diff --git a/commitizen/cli.py b/commitizen/cli.py
index 7f4d4893c0..212c89b6f7 100644
--- a/commitizen/cli.py
+++ b/commitizen/cli.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     CommitizenException,
     ExitCode,
     ExpectedExit,
+    InvalidCommandArgumentError,
     NoCommandFoundError,
 )
 
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ def main():
 
     # This is for the command required constraint in 2.0
     try:
-        args = parser.parse_args()
+        args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args()
     except (TypeError, SystemExit) as e:
         # https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues/429
         # argparse raises TypeError when non exist command is provided on Python < 3.9
@@ -450,6 +451,28 @@ def main():
             raise NoCommandFoundError()
         raise e
 
+    arguments = vars(args)
+    if unknown_args:
+        # Raise error for extra-args without -- separation
+        if "--" not in unknown_args:
+            raise InvalidCommandArgumentError(
+                f"Invalid commitizen arguments were found: `{' '.join(unknown_args)}`. "
+                "Please use -- separator for extra git args"
+            )
+        # Raise error for extra-args before --
+        elif unknown_args[0] != "--":
+            pos = unknown_args.index("--")
+            raise InvalidCommandArgumentError(
+                f"Invalid commitizen arguments were found before -- separator: `{' '.join(unknown_args[:pos])}`. "
+            )
+        # Log warning for -- without any extra args
+        elif len(unknown_args) == 1:
+            logger.warning(
+                "\nWARN: Incomplete commit command: received -- separator without any following git arguments\n"
+            )
+        extra_args = " ".join(unknown_args[1:])
+        arguments["extra_cli_args"] = extra_args
+
     if args.name:
         conf.update({"name": args.name})
     elif not args.name and not conf.path:
@@ -465,7 +488,7 @@ def main():
         )
         sys.excepthook = no_raise_debug_excepthook
 
-    args.func(conf, vars(args))()
+    args.func(conf, arguments)()
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/commitizen/commands/commit.py b/commitizen/commands/commit.py
index 39cab33b5c..adb630af86 100644
--- a/commitizen/commands/commit.py
+++ b/commitizen/commands/commit.py
@@ -98,9 +98,14 @@ def __call__(self):
         )
 
         if signoff:
-            c = git.commit(m, "-s")
+            out.warn(
+                "signoff mechanic is deprecated, please use `cz commit -- -s` instead."
+            )
+            extra_args = self.arguments.get("extra_cli_args", "--") + " -s"
         else:
-            c = git.commit(m)
+            extra_args = self.arguments.get("extra_cli_args", "")
+
+        c = git.commit(m, args=extra_args)
 
         if c.return_code != 0:
             out.error(c.err)
diff --git a/commitizen/git.py b/commitizen/git.py
index 67652b9516..46aa3abffc 100644
--- a/commitizen/git.py
+++ b/commitizen/git.py
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ def add(args: str = "") -> cmd.Command:
 
 
 def commit(
-    message: str, args: str = "", committer_date: str | None = None
+    message: str,
+    args: str = "",
+    committer_date: str | None = None,
 ) -> cmd.Command:
     f = NamedTemporaryFile("wb", delete=False)
     f.write(message.encode("utf-8"))
diff --git a/docs/bump.md b/docs/bump.md
index 287d4e1e35..e58a11e18d 100644
--- a/docs/bump.md
+++ b/docs/bump.md
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ These are used in:
 
 * `cz bump`: Find previous release tag (exact match) and generate new tag.
 * Find previous release tags in `cz changelog`.
-  * If `--incremental`: Using latest version found in the changelog, scan existing Git tags with 89\% similarity match. 
+  * If `--incremental`: Using latest version found in the changelog, scan existing Git tags with 89\% similarity match.
   * `--rev-range` is converted to Git tag names with `tag_format` before searching Git history.
 * If the `scm` `version_provider` is used, it uses different regexes to find the previous version tags:
   * If `tag_format` is set to `$version` (default): `VersionProtocol.parser` (allows `v` prefix)
diff --git a/docs/commit.md b/docs/commit.md
index ab6038946c..2215e0d805 100644
--- a/docs/commit.md
+++ b/docs/commit.md
@@ -4,28 +4,28 @@
 
 In your terminal run `cz commit` or the shortcut `cz c` to generate a guided git commit.
 
-A commit can be signed off using `cz commit --signoff` or the shortcut `cz commit -s`.
-
 You can run `cz commit --write-message-to-file COMMIT_MSG_FILE` to additionally save the
 generated message to a file. This can be combined with the `--dry-run` flag to only
 write the message to a file and not modify files and create a commit. A possible use
 case for this is to [automatically prepare a commit message](./tutorials/auto_prepare_commit_message.md).
 
