diff --git a/base/PerfOptions.php b/base/PerfOptions.php
index 59b89c0..4fe0b53 100644
--- a/base/PerfOptions.php
+++ b/base/PerfOptions.php
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ final class PerfOptions {
   public string $nginx;
 
   public bool $skipSanityCheck = false;
+  public bool $skipWarmUp = false;
   public bool $skipVersionChecks = false;
   public bool $skipDatabaseInstall = false;
   public bool $dumpIsCompressed = true;
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ public function __construct(Vector<string> $argv) {
       'no-time-limit',
 
       'skip-sanity-check',
+      'skip-warmup',
       'skip-version-checks',
       'skip-database-install',
       'trace',
@@ -216,6 +218,7 @@ public function __construct(Vector<string> $argv) {
     $this->args = $o;
 
     $this->skipSanityCheck = $this->getBool('skip-sanity-check');
+    $this->skipWarmUp = $this->getBool('skip-warmup');
     $this->skipVersionChecks = $this->getBool('skip-version-checks');
     $this->skipDatabaseInstall = $this->getBool('skip-database-install');
     $this->noTimeLimit = $this->getBool('no-time-limit');
diff --git a/base/PerfRunner.php b/base/PerfRunner.php
index 87087b7..8de0f7f 100644
--- a/base/PerfRunner.php
+++ b/base/PerfRunner.php
@@ -96,28 +96,36 @@ private static function RunWithOptionsAndEngine(
       $target->sanityCheck();
     }
 
-    self::PrintProgress('Starting Siege for single request warmup');
-    $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::WARMUP);
-    $siege->start();
-    invariant($siege->isRunning(), 'Failed to start siege');
-    $siege->wait();
+    if (!$options->skipWarmUp) {
+      self::PrintProgress('Starting Siege for single request warmup');
+      $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::WARMUP);
+      $siege->start();
+      invariant($siege->isRunning(), 'Failed to start siege');
+      $siege->wait();
+
+      invariant(!$siege->isRunning(), 'Siege is still running :/');
+      invariant($php_engine->isRunning(), get_class($php_engine).' crashed');
+    } else {
+      self::PrintProgress('Skipping single request warmup');
+    }
 
-    invariant(!$siege->isRunning(), 'Siege is still running :/');
-    invariant($php_engine->isRunning(), get_class($php_engine).' crashed');
+    if (!$options->skipWarmUp) {
+      self::PrintProgress('Starting Siege for multi request warmup');
+      $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::WARMUP_MULTI);
+      $siege->start();
+      invariant($siege->isRunning(), 'Failed to start siege');
+      $siege->wait();
 
-    self::PrintProgress('Starting Siege for multi request warmup');
-    $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::WARMUP_MULTI);
-    $siege->start();
-    invariant($siege->isRunning(), 'Failed to start siege');
-    $siege->wait();
-
-    invariant(!$siege->isRunning(), 'Siege is still running :/');
-    invariant($php_engine->isRunning(), get_class($php_engine).' crashed');
+      invariant(!$siege->isRunning(), 'Siege is still running :/');
+      invariant($php_engine->isRunning(), get_class($php_engine).' crashed');
+    } else {
+      self::PrintProgress('Skipping multi request warmup');
+    }
 
     self::PrintProgress('Clearing nginx access.log');
     $nginx->clearAccessLog();
 
-    self::PrintProgress('Running Siege for benchmark');
+    self::PrintProgress('Starting Siege for benchmark');
     $siege = new Siege($options, $target, RequestModes::BENCHMARK);
     $siege->start();
     invariant($siege->isRunning(), 'Siege failed to start');