diff --git a/modules/cmd_args.py b/modules/cmd_args.py
index d71982b2c12..2947ec395e6 100644
--- a/modules/cmd_args.py
+++ b/modules/cmd_args.py
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 parser.add_argument("--update-all-extensions", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: download updates for all extensions when starting the program")
 parser.add_argument("--skip-python-version-check", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: do not check python version")
 parser.add_argument("--skip-torch-cuda-test", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: do not check if CUDA is able to work properly")
+cm_group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
+cm_group.add_argument("--cuda-malloc", action='store_true', help="Enable cudaMallocAsync (enabled by default for torch 2.0 and up).")
+cm_group.add_argument("--disable-cuda-malloc", action="store_true", help="Disable cudaMallocAsync.")
 parser.add_argument("--reinstall-xformers", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: install the appropriate version of xformers even if you have some version already installed")
 parser.add_argument("--reinstall-torch", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: install the appropriate version of torch even if you have some version already installed")
 parser.add_argument("--update-check", action='store_true', help="launch.py argument: check for updates at startup")