diff --git a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
index 901201ff5e..b751941403 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
+++ b/cmd/tools/modules/testing/common.v
@@ -450,6 +450,11 @@ fn worker_trunner(mut p pool.PoolProcessor, idx int, thread_id int) voidptr {
 	} else {
 		fname_without_extension
 	}
+	mut details := get_test_details(file)
+	if details.vflags != '' && !is_fmt {
+		cmd_options << details.vflags
+	}
+
 	reproduce_options := cmd_options.clone()
 	generated_binary_fpath := os.join_path_single(test_folder_path, generated_binary_fname)
 	if produces_file_output {
@@ -475,7 +480,6 @@ fn worker_trunner(mut p pool.PoolProcessor, idx int, thread_id int) voidptr {
 	} else {
 		os.quoted_path(generated_binary_fpath)
 	}
-	mut details := get_test_details(file)
 	mut should_be_built := true
 	if details.vbuild != '' {
 		should_be_built = ts.build_environment.eval(details.vbuild) or {
@@ -817,6 +821,7 @@ pub mut:
 	hide_retries bool   // when true, all retry tries are silent; used by `vlib/v/tests/retry_test.v`
 	vbuild       string // could be `!(windows && tinyc)`
 	vbuild_line  int    // for more precise error reporting, if the `vbuild` expression is incorrect
+	vflags       string // custom compilation flags for the test (enables for example: `// vtest vflags: -w`, for tests that have known warnings, but should still pass with -W)
 }
 
 pub fn get_test_details(file string) TestDetails {
@@ -836,6 +841,9 @@ pub fn get_test_details(file string) TestDetails {
 			res.vbuild = line.all_after(':').trim_space()
 			res.vbuild_line = idx + 1
 		}
+		if line.starts_with('// vtest vflags:') {
+			res.vflags = line.all_after(':').trim_space()
+		}
 		if line.starts_with('// vtest hide_retries') {
 			res.hide_retries = true
 		}
diff --git a/vlib/json/tests/json_encode_default_option_none_test.v b/vlib/json/tests/json_encode_default_option_none_test.v
index 3add0e3425..cbfdd6e240 100644
--- a/vlib/json/tests/json_encode_default_option_none_test.v
+++ b/vlib/json/tests/json_encode_default_option_none_test.v
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// vtest vflags: -w
 module main
 
 import json
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index 35214e5b2d..3df32ed565 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -797,12 +797,14 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 			}
 			'-w' {
 				res.skip_warnings = true
+				res.warns_are_errors = false
 			}
 			'-N' {
 				res.notes_are_errors = true
 			}
 			'-n' {
 				res.skip_notes = true
+				res.notes_are_errors = false
 			}
 			'-no-rsp' {
 				res.no_rsp = true