diff --git a/internal/common/options.go b/internal/common/options.go
index 41c3522..eee91cc 100644
--- a/internal/common/options.go
+++ b/internal/common/options.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 	NumOnuPerPon int
 	STag         int
 	CTagInit     int
+	Auth         bool
+	Dhcp         bool
 	ProfileCpu   *string
 	LogLevel     string
 	LogCaller    bool
@@ -45,6 +47,9 @@
 	pon := flag.Int("pon", 1, "Number of PON ports per OLT device to be emulated")
 	onu := flag.Int("onu", 1, "Number of ONU devices per PON port to be emulated")
 
+	auth := flag.Bool("auth", false, "Set this flag if you want authentication to start automatically")
+	dhcp := flag.Bool("dhcp", false, "Set this flag if you want DHCP to start automatically")
+
 	s_tag := flag.Int("s_tag", 900, "S-Tag value")
 	c_tag_init := flag.Int("c_tag", 900, "C-Tag starting value, each ONU will get a sequential one (targeting 1024 ONUs per BBSim instance the range is big enough)")
 
@@ -66,6 +71,8 @@
 	o.ProfileCpu = profileCpu
 	o.LogLevel = *logLevel
 	o.LogCaller = *logCaller
+	o.Auth = *auth
+	o.Dhcp = *dhcp
 
 	return o
 }