diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index 7906e7a..f5c1a18 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -2228,6 +2228,9 @@ prop_checkUnassignedReferences37= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "var=h
 prop_checkUnassignedReferences38= verifyTree (checkUnassignedReferences' True) "echo $VAR"
 prop_checkUnassignedReferences39= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "builtin export var=4; echo $var"
 prop_checkUnassignedReferences40= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences ": ${foo=bar}"
+prop_checkUnassignedReferences41= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "mapfile -t files 123; echo \"${files[@]}\""
+prop_checkUnassignedReferences42= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "mapfile files -t; echo \"${files[@]}\""
+prop_checkUnassignedReferences43= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "mapfile --future files; echo \"${files[@]}\""
 
 checkUnassignedReferences = checkUnassignedReferences' False
 checkUnassignedReferences' includeGlobals params t = warnings
diff --git a/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs b/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
index 1ff50b2..596340b 100644
--- a/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
+++ b/src/ShellCheck/AnalyzerLib.hs
@@ -658,13 +658,30 @@ getModifiedVariableCommand base@(T_SimpleCommand id cmdPrefix (T_NormalWord _ (T
         f [] = fail "not found"
 
     -- mapfile has some curious syntax allowing flags plus 0..n variable names
-    -- where only the first non-option one is used if any. Here we cheat and
-    -- just get the last one, if it's a variable name.
-    getMapfileArray base arguments = do
-        lastArg <- listToMaybe (reverse arguments)
-        name <- getLiteralString lastArg
-        guard $ isVariableName name
-        return (base, lastArg, name, DataArray SourceExternal)
+    -- where only the first non-option one is used if any.
+    getMapfileArray base rest = parseArgs `mplus` fallback
+      where
+        parseArgs :: Maybe (Token, Token, String, DataType)
+        parseArgs = do
+            args <- getGnuOpts "d:n:O:s:u:C:c:t" base
+            let names = map snd $ filter (\(x,y) -> null x) args
+            if null names
+                then
+                    return (base, base, "MAPFILE", DataArray SourceExternal)
+                else do
+                    first <- listToMaybe names
+                    name <- getLiteralString first
+                    guard $ isVariableName name
+                    return (base, first, name, DataArray SourceExternal)
+        -- If arg parsing fails (due to bad or new flags), get the last variable name
+        fallback :: Maybe (Token, Token, String, DataType)
+        fallback = do
+            (name, token) <- listToMaybe . mapMaybe f $ reverse rest
+            return (base, token, name, DataArray SourceExternal)
+        f arg = do
+            name <- getLiteralString arg
+            guard $ isVariableName name
+            return (name, arg)
 
     -- get all the array variables used in read, e.g. read -a arr
     getReadArrayVariables args =