diff --git a/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/can-run b/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/can-run
index 07076fa27..490ad54f3 100755
--- a/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/can-run
+++ b/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/can-run
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ supported_options = ["schema",
                      "source", "source-node",
                      "dest", "dest-node",
                      "ip-version", "duration", "interval", "link-rtt",
-                     "parallel", "window-size", "bandwidth",
+                     "parallel", "window-size", "bandwidth", "fq-rate",
                      "buffer-length", "local-address", "congestion",
                      "udp", "single-ended", "single-ended-port", "loopback"
                      ]
diff --git a/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/run b/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/run
index 86b096af8..57a2ec891 100755
--- a/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/run
+++ b/pscheduler-tool-iperf2/iperf2/run
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ def run_client():
         iperf2_args.append('-b')
         iperf2_args.append(test_spec['bandwidth'])
 
+    if 'fq-rate' in test_spec and test_spec['fq-rate'] is not None:
+        iperf2_args.append('--fq-rate')
+        iperf2_args.append(test_spec['fq-rate'])
+
     if 'buffer-length' in test_spec and test_spec['buffer-length'] != None:
         iperf2_args.append('-l')
         iperf2_args.append(test_spec['buffer-length'])