diff --git a/script/stresstest.sh b/script/stresstest.sh
index 4053e87f5e06..87181308db91 100755
--- a/script/stresstest.sh
+++ b/script/stresstest.sh
@@ -5,13 +5,16 @@
 set -e
 
 function usage() {
-  echo "Usage: $0 [package_path] TestName [stress options...]"
+  echo "Usage: $0 [--tags tag1,tag2,...] [package_path] TestName [stress options...]"
   echo ""
+  echo "--tags: Optional comma-separated list of build tags"
   echo "package_path: Path to the Go package containing the tests."
   echo "TestName: Regular expression to match the test to run, equivalent to -test.run."
   echo "[stress options]: Options to pass to the stress command."
   echo ""
-  echo "Example: $0 ./libbeat/common/backoff ^TestBackoff$ -p 32"
+  echo "Examples:"
+  echo "  $0 ./libbeat/common/backoff ^TestBackoff$ -p 32"
+  echo "  $0 --tags integration ./libbeat/common/backoff ^TestBackoff$ -p 32"
 }
 
 if [[ "$1" == "--help" || "$1" == "-h" ]]; then
@@ -19,6 +22,18 @@ if [[ "$1" == "--help" || "$1" == "-h" ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
+# Parse optional --tags parameter
+build_tags=""
+if [[ "$1" == "--tags" ]]; then
+  if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
+    echo "Error: --tags requires a value."
+    usage
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  build_tags="$2"
+  shift 2
+fi
+
 if [[ $# -lt 2 ]]; then
   echo "Error: Missing arguments."
   usage
@@ -32,12 +47,16 @@ if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then
 fi
 
 test_package_path=${1}
-test_exec_file="$(basename $test_package_path).test"
+test_exec_file="$(basename "$test_package_path").test"
 test_regex=${2}
 stress_options=("${@:3}")
 
 cd "$test_package_path"
 rm "$test_exec_file" 2>/dev/null || true
-go test -c -o "./$test_exec_file"
+if [[ -n "$build_tags" ]]; then
+  go test -tags "$build_tags" -c -o "./$test_exec_file"
+else
+  go test -c -o "./$test_exec_file"
+fi
 trap 'rm "./$test_exec_file" 2>/dev/null || true' EXIT INT TERM
 go run golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stress@latest "${stress_options[@]}" "./$test_exec_file" -test.run "$test_regex" -test.v