diff --git a/pyperformance/cli.py b/pyperformance/cli.py
index df68dc3d..d8822726 100644
--- a/pyperformance/cli.py
+++ b/pyperformance/cli.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ def parse_args():
                      choices=hook_names,
                      metavar=f"{', '.join(x for x in hook_names if not x.startswith('_'))}",
                      help="Apply the given pyperf hook(s) when running each benchmark")
+    cmd.add_argument("--warmups", type=int, default=None,
+                     help="number of skipped values per run used to warmup the benchmark")
     filter_opts(cmd)
 
     # show
diff --git a/pyperformance/run.py b/pyperformance/run.py
index a9f9a102..b535f96a 100644
--- a/pyperformance/run.py
+++ b/pyperformance/run.py
@@ -247,5 +247,8 @@ def get_pyperf_opts(options):
     if options.hook:
         for hook in options.hook:
             opts.append('--hook=%s' % hook)
+    # --warmups=0 is a valid option, so check for `not None` here
+    if options.warmups is not None:
+        opts.append('--warmups=%s' % options.warmups)
 
     return opts