diff --git a/src/dune/exe_rules.ml b/src/dune/exe_rules.ml
index 6efaff8de15d..7d587e5d109b 100644
--- a/src/dune/exe_rules.ml
+++ b/src/dune/exe_rules.ml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ let executables_rules ~sctx ~dir ~expander ~dir_contents ~scope ~compile_info
     else
       l
   in
-  let flags = SC.ocaml_flags sctx ~dir exes.buildable in
+  let flags = SC.ocaml_flags sctx ~dir exes.buildable.flags in
   let link_deps = Dep_conf_eval.unnamed ~expander exes.link_deps in
   let foreign_archives = exes.buildable.foreign_archives |> List.map ~f:snd in
   let link_flags =
diff --git a/src/dune/inline_tests.ml b/src/dune/inline_tests.ml
index 95fd53830536..a072d075eec2 100644
--- a/src/dune/inline_tests.ml
+++ b/src/dune/inline_tests.ml
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ include Sub_system.Register_end_point (struct
       ; deps : Dep_conf.t list
       ; modes : Mode_conf.Set.t
       ; flags : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
+      ; compile_flags : Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.t
       ; backend : (Loc.t * Lib_name.t) option
       ; libraries : (Loc.t * Lib_name.t) list
       }
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ include Sub_system.Register_end_point (struct
         (let+ loc = loc
          and+ deps = field "deps" (repeat Dep_conf.decode) ~default:[]
          and+ flags = Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.field "flags"
+         and+ compile_flags = Ordered_set_lang.Unexpanded.field "compile_flags"
          and+ backend = field_o "backend" (located Lib_name.decode)
          and+ libraries =
            field "libraries" (repeat (located Lib_name.decode)) ~default:[]
@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ include Sub_system.Register_end_point (struct
              (Dune_lang.Syntax.since syntax (1, 11) >>> Mode_conf.Set.decode)
              ~default:Mode_conf.Set.default
          in
-         { loc; deps; flags; backend; libraries; modes })
+         { loc; deps; flags; compile_flags; backend; libraries; modes })
 
     (* We don't use this at the moment, but we could implement it for debugging
        purposes *)
@@ -280,7 +282,10 @@ include Sub_system.Register_end_point (struct
       Compilation_context.create () ~super_context:sctx ~expander ~scope
         ~obj_dir ~modules ~opaque:(Explicit false) ~requires_compile:runner_libs
         ~requires_link:(lazy runner_libs)
-        ~flags:(Ocaml_flags.of_list [ "-w"; "-24"; "-g" ])
+        ~flags:
+          (Ocaml_flags.append_common
+             (Super_context.ocaml_flags sctx ~dir lib.buildable.flags)
+             [ "-w"; "-24"; "-g" ])
         ~js_of_ocaml:(Some lib.buildable.js_of_ocaml) ~dynlink:false
         ~package:(Option.map lib.public ~f:Dune_file.Public_lib.package)
     in
diff --git a/src/dune/lib_rules.ml b/src/dune/lib_rules.ml
index 528830e813c4..95ae110dad18 100644
--- a/src/dune/lib_rules.ml
+++ b/src/dune/lib_rules.ml
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ let cctx (lib : Library.t) ~sctx ~source_modules ~dir ~expander ~scope
     else
       Required
   in
-  let flags = Super_context.ocaml_flags sctx ~dir lib.buildable in
+  let flags = Super_context.ocaml_flags sctx ~dir lib.buildable.flags in
   let obj_dir = Library.obj_dir ~dir lib in
   let vimpl = Virtual_rules.impl sctx ~lib ~scope in
   let ctx = Super_context.context sctx in
diff --git a/src/dune/super_context.ml b/src/dune/super_context.ml
index 2723f007d5d7..cf56e1875745 100644
--- a/src/dune/super_context.ml
+++ b/src/dune/super_context.ml
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ let build_dir_is_vendored build_dir =
   in
   Option.value ~default:false opt
 
-let ocaml_flags t ~dir (x : Dune_file.Buildable.t) =
+let ocaml_flags t ~dir (f : Ocaml_flags.Spec.t) =
   let expander = Env_tree.expander t.env_tree ~dir in
   let flags =
-    Ocaml_flags.make ~spec:x.flags
+    Ocaml_flags.make ~spec:f
       ~default:(get_node t.env_tree ~dir |> Env_node.ocaml_flags)
       ~eval:(Expander.expand_and_eval_set expander)
   in
diff --git a/src/dune/super_context.mli b/src/dune/super_context.mli
index c4143fa1e8d1..ea746011166b 100644
--- a/src/dune/super_context.mli
+++ b/src/dune/super_context.mli
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ val internal_lib_names : t -> Lib_name.Set.t
 (** Compute the ocaml flags based on the directory environment and a buildable
     stanza *)
 val ocaml_flags :
-  t -> dir:Path.Build.t -> Dune_file.Buildable.t -> Ocaml_flags.t
+  t -> dir:Path.Build.t -> Ocaml_flags.Spec.t -> Ocaml_flags.t
 
 val foreign_flags :
      t
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/dune-file-compile-flags/dune b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/dune-file-compile-flags/dune
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1fab448988ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/dune-file-compile-flags/dune
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+(library
+ (name compile_flags_test)
+ (inline_tests
+  (backend foo)
+  (compile_flags -bar)))
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/dune-file-compile-flags/dune-project b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/dune-file-compile-flags/dune-project
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..45acd3f08847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/dune-file-compile-flags/dune-project
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+(lang dune 2.7)
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/run.t b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/run.t
index 78738c464292..6e553f4e01b8 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/run.t
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/inline_tests/dune-file.t/run.t
@@ -30,3 +30,10 @@ package:
   Entering directory 'dune-file-user'
   inline_test_runner_foo_tests alias runtest
   414243
+
+We run the inline tests with a program that passes in specifc compile flags:
+
+  $ export OCAMLPATH=$PWD/_install/lib; dune runtest --root dune-file-compile-flags
+  Entering directory 'dune-file-compile-flags'
+  inline_test_runner_compile_flags_test alias runtest
+  414243