diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index b59de81a2..118b974fc 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ let implicit_sdk_root =
 let startup_action =
   let open CLOpt in
   if infer_is_javac then Javac
-  else if !Sys.interactive then NoParse
+  else if !Sys.interactive || String.is_substring ~substring:"inferunit" exe_basename then NoParse
   else if infer_is_clang then NoParse
   else InferCommand