diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index 0a0bf2f30..10f752f1f 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ parser.add_argument("--directml", type=int, nargs="?", metavar="DIRECTML_DEVICE"
 parser.add_argument("--oneapi-device-selector", type=str, default=None, metavar="SELECTOR_STRING", help="Sets the oneAPI device(s) this instance will use.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-ipex-optimize", action="store_true", help="Disables ipex.optimize default when loading models with Intel's Extension for Pytorch.")
 parser.add_argument("--supports-fp8-compute", action="store_true", help="ComfyUI will act like if the device supports fp8 compute.")
+parser.add_argument("--enable-triton-backend", action="store_true", help="ComfyUI will enable the use of Triton backend in comfy-kitchen. Is disabled at launch by default.")
 
 class LatentPreviewMethod(enum.Enum):
     NoPreviews = "none"
diff --git a/comfy/quant_ops.py b/comfy/quant_ops.py
index 42ee08fb2..b90bcfd25 100644
--- a/comfy/quant_ops.py
+++ b/comfy/quant_ops.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import torch
 import logging
 
+from comfy.cli_args import args
+
 try:
     import comfy_kitchen as ck
     from comfy_kitchen.tensor import (
@@ -21,7 +23,15 @@ try:
             ck.registry.disable("cuda")
             logging.warning("WARNING: You need pytorch with cu130 or higher to use optimized CUDA operations.")
 
-    ck.registry.disable("triton")
+    if args.enable_triton_backend:
+        try:
+            import triton
+            logging.info("Found triton %s. Enabling comfy-kitchen triton backend.", triton.__version__)
+        except ImportError as e:
+            logging.error(f"Failed to import triton, Error: {e}, the comfy-kitchen triton backend will not be available.")
+            ck.registry.disable("triton")
+    else:
+        ck.registry.disable("triton")
     for k, v in ck.list_backends().items():
         logging.info(f"Found comfy_kitchen backend {k}: {v}")
 except ImportError as e: