diff --git a/command/alias_test.go b/command/alias_test.go
index 8cb618b3b..d5276e461 100644
--- a/command/alias_test.go
+++ b/command/alias_test.go
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ aliases:
 		{"gh ia vilmibm", []string{"issue", "list", `--author=vilmibm`, `--assignee=vilmibm`}, ""},
 		{"gh ia $coolmoney$", []string{"issue", "list", `--author=$coolmoney$`, `--assignee=$coolmoney$`}, ""},
 		{"gh pr status", []string{"pr", "status"}, ""},
+		{"gh il vilmibm epic -R vilmibm/testing", []string{"issue", "list", "--author=vilmibm", "--label=epic", "-R", "vilmibm/testing"}, ""},
 		{"gh dne", []string{"dne"}, ""},
 		{"gh", []string{}, ""},
 		{"", []string{}, ""},
diff --git a/command/root.go b/command/root.go
index 1e09651d2..6c1f39c66 100644
--- a/command/root.go
+++ b/command/root.go
@@ -482,10 +482,11 @@ func ExpandAlias(args []string) ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	if aliases.Exists(args[1]) {
+		extraArgs  := []string{}
 		expansion := aliases.Get(args[1])
 		for i, a := range args[2:] {
 			if !strings.Contains(expansion, "$") {
-				expansion += " " + a
+				extraArgs = append(extraArgs, a)
 			} else {
 				expansion = strings.ReplaceAll(expansion, fmt.Sprintf("$%d", i+1), a)
 			}
@@ -494,7 +495,15 @@ func ExpandAlias(args []string) ([]string, error) {
 		if lingeringRE.MatchString(expansion) {
 			return empty, fmt.Errorf("not enough arguments for alias: %s", expansion)
 		}
-		return shlex.Split(expansion)
+
+		newArgs, err := shlex.Split(expansion)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		newArgs = append(newArgs, extraArgs...)
+
+		return newArgs, nil
 	}
 
 	return args[1:], nil