diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7ca9e06e..ee54adbe3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased: mitmproxy next
 
+- Fix addon options not being included in `--options` output.
+  ([#4423](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/issues/4423))
 - Fix `view.settings.setval.toggle` command to correctly use the provided key parameter instead of hardcoded "key" string.
   ([#8167](https://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/pull/8167), @nameearly)
 - Fix 400 Bad Request for HTTP requests with uppercase scheme (e.g. `HTTP://`).
diff --git a/mitmproxy/tools/main.py b/mitmproxy/tools/main.py
index 5190820a0..eabdc6c8b 100644
--- a/mitmproxy/tools/main.py
+++ b/mitmproxy/tools/main.py
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ def run(
             process_options(parser, opts, args)
 
             if args.options:
+                # Load custom addons so that their options are registered
+                if sl := master.addons.get("scriptloader"):
+                    for s in sl.addons:
+                        if s.ns is None:
+                            s.loadscript()
                 optmanager.dump_defaults(opts, sys.stdout)
                 sys.exit(0)
             if args.commands:
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/data/addonscripts/custom_option.py b/test/mitmproxy/data/addonscripts/custom_option.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4e37f111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/data/addonscripts/custom_option.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+class CustomOptionAddon:
+    def load(self, loader):
+        loader.add_option(
+            name="custom_addon_option",
+            typespec=Optional[int],
+            default=None,
+            help="A custom option registered by an addon.",
+        )
+
+
+addons = [CustomOptionAddon()]
diff --git a/test/mitmproxy/tools/test_main.py b/test/mitmproxy/tools/test_main.py
index 2085db761..134fba136 100644
--- a/test/mitmproxy/tools/test_main.py
+++ b/test/mitmproxy/tools/test_main.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import pytest
+
 from mitmproxy.tools import main
 
 shutdown_script = "mitmproxy/data/addonscripts/shutdown.py"
@@ -28,3 +30,26 @@ def test_mitmdump(tdata):
             "0",
         ]
     )
+
+
+def test_options_includes_addon_options(tdata, capsys):
+    """--options should include options registered by addon scripts."""
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        main.mitmdump(
+            [
+                "-s",
+                tdata.path("mitmproxy/data/addonscripts/custom_option.py"),
+                "--options",
+            ]
+        )
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "custom_addon_option" in output
+
+
+def test_options_without_scripts(capsys):
+    """--options without any scripts should still work and list built-in options."""
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        main.mitmdump(["--options"])
+    output = capsys.readouterr().out
+    assert "listen_port" in output
+    assert "custom_addon_option" not in output