diff --git a/pytest_parallel/plugin.py b/pytest_parallel/plugin.py
index fcbf86d..d0383a7 100644
--- a/pytest_parallel/plugin.py
+++ b/pytest_parallel/plugin.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption('--timeout', dest='timeout', type=int, default=7200, help='Timeout')
 
     parser.addoption('--slurm-options', dest='slurm_options', type=str, help='list of SLURM options e.g. "--time=00:30:00 --qos=my_queue --n_tasks=4"')
+    parser.addoption('--slurm-srun-options', dest='slurm_srun_options', type=str, help='list of SLURM srun options e.g. "--mem-per-cpu=4GB"')
     parser.addoption('--slurm-additional-cmds', dest='slurm_additional_cmds', type=str, help='list of commands to pass to SLURM job e.g. "source my_env.sh"')
     parser.addoption('--slurm-file', dest='slurm_file', type=str, help='Path to file containing header of SLURM job') # TODO DEL
     parser.addoption('--slurm-sub-command', dest='slurm_sub_command', type=str, help='SLURM submission command (defaults to `sbatch`)') # TODO DEL
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
     scheduler = config.getoption('scheduler')
     n_workers = config.getoption('n_workers')
     slurm_options = config.getoption('slurm_options')
+    slurm_srun_options = config.getoption('slurm_srun_options')
     slurm_additional_cmds = config.getoption('slurm_additional_cmds')
     is_worker = config.getoption('_worker')
     slurm_file = config.getoption('slurm_file')
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         assert n_workers, f'You need to specify `--n-workers` when `--scheduler={scheduler}`'
     if scheduler != 'slurm':
         assert not slurm_options, 'Option `--slurm-options` only available when `--scheduler=slurm`'
+        assert not slurm_srun_options, 'Option `--slurms-run-options` only available when `--scheduler=slurm`'
         assert not slurm_additional_cmds, 'Option `--slurm-additional-cmds` only available when `--scheduler=slurm`'
         assert not slurm_file, 'Option `--slurm-file` only available when `--scheduler=slurm`'
 
@@ -116,9 +119,10 @@ def pytest_configure(config):
         slurm_option_list = slurm_options.split() if slurm_options is not None else []
         slurm_conf = {
             'options'        : slurm_option_list,
+            'srun_options'   : slurm_srun_options,
             'additional_cmds': slurm_additional_cmds,
             'file'           : slurm_file,
-            'export_env'           : slurm_export_env,
+            'export_env'     : slurm_export_env,
             'sub_command'    : slurm_sub_command,
         }
         plugin = ProcessScheduler(main_invoke_params, n_workers, slurm_conf, detach)
diff --git a/pytest_parallel/process_scheduler.py b/pytest_parallel/process_scheduler.py
index f18ff2c..9e7c47c 100644
--- a/pytest_parallel/process_scheduler.py
+++ b/pytest_parallel/process_scheduler.py
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ def submit_items(items_to_run, socket, main_invoke_params, ntasks, slurm_conf):
     items = sorted(items_to_run, key=lambda item: item.n_proc, reverse=True)
 
     # launch srun for each item
+    if srun_options := slurm_conf['srun_options'] is None:
+      srun_options = ''
     worker_flags=f"--_worker --_scheduler_ip_address={SCHEDULER_IP_ADDRESS} --_scheduler_port={port}"
     cmds = ''
     if slurm_conf['additional_cmds'] is not None:
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ def submit_items(items_to_run, socket, main_invoke_params, ntasks, slurm_conf):
     for item in items:
         test_idx = item.original_index
         test_out_file_base = f'.pytest_parallel/{remove_exotic_chars(item.nodeid)}'
-        cmd =  f'srun --exclusive --ntasks={item.n_proc} -l'
+        cmd =  f'srun {srun_options} --exclusive --ntasks={item.n_proc} -l'
         cmd += f' python3 -u -m pytest -s {worker_flags} {main_invoke_params} --_test_idx={test_idx} {item.config.rootpath}/{item.nodeid}'
         cmd += f' > {test_out_file_base} 2>&1'
         cmd += ' &\n' # launch everything in parallel