diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
index 356d886556f..8e02f2405fb 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ const errorLogFilePatterns = [
 
 let projectName;
 
+const validateArgs = args => {
+  let hasSwitch = args.find(arg => arg.includes('-'))
+  if (hasSwitch) {
+    let index = args.indexOf(hasSwitch)
+    args.splice(index, 2)
+  }
+  return args
+}
+
 const program = new commander.Command(packageJson.name)
   .version(packageJson.version)
   .arguments('<project-directory>')
@@ -144,7 +153,7 @@ if (program.info) {
 }
 
 const hasMultipleProjectNameArgs =
-  process.argv[3] && !process.argv[3].startsWith('-');
+  validateArgs(process.argv.slice(2)).length > 1;
 if (typeof projectName === 'undefined' || hasMultipleProjectNameArgs) {
   console.log();
   if (hasMultipleProjectNameArgs) {