diff --git a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
index c3bf065ae0..27f94a3d73 100644
--- a/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
+++ b/packages/babel-node/src/_babel-node.js
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ if (program.eval || program.print) {
       }
 
       if (arg[0] === "-") {
-        const parsedArg = program[arg.slice(2)];
+        const camelArg = arg
+          .slice(2)
+          .replace(/-(\w)/, (s, c) => c.toUpperCase());
+        const parsedArg = program[camelArg];
         if (
           arg === "-r" ||
           arg === "--require" ||
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/in-files/configFile.js b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/in-files/configFile.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1a4330ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/in-files/configFile.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module.exports = function (api) {
+  api.cache.forever();
+
+  console.log("Config was loaded, so --config-file was used.");
+
+  return {};
+};
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/in-files/index.js b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/in-files/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ce559e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/in-files/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("foo");
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/options.json b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3641ca28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "args": ["--config-file", "./configFile.js", "index"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/stdout.txt b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9abefc8788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--config-file/stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Config was loaded, so --config-file was used.
+foo
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/.babelrc b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11a427f9b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "env": {
+    "env-name-test": {
+      "plugins": ["./logPlugin.js"]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/in-files/index.js b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/in-files/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85ce559e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/in-files/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+console.log("foo");
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/in-files/logPlugin.js b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/in-files/logPlugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..df44ed6504
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/in-files/logPlugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module.exports = function () {
+  console.log("Plugin was loaded, so --env-name matched.");
+  return {}
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/options.json b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/options.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d086b11bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/options.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "args": ["--env-name", "env-name-test", "index"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/stdout.txt b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/stdout.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cbda08d96c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/babel-node/test/fixtures/babel-node/--env-name/stdout.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Plugin was loaded, so --env-name matched.
+foo