diff --git a/Functions/Misc/zargs b/Functions/Misc/zargs
index 28ebca78f..49c177fb6 100644
--- a/Functions/Misc/zargs
+++ b/Functions/Misc/zargs
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@
 #   this behavior, as do -l/-L, but when -i/-I appear anywhere then -l/-L
 #   are ignored (forced to 1).
 
+# First, capture the current setopts as "sticky emulation"
+if zmodload zsh/param
+then
+  emulate zsh -c "_zarun() { options=( ${(j: :kv)options[@]} )"' eval "$@" }'
+else
+  # Warning?
+  _zarun() { eval "$@" }
+fi
+
 emulate -L zsh || return 1
 local -a opts eof n s l P i
 
@@ -186,7 +195,7 @@ local execute='
     elif (( $opts[(I)-(-verbose|t)] ))
     then print -u2 -r -- "$call"
     fi
-    eval "{
+    _zarun "{
        \"\${(@)call}\"
     } $bg"'
 local ret=0 analyze='