diff --git a/mteb/cli.py b/mteb/cli.py
index b891d381f4..65d6938416 100644
--- a/mteb/cli.py
+++ b/mteb/cli.py
@@ -122,12 +122,16 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
     model = mteb.get_model(args.model, args.model_revision, device=device)
 
-    tasks = mteb.get_tasks(
-        categories=args.categories,
-        task_types=args.task_types,
-        languages=args.languages,
-        tasks=args.tasks,
-    )
+    if args.benchmarks:
+        tasks = mteb.get_benchmarks(names=args.benchmarks)
+    else:
+        tasks = mteb.get_tasks(
+            categories=args.categories,
+            task_types=args.task_types,
+            languages=args.languages,
+            tasks=args.tasks,
+        )
+
     eval = mteb.MTEB(tasks=tasks)
 
     encode_kwargs = {}
@@ -153,7 +157,7 @@ def run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
 
 
 def available_benchmarks(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
-    benchmarks = mteb.get_benchmarks()
+    benchmarks = mteb.get_benchmarks(names=args.benchmarks)
     eval = mteb.MTEB(tasks=benchmarks)
     eval.mteb_benchmarks()
 
@@ -169,6 +173,18 @@ def available_tasks(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     eval.mteb_tasks()
 
 
+def add_benchmark_selection_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
+    """Adds arguments to the parser for filtering benchmarks by name."""
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-b",
+        "--benchmarks",
+        nargs="+",
+        type=str,
+        default=None,
+        help="List of benchmark to be evaluated.",
+    )
+
+
 def add_task_selection_args(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser) -> None:
     """Adds arguments to the parser for filtering tasks by type, category, language, and task name."""
     parser.add_argument(
@@ -216,7 +232,7 @@ def add_available_benchmarks_parser(subparsers) -> None:
     parser = subparsers.add_parser(
         "available_benchmarks", help="List the available benchmarks within MTEB"
     )
-    add_task_selection_args(parser)
+    add_benchmark_selection_args(parser)
 
     parser.set_defaults(func=available_benchmarks)
 
@@ -232,6 +248,7 @@ def add_run_parser(subparsers) -> None:
     )
 
     add_task_selection_args(parser)
+    add_benchmark_selection_args(parser)
 
     parser.add_argument(
         "--device", type=int, default=None, help="Device to use for computation"
diff --git a/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py b/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py
index 70f3e21ca8..d28b3a1bf6 100644
--- a/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py
+++ b/mteb/evaluation/MTEB.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import traceback
 from copy import copy
 from datetime import datetime
+from itertools import chain
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import time
 from typing import Any, Iterable
@@ -52,12 +53,17 @@ def __init__(
             err_logs_path: Path to save error logs.
             kwargs: Additional arguments to be passed to the tasks
         """
+        from mteb.benchmarks import Benchmark
+
         self.deprecation_warning(
             task_types, task_categories, task_langs, tasks, version
         )
 
         if tasks is not None:
             self._tasks = tasks
+            if isinstance(tasks[0], Benchmark):
+                self.benchmarks = tasks
+                self._tasks = list(chain.from_iterable(tasks))
             assert (
                 task_types is None and task_categories is None
             ), "Cannot specify both `tasks` and `task_types`/`task_categories`"
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@ def _display_tasks(self, task_list, name=None):
 
     def mteb_benchmarks(self):
         """Get all benchmarks available in the MTEB."""
-        for benchmark in self._tasks:
+        for benchmark in self.benchmarks:
             name = benchmark.name
             self._display_tasks(benchmark.tasks, name=name)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark.py b/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark.py
index 612705fe72..e29d4be5ce 100644
--- a/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark.py
+++ b/tests/test_benchmark/test_benchmark.py
@@ -159,6 +159,19 @@ def test_run_using_benchmark(model: mteb.Encoder):
     )  # we just want to test that it runs
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("model", [MockNumpyEncoder()])
+def test_run_using_list_of_benchmark(model: mteb.Encoder):
+    """Test that a list of benchmark objects can be run using the MTEB class."""
+    bench = [
+        Benchmark(name="test_bench", tasks=mteb.get_tasks(tasks=["STS12", "SummEval"]))
+    ]
+
+    eval = mteb.MTEB(tasks=bench)
+    eval.run(
+        model, output_folder="tests/results", overwrite_results=True
+    )  # we just want to test that it runs
+
+
 def test_benchmark_names_must_be_unique():
     import mteb.benchmarks.benchmarks as benchmark_module
 
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 1d0400e985..00f7483f50 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ def test_available_benchmarks():
     assert result.returncode == 0, "Command failed"
     assert (
         "MTEB(eng)" in result.stdout
-    ), "Sample benchmark MTEB(eng) task not found in available bencmarks"
+    ), "Sample benchmark MTEB(eng) task not found in available benchmarks"
 
 
 run_task_fixures = [
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ def test_run_task(
         co2_tracker=None,
         overwrite=True,
         eval_splits=None,
+        benchmarks=None,
     )
 
     run(args)