diff --git a/src/test/setup/cord-test.py b/src/test/setup/cord-test.py
index 6fcd2d8..90004cb 100755
--- a/src/test/setup/cord-test.py
+++ b/src/test/setup/cord-test.py
@@ -1045,6 +1045,7 @@
                             type=str,
                             help='Specify the log level for the test cases')
     parser_run.add_argument('-jvm-heap-size', '--jvm-heap-size', default='', type=str, help='ONOS JVM heap size')
+    parser_run.add_argument('-network', '--network', default='', type=str, help='Docker network to attach')
     parser_run.set_defaults(func=runTest)
 
     parser_setup = subparser.add_parser('setup', help='Setup cord tester environment')
@@ -1079,6 +1080,7 @@
                               help='Start ONOS cluster instances in async mode')
     parser_setup.add_argument('-f', '--foreground', action='store_true', help='Run in foreground')
     parser_setup.add_argument('-jvm-heap-size', '--jvm-heap-size', default='', type=str, help='ONOS JVM heap size')
+    parser_setup.add_argument('-network', '--network', default='', type=str, help='Docker network to attach')
     parser_setup.set_defaults(func=setupCordTester)
 
     parser_xos = subparser.add_parser('xos', help='Building xos into cord tester environment')
diff --git a/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py b/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py
index 74a95f6..fdd35ee 100644
--- a/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py
+++ b/src/test/utils/TestManifest.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
             self.start_switch = args.start_switch
             self.image_prefix = args.prefix
             self.onos_image = args.onos
-            self.docker_network = None
+            self.docker_network = args.network if args.network else None
             self.iterations = None
             self.server = '{}:{}'.format(CORD_TEST_HOST, CORD_TEST_PORT)
             self.jvm_heap_size = args.jvm_heap_size if args.jvm_heap_size else None