diff --git a/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/CommandParser.swift b/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/CommandParser.swift
index 8875772b..f037f5d6 100644
--- a/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/CommandParser.swift
+++ b/Sources/ArgumentParser/Parsing/CommandParser.swift
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ extension CommandParser {
       // after decoding a command, make sure to validate it
       do {
         try parsedCommand.validate()
+        var lastArgument = decodedArguments.removeLast()
+        lastArgument.value = parsedCommand
+        decodedArguments.append(lastArgument)
       } catch {
         try checkForBuiltInFlags(split)
         throw CommandError(commandStack: commandStack, parserError: ParserError.userValidationError(error))
diff --git a/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/ValidationEndToEndTests.swift b/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/ValidationEndToEndTests.swift
index 8228c490..79e2cda2 100644
--- a/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/ValidationEndToEndTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ArgumentParserEndToEndTests/ValidationEndToEndTests.swift
@@ -146,3 +146,28 @@ extension ValidationEndToEndTests {
     AssertFullErrorMessage(Foo.self, ["--fail-silently", "Joe"], "")
   }
 }
+
+fileprivate struct FooCommand: ParsableCommand {
+  @Flag(help: .hidden)
+  var foo = false
+  @Flag(help: .hidden)
+  var bar = false
+
+  mutating func validate() throws {
+    if foo {
+      // --foo implies --bar
+      bar = true
+    }
+  }
+
+  func run() throws {
+    XCTAssertEqual(foo, bar)
+  }
+}
+
+extension ValidationEndToEndTests {
+  func testMutationsPreserved() throws {
+    var foo = try FooCommand.parseAsRoot(["--foo"])
+    try foo.run()
+  }
+}