diff --git a/script/openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec b/script/openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec
index cc3d1d15facc..3d1c9da7be82 100755
--- a/script/openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec
+++ b/script/openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ Usage:
  openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec <github_branch_url> <openqa_job_url> [CUSTOM_TEST_VAR_1=foo] [CUSTOM_TEST_VAR_2=bar] ...
 
 Options:
- -v, --verbose      execute with verbose output
- -h, -?, --help     display this help
- -n, --dry-run      execute in dry-run mode, do not clone any openQA jobs
+ -v, --verbose          execute with verbose output
+ -h, -?, --help         display this help
+ -n, --dry-run          execute in dry-run mode, do not clone any openQA jobs
+ -c --clone-job-args    pass additional parameters to 'openqa-clone-job', e.g. '--clone-job-args="--show-progress"'
 
 Examples:
  openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec https://github.com/os-autoinst/os-autoinst-distri-opensuse/pull/6529 https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/835060 DESKTOP=textmode
  openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec https://github.com/coolgw/os-autoinst-distri-opensuse/tree/nfs https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/835060 DESKTOP=textmode
+ openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec -n -c '--show-progress' https://github.com/coolgw/os-autoinst-distri-opensuse/tree/nfs https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/835060 DESKTOP=textmode
 EOF
     exit
 }
@@ -35,13 +37,14 @@ throw_json_error() {
     exit 2
 }
 
-opts=$(getopt -o vhn --long verbose,dry-run,help -n 'parse-options' -- "$@") || usage
+opts=$(getopt -o vhnc: --long verbose,dry-run,help,clone-job-args: -n 'parse-options' -- "$@") || usage
 eval set -- "$opts"
 while true; do
   case "$1" in
     -v | --verbose ) set -x; shift ;;
     -h | --help ) usage; shift ;;
     -n | --dry-run ) dry_run=true; shift ;;
+    -c | --clone-job-args ) clone_args="$2 $clone_args"; shift 2 ;;
     -- ) shift; break ;;
     * ) break ;;
   esac
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ clone_job() {
     local casedir="${casedir:-"$repo#$branch"}"
     local GROUP="${GROUP:-0}"
     local dry_run="${dry_run:-""}"
-    local cmd="$dry_run openqa-clone-job \"$clone_args\" \"$host\" \"$job\" _GROUP=\"$GROUP\" TEST=\"$test\" BUILD=\"$build\" CASEDIR=\"$casedir\" PRODUCTDIR=\"$productdir\" NEEDLES_DIR=\"$needles_dir\""
+    local cmd="$dry_run openqa-clone-job $clone_args \"$host\" \"$job\" _GROUP=\"$GROUP\" TEST=\"$test\" BUILD=\"$build\" CASEDIR=\"$casedir\" PRODUCTDIR=\"$productdir\" NEEDLES_DIR=\"$needles_dir\""
     cmd=$cmd"$(printf " '%s'" "${args[@]}")"
     if [[ -n "$MARKDOWN" ]]; then
         eval "$cmd" | sed 's/^Created job.*: \([^ ]*\) -> \(.*\)$/* [\1](\2)/'
diff --git a/t/40-script_openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec.t b/t/40-script_openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec.t
index cd5fce6dfed3..d0ffe9cbc78a 100644
--- a/t/40-script_openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec.t
+++ b/t/40-script_openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec.t
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@ combined_like sub { $ret = run_once('', $prefix) }, $expected_custom_re, 'testsu
 is $ret, 0, 'exits successfully';
 my $args_trailing = 'https://github.com/me/repo/pull/1/ https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/1';
 test_once $args_trailing, qr{TEST=my_test\@user/repo#my_branch.*}, 'trailing slash ignored';
-$args .= ',https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/1234';
+my $args_list = $args . ',https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/1234';
 $expected_re = qr/${expected}.*opensuse.org 1234/s;
-test_once $args, $expected_re, 'accepts comma-separated list of jobs';
-$args .= ' FOO=bar';
+test_once $args_list, $expected_re, 'accepts comma-separated list of jobs';
+$args_list .= ' FOO=bar';
 $expected_re = qr/${expected} FOO=bar.*opensuse.org 1234.*FOO=bar/s;
-test_once $args, $expected_re, 'additional arguments are passed as test parameters for each job';
+test_once $args_list, $expected_re, 'additional arguments are passed as test parameters for each job';
+my $args_clone = '--clone-job-args="--show-progress" ' . $args;
+$expected_re = qr/openqa-clone-job --show-progress --skip-chained-deps --within-instance https/;
+test_once $args_clone, $expected_re, 'additional parameters can be passed to clone-job';
 
 my $args_escape
   = q(https://github.com/me/repo/pull/1/ https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/1 TEST1=$FOO_BAR 'TEST2=$VAR' TEST3=space\\ space 'TEST4=(!?bla)');