diff --git a/autoload/vimtex/latexmk.vim b/autoload/vimtex/latexmk.vim
index 5c9b2fe..c532cb9 100644
--- a/autoload/vimtex/latexmk.vim
+++ b/autoload/vimtex/latexmk.vim
@@ -411,7 +411,9 @@ function! s:latexmk_build_cmd() " {{{1
     endif
   endif
 
-  let cmd .= ' -verbose -pdf ' . g:vimtex_latexmk_options
+  let cmd .= ' -verbose -pdf'
+  let cmd .= ' -pdflatex="pdflatex --interaction=nonstopmode" '
+  let cmd .= g:vimtex_latexmk_options
 
   if g:vimtex_latexmk_file_line_error
     let cmd .= ' -e ' . vimtex#util#shellescape(