diff --git a/reframe/frontend/autodetect.py b/reframe/frontend/autodetect.py
index 6378155fb..605a54932 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/autodetect.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/autodetect.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def _is_part_local(part):
             part.launcher_type.registered_name == 'local')
 
 
-def _remote_detect(part):
+def _remote_detect(part, cli_job_options):
     use_login_shell = runtime.runtime().get_option('general/0/use_login_shell')
 
     def _emit_script_for_source(job, env):
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def _emit_custom_script(job, env, commands):
                 job = Job.create(part.scheduler,
                                  part.launcher_type(),
                                  name='rfm-detect-job',
-                                 sched_access=part.access)
+                                 sched_access=part.access + cli_job_options)
                 custom_command = runtime.runtime().get_option(
                     'general/0/remote_install'
                 )
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ def _emit_custom_script(job, env, commands):
     return topo_info
 
 
-def detect_topology():
+def detect_topology(cli_job_options=None):
+    cli_job_options = [] if cli_job_options is None else cli_job_options
     rt = runtime.runtime()
     detect_remote_systems = rt.get_option('general/0/remote_detect')
     topo_prefix = osext.expandvars(rt.get_option('general/0/topology_prefix'))
@@ -280,7 +281,9 @@ def detect_topology():
                 _save_info(topo_file, part.processor.info)
             elif detect_remote_systems:
                 with runtime.temp_environment(modules=modules, env_vars=vars):
-                    part._processor = ProcessorInfo(_remote_detect(part))
+                    part._processor = ProcessorInfo(
+                        _remote_detect(part, cli_job_options)
+                    )
 
                 if part.processor.info:
                     _save_info(topo_file, part.processor.info)
diff --git a/reframe/frontend/cli.py b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
index 64f1b9dae..5c699b452 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/cli.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/cli.py
@@ -1109,7 +1109,20 @@ def restrict_logging():
 
         sys.exit(0)
 
-    autodetect.detect_topology()
+    # Need to parse the cli options before autodetection
+    parsed_job_options = []
+    for opt in options.job_options:
+        opt_split = opt.split('=', maxsplit=1)
+        optstr = opt_split[0]
+        valstr = opt_split[1] if len(opt_split) > 1 else ''
+        if opt.startswith('-') or opt.startswith('#'):
+            parsed_job_options.append(opt)
+        elif len(optstr) == 1:
+            parsed_job_options.append(f'-{optstr} {valstr}')
+        else:
+            parsed_job_options.append(f'--{optstr}={valstr}')
+
+    autodetect.detect_topology(parsed_job_options)
     printer.debug(format_env(options.env_vars))
 
     # Setup the check loader
@@ -1224,19 +1237,6 @@ def print_infoline(param, value):
     try:
         logging.getprofiler().enter_region('test processing')
 
-        # Need to parse the cli options before loading the tests
-        parsed_job_options = []
-        for opt in options.job_options:
-            opt_split = opt.split('=', maxsplit=1)
-            optstr = opt_split[0]
-            valstr = opt_split[1] if len(opt_split) > 1 else ''
-            if opt.startswith('-') or opt.startswith('#'):
-                parsed_job_options.append(opt)
-            elif len(optstr) == 1:
-                parsed_job_options.append(f'-{optstr} {valstr}')
-            else:
-                parsed_job_options.append(f'--{optstr}={valstr}')
-
         # Locate and load checks; `force=True` is not needed for normal
         # invocations from the command line and has practically no effect, but
         # it is needed to better emulate the behavior of running reframe's CLI
diff --git a/unittests/test_parameters.py b/unittests/test_parameters.py
index a818a3d8c..1b5826a90 100644
--- a/unittests/test_parameters.py
+++ b/unittests/test_parameters.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import reframe as rfm
 from reframe.core.exceptions import ReframeSyntaxError
-import reframe.core.decorators as decorators
 
 
 class NoParams(rfm.RunOnlyRegressionTest):