diff --git a/llm_bench/README.md b/llm_bench/README.md
index 94d5a79..92fe456 100644
--- a/llm_bench/README.md
+++ b/llm_bench/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Generation options:
 - `--chat`: specify to call chat API instead of raw completions
 - `--stream`: stream the result back. Enabling this gives "time to first token" and "time per token" metrics
 - (optional) `--logprobs`: corresponds to `logprobs` API parameter. For some providers, it's needed for output token counting in streaming mode.
+- `--num-queries`: stop sending requests after reaching specified number of queries.
 
 ### Writing results
 
diff --git a/llm_bench/load_test.py b/llm_bench/load_test.py
index 81c7209..3554be8 100644
--- a/llm_bench/load_test.py
+++ b/llm_bench/load_test.py
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ class InitTracker:
     logging_params = None
     environment = None
     tokenizer = None
+    req_sent = 0
+    req_quit_called = False
 
     @classmethod
     def notify_init(cls, environment, logging_params):
@@ -163,13 +165,18 @@ def notify_init(cls, environment, logging_params):
     @classmethod
     def notify_first_request(cls):
         with cls.lock:
-            if cls.environment.parsed_options.qps is not None and cls.first_request_done == 0:
+            if (
+                cls.environment.parsed_options.qps is not None 
+                and cls.first_request_done == 0
+                and cls.environment.parsed_options.num_queries is None
+            ):
                 # if in QPS mode, reset after first successful request comes back
                 cls.reset_stats()
             cls.first_request_done += 1
             if (
                 cls.environment.parsed_options.qps is not None
                 and cls.first_request_done == 0
+                and cls.environment.parsed_options.num_queries is None
                 and cls.users == cls.first_request_done
             ):
                 # if in fixed load mode, reset after all users issued one request (we're in a steady state)
@@ -202,6 +209,35 @@ def load_tokenizer(cls, dir):
             cls.tokenizer.add_bos_token = False
             cls.tokenizer.add_eos_token = False
             return cls.tokenizer
+            
+    @classmethod
+    def try_acquire_request(cls):
+        """
+        Thread-safe: attempt to reserve one request slot.
+        Returns True if the caller should proceed to send a request.
+        Returns False if the num_queries (if set) has been reached.
+        If this acquisition brings the sent count to num_queries, schedule a single runner.stop()
+        to stop issuing new requests and let in-flight requests finish.
+        """
+        if cls.environment.parsed_options.num_queries is None:
+            return True
+        with cls.lock:
+            if cls.req_sent >= cls.environment.parsed_options.num_queries:
+                if not cls.req_quit_called:
+                    cls.req_quit_called = True
+                    def do_quit():
+                        try:
+                            if cls.environment and getattr(cls.environment, "runner", None):
+                                print(f"Reached queries-num={cls.environment.parsed_options.num_queries}, signaling shutdown after in-flight requests finish")
+                                cls.environment.runner.stop(graceful=True)
+                                cls.environment.runner.user_count = 0
+                        except Exception as e:
+                            print(f"Failed to quit runner: {e}")
+                    t = threading.Thread(target=do_quit, daemon=True)
+                    t.start()
+                return False
+        cls.req_sent += 1
+        return True
 
 
 events.spawning_complete.add_listener(InitTracker.notify_spawning_complete)
@@ -752,6 +788,8 @@ def insert_image_placeholders(self, prompt, num_images, prompt_images_positionin
 
     @task
     def generate_text(self):
+        if not InitTracker.try_acquire_request():
+            return
         max_tokens = self.max_tokens_sampler.sample()
         prompt, images = self._get_input()
         data = self.provider_formatter.format_payload(prompt, max_tokens, images)
@@ -1028,6 +1066,12 @@ def init_parser(parser):
         default="constant",
         help="Must be used with --qps. Specifies how to space out requests: equally ('constant') or by sampling wait times from a distribution ('uniform' or 'exponential'). Expected QPS is going to match --qps",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--num-queries",
+        type=int,
+        default=None,
+        help="Stop sending requests after reaching specified number of queries.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--burst",
         type=float,