diff --git a/crates/nu-engine/src/eval_ir.rs b/crates/nu-engine/src/eval_ir.rs
index b3c6d0d0d8..802f58e249 100644
--- a/crates/nu-engine/src/eval_ir.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-engine/src/eval_ir.rs
@@ -1159,6 +1159,7 @@ fn gather_arguments(
 
     // Arguments that didn't get consumed by required/optional
     let mut rest = vec![];
+    let mut rest_span: Option<Span> = None;
 
     // If we encounter a spread, all further positionals should go to rest
     let mut always_spread = false;
@@ -1178,12 +1179,19 @@ fn gather_arguments(
                     }
                     callee_stack.add_var(var_id, val);
                 } else {
+                    rest_span = Some(rest_span.map_or(val.span(), |s| s.append(val.span())));
                     rest.push(val);
                 }
             }
-            Argument::Spread { vals, .. } => {
+            Argument::Spread {
+                vals,
+                span: spread_span,
+                ..
+            } => {
                 if let Value::List { vals, .. } = vals {
                     rest.extend(vals);
+                    // Rest variable should span the spread syntax, not the list values
+                    rest_span = Some(rest_span.map_or(spread_span, |s| s.append(spread_span)));
                     // All further positional args should go to spread
                     always_spread = true;
                 } else if let Value::Error { error, .. } = vals {
@@ -1218,7 +1226,7 @@ fn gather_arguments(
 
     // Add the collected rest of the arguments if a spread argument exists
     if let Some(rest_arg) = &block.signature.rest_positional {
-        let rest_span = rest.first().map(|v| v.span()).unwrap_or(call_head);
+        let rest_span = rest_span.unwrap_or(call_head);
         let var_id = expect_positional_var_id(rest_arg, rest_span)?;
         callee_stack.add_var(var_id, Value::list(rest, rest_span));
     }
diff --git a/tests/repl/test_engine.rs b/tests/repl/test_engine.rs
index c7fca8b2e8..22d81f08cb 100644
--- a/tests/repl/test_engine.rs
+++ b/tests/repl/test_engine.rs
@@ -439,6 +439,14 @@ fn better_operator_spans() -> TestResult {
     )
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn call_rest_arg_span() -> TestResult {
+    run_test(
+        r#"let l = [2, 3]; def foo [...rest] { metadata $rest | view span $in.span.start $in.span.end }; foo 1 ...$l"#,
+        "1 ...$l",
+    )
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn range_right_exclusive() -> TestResult {
     run_test(r#"[1, 4, 5, 8, 9] | slice 1..<3 | math sum"#, "9")