diff --git a/arg_test.go b/arg_test.go
index c7c0a61..3ee8893 100644
--- a/arg_test.go
+++ b/arg_test.go
@@ -161,3 +161,27 @@ func TestPositionalRequiredRestRangeEmptyFail(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertError(t, err, ErrRequired, "the required argument `Rest (zero arguments)` was not provided")
 }
+
+func TestPositionalWithSubcommand(t *testing.T) {
+	var opts = struct {
+		Command struct {
+			Positional struct {
+				Rest []string
+			} `positional-args:"yes"`
+			Subcommand struct {
+				Positional struct {
+					Rest []string
+				} `positional-args:"yes"`
+			} `command:"subcmd"`
+		} `command:"cmd" subcommands-optional:"true"`
+	}{}
+
+	p := NewParser(&opts, None)
+	_, err := p.ParseArgs([]string{"cmd", "subcmd", "thing"})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	assertStringArray(t, opts.Command.Subcommand.Positional.Rest, []string{"thing"})
+	assertStringArray(t, opts.Command.Positional.Rest, []string{})
+}
diff --git a/parser.go b/parser.go
index a5347b0..e1fdda9 100644
--- a/parser.go
+++ b/parser.go
@@ -650,22 +650,19 @@ func (p *parseState) addArgs(args ...string) error {
 }
 
 func (p *Parser) parseNonOption(s *parseState) error {
-	if len(s.positional) > 0 {
-		return s.addArgs(s.arg)
-	}
-
 	if len(s.command.commands) > 0 && len(s.retargs) == 0 {
 		if cmd := s.lookup.commands[s.arg]; cmd != nil {
 			s.command.Active = cmd
 			cmd.fillParseState(s)
 
 			return nil
+		} else if len(s.positional) > 0 {
+			return s.addArgs(s.arg)
 		} else if !s.command.SubcommandsOptional {
 			s.addArgs(s.arg)
 			return newErrorf(ErrUnknownCommand, "Unknown command `%s'", s.arg)
 		}
 	}
-
 	return s.addArgs(s.arg)
 }