diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
index a6641d1cf..4e832a129 100644
--- a/command/apply.go
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(rawArgs []string) int {
 	}
 
 	// Build the operation request
-	opReq, opDiags := c.OperationRequest(be, view, planFile, args.Operation)
+	opReq, opDiags := c.OperationRequest(be, view, planFile, args.Operation, args.AutoApprove)
 	diags = diags.Append(opDiags)
 
 	// Collect variable value and add them to the operation request
@@ -226,7 +226,12 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) PrepareBackend(planFile *planfile.Reader, args *arguments
 	return be, diags
 }
 
-func (c *ApplyCommand) OperationRequest(be backend.Enhanced, view views.Apply, planFile *planfile.Reader, args *arguments.Operation,
+func (c *ApplyCommand) OperationRequest(
+	be backend.Enhanced,
+	view views.Apply,
+	planFile *planfile.Reader,
+	args *arguments.Operation,
+	autoApprove bool,
 ) (*backend.Operation, tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 	var diags tfdiags.Diagnostics
 
@@ -237,7 +242,7 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) OperationRequest(be backend.Enhanced, view views.Apply, p
 
 	// Build the operation
 	opReq := c.Operation(be)
-	opReq.AutoApprove = args.AutoApprove
+	opReq.AutoApprove = autoApprove
 	opReq.ConfigDir = "."
 	opReq.Destroy = c.Destroy
 	opReq.Hooks = view.Hooks()
diff --git a/command/arguments/apply.go b/command/arguments/apply.go
index 5f4e98bcb..0db576b18 100644
--- a/command/arguments/apply.go
+++ b/command/arguments/apply.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ type Apply struct {
 	Operation *Operation
 	Vars      *Vars
 
+	// AutoApprove skips the manual verification step for the apply operation.
+	AutoApprove bool
+
 	// InputEnabled is used to disable interactive input for unspecified
 	// variable and backend config values. Default is true.
 	InputEnabled bool
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ func ParseApply(args []string) (*Apply, tfdiags.Diagnostics) {
 	}
 
 	cmdFlags := extendedFlagSet("apply", apply.State, apply.Operation, apply.Vars)
+	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&apply.AutoApprove, "auto-approve", false, "auto-approve")
 	cmdFlags.BoolVar(&apply.InputEnabled, "input", true, "input")
 
 	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
diff --git a/command/arguments/apply_test.go b/command/arguments/apply_test.go
index bed0ed5b3..65dfae472 100644
--- a/command/arguments/apply_test.go
+++ b/command/arguments/apply_test.go
@@ -16,14 +16,16 @@ func TestParseApply_basicValid(t *testing.T) {
 		"defaults": {
 			nil,
 			&Apply{
+				AutoApprove:  false,
 				InputEnabled: true,
 				PlanPath:     "",
 				ViewType:     ViewHuman,
 			},
 		},
-		"disabled input and plan path": {
-			[]string{"-input=false", "saved.tfplan"},
+		"auto-approve, disabled input, and plan path": {
+			[]string{"-auto-approve", "-input=false", "saved.tfplan"},
 			&Apply{
+				AutoApprove:  true,
 				InputEnabled: false,
 				PlanPath:     "saved.tfplan",
 				ViewType:     ViewHuman,
diff --git a/command/arguments/extended.go b/command/arguments/extended.go
index 1b345b9c9..48b83cab5 100644
--- a/command/arguments/extended.go
+++ b/command/arguments/extended.go
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ type State struct {
 // Operation describes arguments which are used to configure how a Terraform
 // operation such as a plan or apply executes.
 type Operation struct {
-	// AutoApprove skips the manual verification step for the apply operation.
-	AutoApprove bool
-
 	// Parallelism is the limit Terraform places on total parallel operations
 	// as it walks the dependency graph.
 	Parallelism int
@@ -141,7 +138,6 @@ func extendedFlagSet(name string, state *State, operation *Operation, vars *Vars
 	}
 
 	if operation != nil {
-		f.BoolVar(&operation.AutoApprove, "auto-approve", false, "auto-approve")
 		f.IntVar(&operation.Parallelism, "parallelism", DefaultParallelism, "parallelism")
 		f.BoolVar(&operation.Refresh, "refresh", true, "refresh")
 		f.Var((*flagStringSlice)(&operation.targetsRaw), "target", "target")