diff --git a/.changes/fix-missing-options.md b/.changes/fix-missing-options.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..957f07a64f59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-missing-options.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"tauri-cli": patch:bug
+"@tauri-apps/cli": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fix missing Cargo args when running mobile dev and build commands.
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs
index c4c339e697d6..d6026b3b24dd 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/interface/rust.rs
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ fn dev_options(
   }
   *args = dev_args;
 
-  if mobile {
+  if mobile && !args.contains(&"--lib".into()) {
     args.push("--lib".into());
   }
 
@@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ impl Rust {
   pub fn build_options(&self, args: &mut Vec<String>, features: &mut Vec<String>, mobile: bool) {
     features.push("tauri/custom-protocol".into());
     if mobile {
-      args.push("--lib".into());
+      if !args.contains(&"--lib".into()) {
+        args.push("--lib".into());
+      }
     } else {
       args.push("--bins".into());
     }
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
index e19a7c3769d9..3a4369402a8a 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
@@ -154,14 +154,22 @@ pub fn run(
   build_options.target = Some(first_target.triple.into());
 
   let interface = AppInterface::new(tauri_config, build_options.target.clone(), dirs.tauri)?;
-  interface.build_options(&mut Vec::new(), &mut build_options.features, true);
+  interface.build_options(&mut build_options.args, &mut build_options.features, true);
 
   let app = get_app(MobileTarget::Android, tauri_config, &interface, dirs.tauri);
   let (config, metadata) = get_config(
     &app,
     tauri_config,
     &build_options.features,
-    &Default::default(),
+    &CliOptions {
+      dev: false,
+      features: build_options.features.clone(),
+      args: build_options.args.clone(),
+      noise_level,
+      vars: Default::default(),
+      config: build_options.config.clone(),
+      target_device: None,
+    },
   );
 
   let profile = if options.debug {
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
index 3e143b7b5728..93692f6d0454 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ fn run_command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: Dirs) -> Result<
     .map(|d| d.target().triple.to_string())
     .unwrap_or_else(|| Target::all().values().next().unwrap().triple.into());
   dev_options.target = Some(target_triple);
+  dev_options.args.push("--lib".into());
 
   let interface = AppInterface::new(&tauri_config, dev_options.target.clone(), dirs.tauri)?;
 
@@ -190,7 +191,15 @@ fn run_command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: Dirs) -> Result<
     &app,
     &tauri_config,
     dev_options.features.as_ref(),
-    &Default::default(),
+    &CliOptions {
+      dev: true,
+      features: dev_options.features.clone(),
+      args: dev_options.args.clone(),
+      noise_level,
+      vars: Default::default(),
+      config: dev_options.config.clone(),
+      target_device: None,
+    },
   );
 
   set_current_dir(dirs.tauri).context("failed to set current directory to Tauri directory")?;
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
index 1489417c0836..a016ccca3263 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/build.rs
@@ -195,14 +195,22 @@ pub fn run(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: &Dirs) -> Result<Bui
     dirs.tauri,
   )?;
   let interface = AppInterface::new(&tauri_config, build_options.target.clone(), dirs.tauri)?;
-  interface.build_options(&mut Vec::new(), &mut build_options.features, true);
+  interface.build_options(&mut build_options.args, &mut build_options.features, true);
 
   let app = get_app(MobileTarget::Ios, &tauri_config, &interface, dirs.tauri);
   let (mut config, _) = get_config(
     &app,
     &tauri_config,
     &build_options.features,
-    &Default::default(),
+    &CliOptions {
+      dev: false,
+      features: build_options.features.clone(),
+      args: build_options.args.clone(),
+      noise_level,
+      vars: Default::default(),
+      config: build_options.config.clone(),
+      target_device: None,
+    },
     dirs.tauri,
   )?;
 
@@ -328,7 +336,7 @@ pub fn run(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: &Dirs) -> Result<Bui
     &mut config,
     &mut env,
     noise_level,
-    &dirs,
+    dirs,
   )?;
 
   if open {
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
index 4fe2c4dbecae..827f4e819779 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/ios/dev.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ fn run_command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: Dirs) -> Result<
     .map(|d| d.target().triple.to_string())
     .unwrap_or_else(|| "aarch64-apple-ios".into());
   dev_options.target = Some(target_triple.clone());
+  dev_options.args.push("--lib".into());
 
   let tauri_config = get_tauri_config(
     tauri_utils::platform::Target::Ios,
@@ -195,7 +196,15 @@ fn run_command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel, dirs: Dirs) -> Result<
     &app,
     &tauri_config,
     &dev_options.features,
-    &Default::default(),
+    &CliOptions {
+      dev: true,
+      features: dev_options.features.clone(),
+      args: dev_options.args.clone(),
+      noise_level,
+      vars: Default::default(),
+      config: dev_options.config.clone(),
+      target_device: None,
+    },
     dirs.tauri,
   )?;
 
@@ -297,7 +306,7 @@ fn run_dev(
     )?;
   }
 
-  crate::dev::setup(&interface, &mut dev_options, &mut tauri_config, &dirs)?;
+  crate::dev::setup(&interface, &mut dev_options, &mut tauri_config, dirs)?;
 
   let app_settings = interface.app_settings();
   let out_dir = app_settings.out_dir(
@@ -360,7 +369,7 @@ fn run_dev(
         open_xcode()
       }
     },
-    &dirs,
+    dirs,
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/mod.rs b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/mod.rs
index f7ab30357f62..2e85355f32aa 100644
--- a/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/tauri-cli/src/mobile/mod.rs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ impl Default for DevHost {
   }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct CliOptions {
   pub dev: bool,
   pub features: Vec<String>,
@@ -177,20 +177,6 @@ pub struct CliOptions {
   pub target_device: Option<TargetDevice>,
 }
 
-impl Default for CliOptions {
-  fn default() -> Self {
-    Self {
-      dev: false,
-      features: Vec::new(),
-      args: vec!["--lib".into()],
-      noise_level: Default::default(),
-      vars: Default::default(),
-      config: Vec::new(),
-      target_device: None,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 fn local_ip_address(force: bool) -> &'static IpAddr {
   static LOCAL_IP: OnceLock<IpAddr> = OnceLock::new();
   LOCAL_IP.get_or_init(|| {