diff --git a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttmetal.h b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttmetal.h
index 187fa5542f..aa7808bac0 100644
--- a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttmetal.h
+++ b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttmetal.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ tt::target::DataType getTensorDataType(Tensor tensor);
 
 size_t getNumAvailableDevices();
 
-Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs = 1);
+Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs = 1,
+                  std::optional<size_t> l1SmallSize = std::nullopt);
 
 void closeDevice(Device device);
 
diff --git a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h
index b1007d4057..081ef02fe6 100644
--- a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h
+++ b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ tt::target::DataType getTensorDataType(Tensor tensor);
 
 size_t getNumAvailableDevices();
 
-Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs = 1);
+Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs = 1,
+                  std::optional<size_t> l1SmallSize = std::nullopt);
 
 void closeDevice(Device device);
 
diff --git a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/runtime.h b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/runtime.h
index 2f278ffc1c..7725e4b565 100644
--- a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/runtime.h
+++ b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/runtime.h
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ tt::target::DataType getTensorDataType(Tensor tensor);
 
 size_t getNumAvailableDevices();
 
-Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs = 1);
+Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs = 1,
+                  std::optional<size_t> l1SmallSize = std::nullopt);
 
 void closeDevice(Device device);
 
diff --git a/runtime/lib/runtime.cpp b/runtime/lib/runtime.cpp
index c25cfed51b..b0ac1ee43e 100644
--- a/runtime/lib/runtime.cpp
+++ b/runtime/lib/runtime.cpp
@@ -216,16 +216,17 @@ size_t getNumAvailableDevices() {
   LOG_FATAL("runtime is not enabled");
 }
 
-Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs) {
+Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs,
+                  std::optional<size_t> l1SmallSize) {
 #if defined(TT_RUNTIME_ENABLE_TTNN)
   if (getCurrentRuntime() == DeviceRuntime::TTNN) {
-    return ::tt::runtime::ttnn::openDevice(deviceIds, numHWCQs);
+    return ::tt::runtime::ttnn::openDevice(deviceIds, numHWCQs, l1SmallSize);
   }
 #endif
 
 #if defined(TT_RUNTIME_ENABLE_TTMETAL)
   if (getCurrentRuntime() == DeviceRuntime::TTMetal) {
-    return ::tt::runtime::ttmetal::openDevice(deviceIds, numHWCQs);
+    return ::tt::runtime::ttmetal::openDevice(deviceIds, numHWCQs, l1SmallSize);
   }
 #endif
   LOG_FATAL("runtime is not enabled");
diff --git a/runtime/lib/ttmetal/runtime.cpp b/runtime/lib/ttmetal/runtime.cpp
index 9cca242a58..0e84c17cef 100644
--- a/runtime/lib/ttmetal/runtime.cpp
+++ b/runtime/lib/ttmetal/runtime.cpp
@@ -66,13 +66,15 @@ size_t getNumAvailableDevices() {
   return ::tt::tt_metal::GetNumAvailableDevices();
 }
 
-Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs) {
+Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs,
+                  std::optional<size_t> l1SmallSize) {
   LOG_ASSERT(deviceIds.size(), "No devices specified");
 
   ::tt::tt_metal::distributed::MeshShape grid = {1, deviceIds.size()};
+  size_t l1SmallSizeValue = l1SmallSize.value_or(DEFAULT_L1_SMALL_SIZE);
   std::shared_ptr<::tt::tt_metal::distributed::MeshDevice> meshDevice =
       ::tt::tt_metal::distributed::MeshDevice::create(
-          grid, DEFAULT_L1_SMALL_SIZE, DEFAULT_TRACE_REGION_SIZE, numHWCQs,
+          grid, l1SmallSizeValue, DEFAULT_TRACE_REGION_SIZE, numHWCQs,
           ::tt::tt_metal::DispatchCoreType::WORKER);
 
   return Device(std::static_pointer_cast<void>(meshDevice),
diff --git a/runtime/lib/ttnn/runtime.cpp b/runtime/lib/ttnn/runtime.cpp
index c527a94d7e..58b694482e 100644
--- a/runtime/lib/ttnn/runtime.cpp
+++ b/runtime/lib/ttnn/runtime.cpp
@@ -178,11 +178,13 @@ size_t getNumAvailableDevices() {
   return ::tt::tt_metal::GetNumAvailableDevices();
 }
 
-Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs) {
+Device openDevice(DeviceIds const &deviceIds, size_t numHWCQs,
+                  std::optional<size_t> l1SmallSize) {
   LOG_ASSERT(deviceIds.size(), "No devices specified");
   ::tt::tt_metal::distributed::MeshShape grid = {1, deviceIds.size()};
+  size_t l1SmallSizeValue = l1SmallSize.value_or(kL1SmallSize);
   std::shared_ptr<::ttnn::MeshDevice> meshDevice = ::ttnn::MeshDevice::create(
-      grid, kL1SmallSize, DEFAULT_TRACE_REGION_SIZE, numHWCQs,
+      grid, l1SmallSizeValue, DEFAULT_TRACE_REGION_SIZE, numHWCQs,
       ::tt::tt_metal::DispatchCoreType::WORKER);
 
   bool enableAsync = debug::Env::get().enableAsyncTTNN;
diff --git a/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/runtime/module.cpp b/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/runtime/module.cpp
index 4c3eb8c690..f55b6b81e1 100644
--- a/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/runtime/module.cpp
+++ b/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/runtime/module.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(_C, m) {
         "Get the number of available devices");
   m.def("open_device", &tt::runtime::openDevice, py::arg("device_ids"),
         py::arg("num_hw_cqs") = size_t{1},
+        py::arg("l1_small_size") = py::none(),
         "Open a mesh of devices for execution");
   m.def("close_device", &tt::runtime::closeDevice, "Close a mesh device");
   m.def("to_host", &tt::runtime::toHost, py::arg("tensor"),