diff --git a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h
index a07ebf61d..5c7c348d9 100644
--- a/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h
+++ b/runtime/include/tt/runtime/detail/ttnn.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-local-typedef"
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wpessimizing-move"
+#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wparentheses"
 #define FMT_HEADER_ONLY
 #include "ttnn/device.hpp"
 #include "ttnn/operations/binary.hpp"
diff --git a/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/__init__.py b/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/__init__.py
index f7883c980..34d307a81 100644
--- a/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/__init__.py
+++ b/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/__init__.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import shutil
 
 import ttrt.binary
-from ttrt.common.api import read, run, query, perf
+from ttrt.common.api import read, run, query, perf, init_fns
 from ttrt.common.util import read_actions
 
 #######################################################################################
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ def main():
         action="store_true",
         help="save all artifacts during run",
     )
+    run_parser.add_argument(
+        "--init",
+        default="randn",
+        choices=init_fns,
+        help="Function to initialize tensors with",
+    )
+    run_parser.add_argument(
+        "--identity",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Do a golden identity test on the output tensors",
+    )
     run_parser.add_argument(
         "--seed",
         default=0,
diff --git a/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/common/api.py b/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/common/api.py
index a8e7f7ee4..1356850c7 100644
--- a/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/common/api.py
+++ b/runtime/tools/python/ttrt/common/api.py
@@ -20,6 +20,31 @@
 import ttrt.binary
 from ttrt.common.util import *
 
+
+def randn(shape, dtype):
+    import torch
+
+    return torch.randn(shape, dtype=dtype)
+
+
+def arange(shape, dtype):
+    import torch
+
+    def volume(shape):
+        v = 1
+        for i in shape:
+            v *= i
+        return v
+
+    return torch.arange(volume(shape), dtype=dtype).reshape(shape)
+
+
+init_fns_map = {
+    "randn": randn,
+    "arange": arange,
+}
+init_fns = sorted(list(init_fns_map.keys()))
+
 #######################################################################################
 ########################################**API**########################################
 #######################################################################################
@@ -173,7 +198,7 @@ def run(args):
             )
 
             for i in program["inputs"]:
-                torch_tensor = torch.randn(
+                torch_tensor = init_fns_map[args.init](
                     i["desc"]["shape"],
                     dtype=fromDataType(i["desc"]["layout"]["memory_desc"]["data_type"]),
                 )
@@ -225,6 +250,16 @@ def run(args):
                 print(f"finished loop={loop}")
             ttrt.runtime.wait(event)
             print("outputs:\n", torch_outputs)
+            if args.identity:
+                for i, o in zip(torch_inputs[binary_name], torch_outputs[binary_name]):
+                    if not torch.allclose(i, o):
+                        print(
+                            "Failed: inputs and outputs do not match in binary",
+                            binary_name,
+                        )
+                        print(i - o)
+                    else:
+                        print("Passed:", binary_name)
 
     # save artifacts
     if arg_save_artifacts: