diff --git a/extra/my_print_defaults.c b/extra/my_print_defaults.c
index 06f7e51c380..42a5cbd6877 100644
--- a/extra/my_print_defaults.c
+++ b/extra/my_print_defaults.c
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   for (argument= arguments+1 ; *argument ; argument++)
-    puts(*argument);
+    if (*argument != args_separator)           /* skip arguments separator */
+      puts(*argument);
   my_free((char*) load_default_groups,MYF(0));
   free_defaults(arguments);
 
diff --git a/include/my_sys.h b/include/my_sys.h
index 222564e0b44..4e85525e4b0 100644
--- a/include/my_sys.h
+++ b/include/my_sys.h
@@ -843,6 +843,7 @@ extern void *memdup_root(MEM_ROOT *root,const void *str, size_t len);
 extern int get_defaults_options(int argc, char **argv,
                                 char **defaults, char **extra_defaults,
                                 char **group_suffix);
+extern const char *args_separator;
 extern int my_load_defaults(const char *conf_file, const char **groups,
                             int *argc, char ***argv, const char ***);
 extern int load_defaults(const char *conf_file, const char **groups,
diff --git a/mysys/default.c b/mysys/default.c
index 1c021b4584f..c610b57c6d1 100644
--- a/mysys/default.c
+++ b/mysys/default.c
@@ -41,6 +41,29 @@
 #include <winbase.h>
 #endif
 
+/**
+   arguments separator
+
+   load_defaults() loads arguments from config file and put them
+   before the arguments from command line, this separator is used to
+   separate the arguments loaded from config file and arguments user
+   provided on command line.
+
+   Options with value loaded from config file are always in the form
+   '--option=value', while for command line options, the value can be
+   given as the next argument. Thus we used a separator so that
+   handle_options() can distinguish them.
+
+   Note: any other places that does not need to distinguish them
+   should skip the separator.
+
+   The content of arguments separator does not matter, one should only
+   check the pointer, use "----args-separator----" here to ease debug
+   if someone misused it.
+
+   See BUG#25192
+*/
+const char *args_separator= "----args-separator----";
 const char *my_defaults_file=0;
 const char *my_defaults_group_suffix=0;
 char *my_defaults_extra_file=0;
@@ -454,10 +477,11 @@ int my_load_defaults(const char *conf_file, const char **groups,
       goto err;
     res= (char**) (ptr+sizeof(alloc));
     res[0]= **argv;				/* Copy program name */
+    /* set arguments separator */
+    res[1]= args_separator;
     for (i=2 ; i < (uint) *argc ; i++)
-      res[i-1]=argv[0][i];
-    res[i-1]=0;					/* End pointer */
-    (*argc)--;
+      res[i]=argv[0][i];
+    res[i]=0;					/* End pointer */
     *argv=res;
     *(MEM_ROOT*) ptr= alloc;			/* Save alloc root for free */
     if (default_directories)
@@ -487,7 +511,7 @@ int my_load_defaults(const char *conf_file, const char **groups,
     or a forced default file
   */
   if (!(ptr=(char*) alloc_root(&alloc,sizeof(alloc)+
-			       (args.elements + *argc +1) *sizeof(char*))))
+			       (args.elements + *argc + 1 + 1) *sizeof(char*))))
     goto err;
   res= (char**) (ptr+sizeof(alloc));
 
@@ -508,12 +532,16 @@ int my_load_defaults(const char *conf_file, const char **groups,
     --*argc; ++*argv;				/* skip argument */
   }
 
-  if (*argc)
-    memcpy((uchar*) (res+1+args.elements), (char*) ((*argv)+1),
-	   (*argc-1)*sizeof(char*));
-  res[args.elements+ *argc]=0;			/* last null */
+  /* set arguments separator for arguments from config file and
+     command line */
+  res[args.elements+1]= args_separator;
 
-  (*argc)+=args.elements;
+  if (*argc)
+    memcpy((uchar*) (res+1+args.elements+1), (char*) ((*argv)+1),
+	   (*argc-1)*sizeof(char*));
+  res[args.elements+ *argc+1]=0;                /* last null */
+
+  (*argc)+=args.elements+1;
   *argv= (char**) res;
   *(MEM_ROOT*) ptr= alloc;			/* Save alloc root for free */
   delete_dynamic(&args);
@@ -523,7 +551,8 @@ int my_load_defaults(const char *conf_file, const char **groups,
     printf("%s would have been started with the following arguments:\n",
 	   **argv);
     for (i=1 ; i < *argc ; i++)
-      printf("%s ", (*argv)[i]);
+      if ((*argv)[i] != args_separator) /* skip arguments separator */
+        printf("%s ", (*argv)[i]);
     puts("");
     exit(0);
   }
diff --git a/mysys/my_getopt.c b/mysys/my_getopt.c
index b6eb6dac54f..22b1216f99c 100644
--- a/mysys/my_getopt.c
+++ b/mysys/my_getopt.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ int handle_options(int *argc, char ***argv,
   const struct my_option *optp;
   uchar* *value;
   int error, i;
+  my_bool is_cmdline_arg= 1;
 
   LINT_INIT(opt_found);
   /* handle_options() assumes arg0 (program name) always exists */
@@ -130,10 +131,34 @@ int handle_options(int *argc, char ***argv,
   (*argv)++; /*      --- || ----      */
   init_variables(longopts, init_one_value);
 
+  /*
+    Search for args_separator, if found, then the first part of the
+    arguments are loaded from configs
+  */
+  for (pos= *argv, pos_end=pos+ *argc; pos != pos_end ; pos++)
+  {
+    if (*pos == args_separator)
+    {
+      is_cmdline_arg= 0;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
   for (pos= *argv, pos_end=pos+ *argc; pos != pos_end ; pos++)
   {
     char **first= pos;
     char *cur_arg= *pos;
+    if (!is_cmdline_arg && (cur_arg == args_separator))
+    {
+      is_cmdline_arg= 1;
+
+      /* save the separator too if skip unkown options  */
+      if (my_getopt_skip_unknown)
+        (*argv)[argvpos++]= cur_arg;
+      else
+        (*argc)--;
+      continue;
+    }
     if (cur_arg[0] == '-' && cur_arg[1] && !end_of_options) /* must be opt */
     {
       char *argument=    0;
@@ -426,8 +451,12 @@ invalid value '%s'",
 	}
 	else if (optp->arg_type == REQUIRED_ARG && !optend)
 	{
-	  /* Check if there are more arguments after this one */
-	  if (!*++pos)
+	  /* Check if there are more arguments after this one,
+
+             Note: options loaded from config file that requires value
+             should always be in the form '--option=value'.
+           */
+	  if (!is_cmdline_arg || !*++pos)
 	  {
 	    if (my_getopt_print_errors)
               my_getopt_error_reporter(ERROR_LEVEL,
diff --git a/sql-common/client.c b/sql-common/client.c
index 84029b449af..cbed3a5e2a8 100644
--- a/sql-common/client.c
+++ b/sql-common/client.c
@@ -1053,6 +1053,8 @@ void mysql_read_default_options(struct st_mysql_options *options,
     char **option=argv;
     while (*++option)
     {
+      if (option[0] == args_separator)          /* skip arguments separator */
+        continue;
       /* DBUG_PRINT("info",("option: %s",option[0])); */
       if (option[0][0] == '-' && option[0][1] == '-')
       {
diff --git a/storage/ndb/test/run-test/setup.cpp b/storage/ndb/test/run-test/setup.cpp
index cbb7a34f171..60f8285888c 100644
--- a/storage/ndb/test/run-test/setup.cpp
+++ b/storage/ndb/test/run-test/setup.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ setup_config(atrt_config& config)
      */
     for (j = 0; j<(size_t)argc; j++)
     {
+      if (tmp[j] == args_separator)             /* skip arguments separator */
+        continue;
       for (k = 0; proc_args[k].name; k++)
       {
 	if (!strncmp(tmp[j], proc_args[k].name, strlen(proc_args[k].name)))
@@ -369,6 +371,12 @@ load_options(int argc, char** argv, int type, atrt_options& opts)
 {
   for (size_t i = 0; i<(size_t)argc; i++)
   {
+    /**
+     *  Skip the separator for arguments from config file and command
+     *  line
+     */
+    if (argv[i] == args_separator)
+      continue;
     for (size_t j = 0; f_options[j].name; j++)
     {
       const char * name = f_options[j].name;