-!!! note
-    To maintain platform compatibility, the `commit` command disables ANSI escaping in its output.
-    In particular, pre-commit hooks coloring will be deactivated as discussed in [commitizen-tools/commitizen#417](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues/417).
-
-## Configuration
 
-### `always_signoff`
+!!! note
+    To maintain platform compatibility, the `commit` command disable ANSI escaping in its output.
+    In particular pre-commit hooks coloring will be deactivated as discussed in [commitizen-tools/commitizen#417](https://github.com/commitizen-tools/commitizen/issues/417).
 
-When set to `true`, each commit message created by `cz commit` will be signed off.
 
-Defaults to: `false`.
+### git options
 
-In your `pyproject.toml` or `.cz.toml`:
+`git` command options that are not implemented by commitizen can be use via the `--` syntax for the `commit` command.
+The syntax separates commitizen arguments from `git commit` arguments by a double dash. This is the resulting syntax:
+```sh
+cz commit <commitizen-args> -- <git-cli-args>
 
-```toml
-[tool.commitizen]
-always_signoff = true
+# e.g., cz commit --dry-run -- -a -S
 ```
+For example, using the `-S` option on `git commit` to sign a commit is now commitizen compatible: `cz c -- -S`
+
+!!! note
+    Deprecation warning: A commit can be signed off using `cz commit --signoff` or the shortcut `cz commit -s`.
+    This syntax is now deprecated in favor of the new `cz commit -- -s` syntax.
diff --git a/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py b/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py
index b48ac9d0ed..e3f9989823 100644
--- a/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py
+++ b/tests/commands/test_commit_command.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def test_commit_retry_works(config, mocker: MockFixture):
 
     commands.Commit(config, {"retry": True})()
 
-    commit_mock.assert_called_with("feat: user created\n\ncloses #21")
+    commit_mock.assert_called_with("feat: user created\n\ncloses #21", args="")
     prompt_mock.assert_called_once()
     success_mock.assert_called_once()
     assert not os.path.isfile(temp_file)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ def test_commit_command_with_signoff_option(config, mocker: MockFixture):
 
     commands.Commit(config, {"signoff": True})()
 
-    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, "-s")
+    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, args="-- -s")
     success_mock.assert_called_once()
 
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ def test_commit_command_with_always_signoff_enabled(config, mocker: MockFixture)
     config.settings["always_signoff"] = True
     commands.Commit(config, {})()
 
-    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, "-s")
+    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, args="-- -s")
     success_mock.assert_called_once()
 
 
@@ -276,3 +276,23 @@ def test_commit_command_with_all_option(config, mocker: MockFixture):
     commands.Commit(config, {"all": True})()
     add_mock.assert_called()
     success_mock.assert_called_once()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("staging_is_clean")
+def test_commit_command_with_extra_args(config, mocker: MockFixture):
+    prompt_mock = mocker.patch("questionary.prompt")
+    prompt_mock.return_value = {
+        "prefix": "feat",
+        "subject": "user created",
+        "scope": "",
+        "is_breaking_change": False,
+        "body": "",
+        "footer": "",
+    }
+
+    commit_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.git.commit")
+    commit_mock.return_value = cmd.Command("success", "", b"", b"", 0)
+    success_mock = mocker.patch("commitizen.out.success")
+    commands.Commit(config, {"extra_cli_args": "-- -extra-args1 -extra-arg2"})()
+    commit_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, args="-- -extra-args1 -extra-arg2")
+    success_mock.assert_called_once()
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 6d53ed7ba2..93f6c16ddd 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 from pytest_mock import MockFixture
 
 from commitizen import cli
-from commitizen.exceptions import ExpectedExit, NoCommandFoundError, NotAGitProjectError
+from commitizen.exceptions import (
+    ExpectedExit,
+    NoCommandFoundError,
+    NotAGitProjectError,
+    InvalidCommandArgumentError,
+)
 
 
 def test_sysexit_no_argv(mocker: MockFixture, capsys):
@@ -149,3 +154,21 @@ def test_parse_no_raise_mix_invalid_arg_is_skipped():
     input_str = "NO_COMMITIZEN_FOUND,2,nothing,4"
     result = cli.parse_no_raise(input_str)
     assert result == [1, 2, 4]
+
+
+def test_unknown_args_raises(mocker: MockFixture):
+    testargs = ["cz", "c", "-this_arg_is_not_supported"]
+    mocker.patch.object(sys, "argv", testargs)
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidCommandArgumentError) as excinfo:
+        cli.main()
+    assert "Invalid commitizen arguments were found" in str(excinfo.value)
+
+
+def test_unknown_args_before_double_dash_raises(mocker: MockFixture):
+    testargs = ["cz", "c", "-this_arg_is_not_supported", "--"]
+    mocker.patch.object(sys, "argv", testargs)
+    with pytest.raises(InvalidCommandArgumentError) as excinfo:
+        cli.main()
+    assert "Invalid commitizen arguments were found before -- separator" in str(
+        excinfo.value
+    )