens), value)
 		args = append(args, cmd)
 	}
 	sort.Strings(args)
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/config/types_test.go b/pkg/daemons/config/types_test.go
index 1b3ce9d1d9..f94d6093b7 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/config/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/config/types_test.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 )
 
-func Test_UnitGetArgsList(t *testing.T) {
+func Test_UnitGetArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		argsMap   map[string]string
 		extraArgs []string
@@ -35,6 +35,38 @@ func Test_UnitGetArgsList(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 
+			want: []string{
+				"--aaa=A",
+				"--bbb=BB",
+				"--ccc=C",
+				"--ddd=DD",
+				"--eee=e",
+				"--fff=f",
+				"--ggg=g",
+				"--hhh=h",
+				"--iii=II",
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Args with existing hyphens Test",
+			args: args{
+				argsMap: map[string]string{
+					"aaa": "A",
+					"bbb": "B",
+					"ccc": "C",
+					"ddd": "d",
+					"eee": "e",
+					"fff": "f",
+					"ggg": "g",
+					"hhh": "h",
+				},
+				extraArgs: []string{
+					"--bbb=BB",
+					"--ddd=DD",
+					"--iii=II",
+				},
+			},
+
 			want: []string{
 				"--aaa=A",
 				"--bbb=BB",
@@ -50,8 +82,8 @@ func Test_UnitGetArgsList(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := GetArgsList(tt.args.argsMap, tt.args.extraArgs); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("GetArgsList() = %+v\nWant = %+v", got, tt.want)
+			if got := GetArgs(tt.args.argsMap, tt.args.extraArgs); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("GetArgs() = %+v\nWant = %+v", got, tt.want)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/daemons/control/server.go b/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
index 29844189cf..4a226c32d7 100644
--- a/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
+++ b/pkg/daemons/control/server.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func controllerManager(cfg *config.Control, runtime *config.ControlRuntime) erro
 		argsMap["controllers"] = "*,-service,-route,-cloud-node-lifecycle"
 	}
 
-	args := config.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraControllerArgs)
+	args := config.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraControllerArgs)
 	logrus.Infof("Running kube-controller-manager %s", config.ArgString(args))
 
 	return executor.ControllerManager(runtime.APIServerReady, args)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ func scheduler(cfg *config.Control, runtime *config.ControlRuntime) error {
 	if cfg.NoLeaderElect {
 		argsMap["leader-elect"] = "false"
 	}
-	args := config.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraSchedulerAPIArgs)
+	args := config.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraSchedulerAPIArgs)
 
 	logrus.Infof("Running kube-scheduler %s", config.ArgString(args))
 	return executor.Scheduler(runtime.APIServerReady, args)
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ func apiServer(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Control, runtime *config.Control
 	if cfg.EncryptSecrets {
 		argsMap["encryption-provider-config"] = runtime.EncryptionConfig
 	}
-	args := config.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraAPIArgs)
+	args := config.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraAPIArgs)
 
 	logrus.Infof("Running kube-apiserver %s", config.ArgString(args))
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func cloudControllerManager(ctx context.Context, cfg *config.Control, runtime *c
 	if cfg.NoLeaderElect {
 		argsMap["leader-elect"] = "false"
 	}
-	args := config.GetArgsList(argsMap, cfg.ExtraCloudControllerArgs)
+	args := config.GetArgs(argsMap, cfg.ExtraCloudControllerArgs)
 
 	logrus.Infof("Running cloud-controller-manager %s", config.ArgString(args))