diff --git a/src/modelinfo/cli.py b/src/modelinfo/cli.py
index 18aa340..1d9da7a 100644
--- a/src/modelinfo/cli.py
+++ b/src/modelinfo/cli.py
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
         parser.exit()
 
 
+def _positive_int(value: str) -> int:
+    ivalue = int(value)
+    if ivalue < 1:
+        raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("batch size must be at least 1")
+    return ivalue
+
+
 def parse_args(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         prog="modelinfo",
@@ -52,6 +59,12 @@ def parse_args(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
         default=None,
         help="Context length for dynamic KV cache footprint calculation.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--batch-size",
+        type=_positive_int,
+        default=1,
+        help="Batch size for dynamic KV cache footprint calculation.",
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--max-vram",
         type=float,
@@ -106,7 +119,8 @@ def parse_args(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> argparse.Namespace:
 def analyze_model(
     file_path: str, 
     context_override: int | None, 
-    gpu_count: int = 1, 
+    gpu_count: int = 1,
+    batch_size: int = 1,
     fetch_tensors: bool = False,
     topology: str = "pcie4",
     strategy: str = "tp",
@@ -164,6 +178,7 @@ def analyze_model(
     footprint = calculate_footprint(
         tensors, 
         context_length=context_length,
+        batch_size=batch_size,
         config=config,
         gpu_count=gpu_count,
         topology=topology,
@@ -222,7 +237,8 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
             info = analyze_model(
                 model_path, 
                 args.context, 
-                gpu_count, 
+                gpu_count=gpu_count,
+                batch_size=args.batch_size,
                 fetch_tensors=args.tensors,
                 topology=args.topology,
                 strategy=args.strategy,
@@ -240,7 +256,8 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
     info = analyze_model(
         file_path, 
         args.context, 
-        gpu_count, 
+        gpu_count=gpu_count,
+        batch_size=args.batch_size,
         fetch_tensors=args.tensors,
         topology=args.topology,
         strategy=args.strategy,
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 1a29100..e5f9c02 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
+import modelinfo.cli as cli
 from modelinfo import __version__
 from modelinfo.cli import parse_args
 
@@ -10,3 +11,69 @@ def test_version_flag_prints_installed_version(capsys):
 
     assert exc_info.value.code == 0
     assert f"modelinfo {__version__}" in capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
+def test_batch_size_flag_defaults_to_one():
+    args = parse_args(["model.gguf"])
+
+    assert args.batch_size == 1
+
+
+def test_batch_size_flag_accepts_integer():
+    args = parse_args(["--batch-size", "4", "model.gguf"])
+
+    assert args.batch_size == 4
+
+
+def test_batch_size_flag_rejects_zero():
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+        parse_args(["--batch-size", "0", "model.gguf"])
+
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 2
+
+
+def test_batch_size_flag_rejects_negative():
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as exc_info:
+        parse_args(["--batch-size", "-1", "model.gguf"])
+
+    assert exc_info.value.code == 2
+
+
+def test_analyze_model_passes_batch_size_to_footprint(monkeypatch, tmp_path):
+    model_path = tmp_path / "model.gguf"
+    model_path.write_bytes(b"mock")
+    captured = {}
+
+    def fake_parse_gguf_header(file_path):
+        assert file_path == str(model_path)
+        return {
+            "model.layers.0.self_attn.k_proj.weight": {"shape": [1, 1], "dtype": "F16"}
+        }
+
+    def fake_calculate_footprint(tensors, *, context_length, batch_size, **kwargs):
+        captured["batch_size"] = batch_size
+        captured["context_length"] = context_length
+        return {
+            "total_params": 1,
+            "base_memory_bytes": 2.0,
+            "kv_cache_bytes": float(batch_size),
+            "overhead_bytes": 0.0,
+            "total_memory_bytes": 2.0 + batch_size,
+            "num_layers": 1,
+            "kv_dim": 1,
+            "primary_dtype": "F16",
+            "kv_is_estimate": False,
+            "penalty_percentage": 0.0,
+            "vllm_metrics": {},
+        }
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "parse_gguf_header", fake_parse_gguf_header)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(cli, "calculate_footprint", fake_calculate_footprint)
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        cli, "identify_architecture_name", lambda tensors, num_layers, config: "Mock"
+    )
+
+    info = cli.analyze_model(str(model_path), context_override=128, batch_size=4)
+
+    assert captured == {"batch_size": 4, "context_length": 128}
+    assert info["footprint"]["kv_cache_bytes"] == 4.0