diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index cc1f12482..1eddeebd4 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ parser.add_argument("--reserve-vram", type=float, default=None, help="Set the am
 
 parser.add_argument("--async-offload", action="store_true", help="Use async weight offloading.")
 
+parser.add_argument("--flipflop-offload", action="store_true", help="Use async flipflop weight offloading for supported DiT models.")
+
 parser.add_argument("--force-non-blocking", action="store_true", help="Force ComfyUI to use non-blocking operations for all applicable tensors. This may improve performance on some non-Nvidia systems but can cause issues with some workflows.")
 
 parser.add_argument("--default-hashing-function", type=str, choices=['md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha512'], default='sha256', help="Allows you to choose the hash function to use for duplicate filename / contents comparison. Default is sha256.")
diff --git a/comfy/model_management.py b/comfy/model_management.py
index 709ebc40b..c0edb251d 100644
--- a/comfy/model_management.py
+++ b/comfy/model_management.py
@@ -1001,6 +1001,8 @@ def force_channels_last():
     #TODO
     return False
 
+def flipflop_enabled():
+    return args.flipflop_offload
 
 STREAMS = {}
 NUM_STREAMS = 1
diff --git a/comfy/model_patcher.py b/comfy/model_patcher.py
index d810e5b76..18e6f2e23 100644
--- a/comfy/model_patcher.py
+++ b/comfy/model_patcher.py
@@ -624,6 +624,8 @@ class ModelPatcher:
 
     def supports_flipflop(self):
         # flipflop requires diffusion_model, explicit flipflop support, NVIDIA CUDA streams, and loading/offloading VRAM
+        if not comfy.model_management.flipflop_enabled():
+            return False
         if not hasattr(self.model, "diffusion_model"):
             return False
         if not getattr(self.model.diffusion_model, "enable_flipflop", False):