diff --git a/pylammpsmpi/lammps_wrapper.py b/pylammpsmpi/lammps_wrapper.py
index 57d48d70..64515457 100644
--- a/pylammpsmpi/lammps_wrapper.py
+++ b/pylammpsmpi/lammps_wrapper.py
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ class LammpsLibrary:
     Top level class which manages the lammps library provided by LammpsBase
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, cores=1, working_directory=".", client=None, mode="local"):
+    def __init__(
+        self, cores=1, working_directory=".", client=None, mode="local", cmdargs=None
+    ):
         self.cores = cores
         self.working_directory = working_directory
         self.client = client
@@ -42,7 +44,9 @@ def __init__(self, cores=1, working_directory=".", client=None, mode="local"):
 
         elif self.mode == "local":
             self.lmp = LammpsBase(
-                cores=self.cores, working_directory=self.working_directory
+                cores=self.cores,
+                working_directory=self.working_directory,
+                cmdargs=cmdargs,
             )
             self.lmp.start_process()
 
diff --git a/pylammpsmpi/mpi/lmpmpi.py b/pylammpsmpi/mpi/lmpmpi.py
index 4db14678..b2ed04aa 100644
--- a/pylammpsmpi/mpi/lmpmpi.py
+++ b/pylammpsmpi/mpi/lmpmpi.py
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
 }
 
 # Lammps executable
-job = lammps(cmdargs=["-screen", "none"])
+args = ["-screen", "none"]
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    args.extend(sys.argv[1:])
+job = lammps(cmdargs=args)
 
 
 def extract_compute(funct_args):
diff --git a/pylammpsmpi/utils/lammps.py b/pylammpsmpi/utils/lammps.py
index 285965ef..1b61bba3 100644
--- a/pylammpsmpi/utils/lammps.py
+++ b/pylammpsmpi/utils/lammps.py
@@ -20,17 +20,28 @@
 
 
 class LammpsBase:
-    def __init__(self, cores=8, working_directory="."):
+    def __init__(self, cores=8, working_directory=".", cmdargs=None):
         self.cores = cores
         self.working_directory = working_directory
         self._process = None
+        self._cmdargs = cmdargs
 
     def start_process(self):
         executable = os.path.join(
             os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "../mpi", "lmpmpi.py"
         )
+        cmds = [
+            "mpiexec",
+            "--oversubscribe",
+            "-n",
+            str(self.cores),
+            "python",
+            executable,
+        ]
+        if self._cmdargs is not None:
+            cmds.extend(self._cmdargs)
         self._process = subprocess.Popen(
-            ["mpiexec", "--oversubscribe", "-n", str(self.cores), "python", executable],
+            cmds,
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=None,
             stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
diff --git a/tests/test_pylammpsmpi_local.py b/tests/test_pylammpsmpi_local.py
index 1fc98914..c894bc20 100644
--- a/tests/test_pylammpsmpi_local.py
+++ b/tests/test_pylammpsmpi_local.py
@@ -81,5 +81,10 @@ def test_extract_box(self):
         self.lmp.file(os.path.join(self.execution_path, "in.simple"))
 
 
+    def test_cmdarg_options(self):
+        self.lmp2 = LammpsLibrary(cores=2, mode='local', cmdargs=["-cite", "citations.txt"])
+        self.lmp2.file(os.path.join(self.execution_path, "in.simple"))
+        assert os.path.isfile(os.path.join(self.execution_path, "citations.txt"))
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()