diff --git a/vm/src/main.rs b/vm/src/main.rs
index b60f2db..d6ee3a5 100644
--- a/vm/src/main.rs
+++ b/vm/src/main.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@
     /// Run VM in protected mode.
     #[arg(short, long)]
     protected: bool,
+
+    /// Ask the kernel for transparent huge-pages (THP). This is only a hint and
+    /// the kernel will allocate THP-backed memory only if globally enabled by
+    /// the system and if any can be found. See
+    /// https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/mm/transhuge.html
+    #[arg(short, long)]
+    hugepages: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Args, Default)]