diff --git a/packages/codemods/src/action.ts b/packages/codemods/src/action.ts
index 8d12902077..46e50ead77 100644
--- a/packages/codemods/src/action.ts
+++ b/packages/codemods/src/action.ts
@@ -36,9 +36,18 @@ export function createCodemodAction(name: string) {
       '--transform',
       transformPath,
       '--ignore-pattern=**/node_modules/**',
-      ...(cmd.args.length ? cmd.args : ['.']),
     ];
 
+    if (cmd.dry) {
+      args.push('--dry');
+    }
+
+    if (cmd.args.length) {
+      args.push(...cmd.args);
+    } else {
+      args.push('.');
+    }
+
     console.log(`Running jscodeshift with these arguments: ${args.join(' ')}`);
 
     const jscodeshiftScript = require.resolve('.bin/jscodeshift');