diff --git a/lib/cmdline/cmdline.c b/lib/cmdline/cmdline.c
index cd212b4dbd3..730aaa53a8e 100644
--- a/lib/cmdline/cmdline.c
+++ b/lib/cmdline/cmdline.c
@@ -243,6 +243,10 @@ bool samba_cmdline_burn(int argc, char *argv[])
 			ulen = 6;
 			found = true;
 			is_user = true;
+		} else if (strneq_cmdline_exact(p, "--username", 10)) {
+			ulen = 10;
+			found = true;
+			is_user = true;
 		} else if (strncmp(p, "--", 2) == 0 && strstr(p, "pass")) {
 			/*
 			 * We have many secret options like --password,
diff --git a/selftest/knownfail.d/cmdline b/selftest/knownfail.d/cmdline
deleted file mode 100644
index c9e4a86609c..00000000000
--- a/selftest/knownfail.d/cmdline
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-^samba.unittests.cmdline.torture_cmdline_burn.none.$