diff --git a/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh b/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh
index f7135d3e0..fd5bd4b16 100755
--- a/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh
+++ b/multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ else
   program="$solana_fullnode"
 fi
 
+maybe_entry_stream=
 maybe_init_complete_file=
 maybe_no_leader_rotation=
 
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ while [[ -n $1 ]]; do
   if [[ $1 = --init-complete-file ]]; then
     maybe_init_complete_file="--init-complete-file $2"
     shift 2
+  elif [[ $1 = --entry-stream ]]; then
+    maybe_entry_stream="$1 $2"
+    shift 2
   elif [[ $1 = --no-leader-rotation ]]; then
     maybe_no_leader_rotation="--no-leader-rotation"
     shift
@@ -57,8 +61,9 @@ tune_system
 trap 'kill "$pid" && wait "$pid"' INT TERM
 $solana_ledger_tool --ledger "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-leader-ledger verify
 
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote maybe_init_complete_file
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086 # Don't want to double quote maybe_entry_stream or maybe_init_complete_file
 $program \
+  $maybe_entry_stream \
   $maybe_init_complete_file \
   $maybe_no_leader_rotation \
   --identity "$SOLANA_CONFIG_DIR"/bootstrap-leader.json \