diff --git a/net/net.sh b/net/net.sh
index 04d24fc7e..96fe6e95b 100755
--- a/net/net.sh
+++ b/net/net.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ updateManifestKeypairFile=
 updateDownloadUrl=
 numBenchTpsClients=0
 numBenchExchangeClients=0
+benchTpsExtraArgs=
+benchExchangeExtraArgs=
 
 command=$1
 [[ -n $command ]] || usage
@@ -128,13 +130,15 @@ while getopts "h?T:t:o:f:rD:i:c:" opt; do
   c)
     getClientTypeAndNum() {
       if ! [[ $OPTARG == *'='* ]]; then
-        echo "Error: Expecting keypair \"clientType=numClientType\" but got \"$OPTARG\""
+        echo "Error: Expecting tuple \"clientType=numClientType=extraArgs\" but got \"$OPTARG\""
         exit 1
       fi
+      set -x
       local keyValue
       IFS='=' read -ra keyValue <<< "$OPTARG"
       local clientType=${keyValue[0]}
       local numClients=${keyValue[1]}
+      local extraArgs=${keyValue[2]}
       re='^[0-9]+$'
       if ! [[ $numClients =~ $re ]] ; then
         echo "error: numClientType must be a number but got \"$numClients\""
@@ -143,9 +147,11 @@ while getopts "h?T:t:o:f:rD:i:c:" opt; do
       case $clientType in
         bench-tps)
           numBenchTpsClients=$numClients
+          benchTpsExtraArgs=$extraArgs
         ;;
         bench-exchange)
           numBenchExchangeClients=$numClients
+          benchExchangeExtraArgs=$extraArgs
         ;;
         *)
           echo "Unknown client type: $clientType"
@@ -310,7 +316,8 @@ startClient() {
     set -x
     startCommon "$ipAddress"
     ssh "${sshOptions[@]}" -f "$ipAddress" \
-      "./solana/net/remote/remote-client.sh $deployMethod $entrypointIp $clientToRun \"$RUST_LOG\""
+      "./solana/net/remote/remote-client.sh $deployMethod $entrypointIp \
+      $clientToRun \"$RUST_LOG\" \"$benchTpsExtraArgs\" \"$benchExchangeExtraArgs\""
   ) >> "$logFile" 2>&1 || {
     cat "$logFile"
     echo "^^^ +++"
diff --git a/net/remote/remote-client.sh b/net/remote/remote-client.sh
index b44790158..b94983fd4 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-client.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-client.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ deployMethod="$1"
 entrypointIp="$2"
 clientToRun="$3"
 RUST_LOG="$4"
+benchTpsExtraArgs="$5"
+benchExchangeExtraArgs="$6"
 export RUST_LOG=${RUST_LOG:-solana=info} # if RUST_LOG is unset, default to info
 
 missing() {
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ solana-bench-tps)
       --duration 7500 \
       --sustained \
       --threads $threadCount \
+      $benchTpsExtraArgs \
   "
   ;;
 solana-bench-exchange)
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ solana-bench-exchange)
       --fund-amount 20000 \
       --duration 7500 \
       --identity bench.keypair \
+      $benchExchangeExtraArgs \
   "
   ;;
 *)