diff --git a/man/systemd-run.xml b/man/systemd-run.xml
index 386702ac40..9afe4ab446 100644
--- a/man/systemd-run.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-run.xml
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@
         <listitem><para>By default, if the specified command fails the invoked unit will be marked failed
         (though possibly still unloaded, see <option>--collect=</option>, above), and this is reported in the
         logs. If this switch is specified this is suppressed and any non-success exit status/code of the
-        command is treated as success.</para>
+        command is treated as success. This option is not supported in <option>--scope</option> mode.</para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v256"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/run/run.c b/src/run/run.c
index ac6d3c0196..69449ab2ff 100644
--- a/src/run/run.c
+++ b/src/run/run.c
@@ -697,9 +697,9 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
                                        "Scope execution is not supported on remote systems.");
 
-        if (arg_scope && (arg_remain_after_exit || arg_service_type))
+        if (arg_scope && (arg_remain_after_exit || arg_service_type || arg_ignore_failure))
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
-                                       "--remain-after-exit and --service-type= are not supported in --scope mode.");
+                                       "--remain-after-exit, --service-type= and --ignore-failure are not supported in --scope mode.");
 
         if (arg_scope && arg_no_block)
                 return log_error_errno(SYNTHETIC_ERRNO(EINVAL),
diff --git a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.run.sh b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.run.sh
index ec73a0bd1c..9db1a81018 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.run.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-74-AUX-UTILS.run.sh
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ systemd-run --scope \
             --property=RuntimeMaxSec=10 \
             --property=RuntimeMaxSec=infinity \
             true
+(! systemd-run --scope --ignore-failure false)
 
 : "Transient scope (user daemon)"
 # FIXME: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/27883