diff --git a/export.py b/export.py
index 179952b49e2..608a3edd1c1 100644
--- a/export.py
+++ b/export.py
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ def load_checkpoint(
     dnn=False, 
     half = False, 
     recipe=None, 
+    recipe_args=None,
     resume=None, 
     rank=-1,
     one_shot=False,
@@ -543,6 +544,7 @@ def load_checkpoint(
         model.model if val_type else model,
         checkpoint_recipe,
         train_recipe,
+        recipe_args=recipe_args,
         train_mode=train_type,
         epoch=ckpt['epoch'],
         one_shot=one_shot,
diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 98d0a007729..90c512629d3 100644
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ def train(hyp,  # path/to/hyp.yaml or hyp dictionary
             hyp=hyp, 
             nc=nc, 
             recipe=opt.recipe, 
+            recipe_args = opt.recipe_args,
             resume=opt.resume, 
             rank=LOCAL_RANK,
             one_shot=opt.one_shot,
@@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ def train(hyp,  # path/to/hyp.yaml or hyp dictionary
             model,
             None,
             opt.recipe,
+            recipe_args=opt.recipe_args,
             train_mode=True,
             steps_per_epoch=opt.max_train_steps,
             one_shot=opt.one_shot,
@@ -588,6 +590,9 @@ def parse_opt(known=False, skip_parse=False):
     parser.add_argument('--artifact_alias', type=str, default='latest', help='W&B: Version of dataset artifact to use')
     parser.add_argument('--recipe', type=str, default=None, help='Path to a sparsification recipe, '
                                                                  'see https://github.com/neuralmagic/sparseml for more information')
+    parser.add_argument("--recipe-args", type=str, default=None, help = 'A json string, csv key=value string, or dictionary '
+                                                                        'containing arguments to override the root arguments '
+                                                                        'within the recipe such as learning rate or num epochs')                                                             
     parser.add_argument('--disable-ema', action='store_true', help='Disable EMA model updates (enabled by default)')
     
     parser.add_argument("--max-train-steps", type=int, default=-1, help="Set the maximum number of training steps per epoch. if negative,"
diff --git a/utils/sparse.py b/utils/sparse.py
index 02b59447dd3..93fa6913a5f 100644
--- a/utils/sparse.py
+++ b/utils/sparse.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ def __init__(
         model, 
         checkpoint_recipe, 
         train_recipe,
+        recipe_args = None,
         train_mode=False,
         epoch=-1, 
         steps_per_epoch=-1, 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.enabled = bool(train_recipe)
         self.model = model.module if is_parallel(model) else model
         self.checkpoint_manager = ScheduledModifierManager.from_yaml(checkpoint_recipe) if checkpoint_recipe else None
-        self.manager = ScheduledModifierManager.from_yaml(train_recipe) if train_recipe else None
+        self.manager = ScheduledModifierManager.from_yaml(train_recipe, recipe_variables=recipe_args) if train_recipe else None
         self.logger = None
         self.start_epoch = None
         self.steps_per_epoch = steps_per_epoch