diff --git a/backend/fluksio/cli.py b/backend/fluksio/cli.py
index b187f48..6656ae5 100644
--- a/backend/fluksio/cli.py
+++ b/backend/fluksio/cli.py
@@ -807,9 +807,12 @@ def main(argv: list[str] | None = None) -> int:
     parser = _parser()
     if argv and argv[0] == "run":
         # A flow's inputs are its own, so `--lr 0.05` cannot be declared here:
-        # whatever this parser does not know is typed against the flow.
-        args, rest = parser.parse_known_args(argv)
-        return int(args.func(args, rest))
+        # whatever this parser does not know is typed against the flow. What
+        # follows `--` is the flow's whatever its name, so an input called
+        # `timeout` is set there rather than taken as `run --timeout`.
+        cut = argv.index("--") if "--" in argv else len(argv)
+        args, rest = parser.parse_known_args(argv[:cut])
+        return int(args.func(args, rest + argv[cut:]))
     args = parser.parse_args(argv)
     result: int = args.func(args)
     return result
diff --git a/backend/fluksio/sdk/cli.py b/backend/fluksio/sdk/cli.py
index 4c651a1..23fc960 100644
--- a/backend/fluksio/sdk/cli.py
+++ b/backend/fluksio/sdk/cli.py
@@ -453,15 +453,20 @@ def _ask_params(definition: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 def _params(definition: dict[str, Any], rest: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Turn `--lr 0.05` into a typed parameter, using the flow's own inputs."""
+    """Turn `--lr 0.05` into a typed parameter, using the flow's own inputs.
+
+    After `--` every token is `name=value`, which is how an input that shares
+    its name with a flag of `run` is set.
+    """
     types = _input_types(definition)
+    cut = rest.index("--") if "--" in rest else len(rest)
     # Collected as written and typed afterwards, so a name this flow does not
     # have is refused by name rather than by whatever its value failed to parse
     # as: `--param lr=0.002` is a sweep's spelling, and said so it reads as an
     # input called `param` holding unparseable json.
     raw: dict[str, str | bool] = {}
     pending: str | None = None
-    for token in rest:
+    for token in rest[:cut]:
         if token.startswith("--"):
             if pending is not None:
                 # A flag with no value is a flag: `--resume` means true.
@@ -480,6 +485,11 @@ def _params(definition: dict[str, Any], rest: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
         pending = None
     if pending is not None:
         raw[pending] = True
+    for token in rest[cut + 1 :]:
+        name, sep, value = token.partition("=")
+        if not sep or not name:
+            raise SyncError(f"after `--` an input is name=value, not '{token}'")
+        raw[name.replace("-", "_")] = value
     unknown = sorted(set(raw) - set(types))
     if unknown:
         hint = ""
diff --git a/backend/tests/test_cli.py b/backend/tests/test_cli.py
index 355d218..c6826c8 100644
--- a/backend/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/backend/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -90,6 +90,31 @@ def test_run_arguments_are_typed_by_the_flow_they_are_for() -> None:
         _params(definition, ["--nonesuch", "1"])
 
 
+def test_inputs_after_a_double_dash_may_share_a_name_with_a_run_flag(
+    monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch,
+) -> None:
+    """`run --timeout` is the wait; `-- timeout=5` is the flow's input."""
+    from fluksio import cli
+    from fluksio.sdk import cli as sdk_cli
+
+    seen = []
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        sdk_cli, "cmd_run", lambda args, rest: seen.append((args.timeout, rest)) or 0
+    )
+    cli.main(["run", "train", "--timeout", "3", "--lr", "0.1", "--", "timeout=5"])
+    assert seen == [(3.0, ["--lr", "0.1", "--", "timeout=5"])]
+
+    definition = {
+        "inputs": [
+            {"spec": {"name": "lr", "dtype": "float"}},
+            {"spec": {"name": "timeout", "dtype": "int"}},
+        ]
+    }
+    assert sdk_cli._params(definition, seen[0][1]) == {"lr": 0.1, "timeout": 5}
+    with pytest.raises(sdk_cli.SyncError, match="name=value"):
+        sdk_cli._params(definition, ["--", "timeout"])
+
+
 def test_a_sweeps_param_spelling_is_refused_by_name() -> None:
     """`run --param lr=0.002` is a name this flow has not got, and says so."""
     import pytest
diff --git a/docs/code/cli.md b/docs/code/cli.md
index cbf3b1b..5758313 100644
--- a/docs/code/cli.md
+++ b/docs/code/cli.md
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ Syncs local code, then submits a run. Flags such as `--lr` name the flow's
 declared inputs and are converted to their declared types. Unknown inputs are
 rejected. Use `--param name=a,b` with `sweep` for multiple values.
 
+Everything after `--` is an input written as `name=value`. Use it for an input
+that shares its name with a flag of `run`, such as `timeout`:
+
+```sh
+fluksio run train --wait --timeout 600 -- timeout=30 lr=0.05
+```
+
 After the first sync, `run` imports the module that declared the flow. If no
 declaration is recorded, it searches the working directory and skips paths
 covered by `.gitignore`. Import errors in that fallback search produce