diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index 0fa4cc91fc79..d675882db4ec 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -2172,6 +2172,7 @@ def generate_swift_target(self, target):
                 srctreedir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.environment.get_build_dir(), self.build_to_src, expdir))
                 sargs = swiftc.get_include_args(srctreedir, False)
                 compile_args += sargs
+        compile_args += target.get_extra_args('swift')
         link_args = swiftc.get_output_args(os.path.join(self.environment.get_build_dir(), self.get_target_filename(target)))
         link_args += self.build.get_project_link_args(swiftc, target.subproject, target.for_machine)
         link_args += self.build.get_global_link_args(swiftc, target.for_machine)
diff --git a/test cases/swift/8 extra args/main.swift b/test cases/swift/8 extra args/main.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ff8e07c7075
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/swift/8 extra args/main.swift	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print("test")
diff --git a/test cases/swift/8 extra args/meson.build b/test cases/swift/8 extra args/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ead2ff509fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/swift/8 extra args/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+project('extra args', 'swift')
+
+trace_fname = 'trace.json'
+
+lib = static_library('main',
+  'main.swift',
+  swift_args: [
+    '-emit-loaded-module-trace',
+    '-emit-loaded-module-trace-path', '../' + trace_fname
+  ],
+)
+
+custom_target('trace_check',
+  output: trace_fname,
+  command: ['cat', '@OUTPUT@'],
+  depends: lib,
+  build_always: true,
+)