diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18d77ec..031ccf5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ On top of the OpenAI Whisper command line options, there are some specific optio
 Batched inference transcribes each segment in-dependently which can provide an additional 2x-4x speed increase:
 
     whisper-ctranslate2 inaguracio2011.mp3 --batched True
+    
+You can additionally use the --batch_size to specify the maximum number of parallel requests to model for decoding.
 
-Batched inference uses Voice Activity Detection (VAD) filter.
+Batched inference uses Voice Activity Detection (VAD) filter and ignores the following paramters: compression_ratio_threshold, logprob_threshold,
+no_speech_threshold, condition_on_previous_text, prompt_reset_on_temperature, prefix, hallucination_silence_threshold.
 
 ## Quantization
 
diff --git a/src/whisper_ctranslate2/commandline.py b/src/whisper_ctranslate2/commandline.py
index 438e380..1564c47 100644
--- a/src/whisper_ctranslate2/commandline.py
+++ b/src/whisper_ctranslate2/commandline.py
@@ -357,6 +357,13 @@ def read_command_line():
             help="Uses Batched transcription which can provide an additional 2x-4x speed increase",
         )
 
+        algorithm_args.add_argument(
+            "--batch_size",
+            type=CommandLine._optional_int,
+            default=None,
+            help="When using Batched transcription the maximum number of parallel requests to model for decoding.",
+        )
+
         vad_args = parser.add_argument_group("VAD filter arguments")
 
         vad_args.add_argument(
diff --git a/src/whisper_ctranslate2/transcribe.py b/src/whisper_ctranslate2/transcribe.py
index 781f3a8..b8a4c24 100644
--- a/src/whisper_ctranslate2/transcribe.py
+++ b/src/whisper_ctranslate2/transcribe.py
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ def __init__(
         cache_directory: str,
         local_files_only: bool,
         batched: bool,
+        batch_size: int = None,
     ):
         self.model = WhisperModel(
             model_path,
@@ -121,6 +122,8 @@ def __init__(
             download_root=cache_directory,
             local_files_only=local_files_only,
         )
+
+        self.batch_size = batch_size
         if batched:
             self.batched_model = BatchedInferencePipeline(model=self.model)
         else:
@@ -144,6 +147,10 @@ def inference(
             model = self.model
             vad = options.vad_filter
 
+        batch_size = (
+            {"batch_size": self.batch_size} if self.batch_size is not None else {}
+        )
+
         segments, info = model.transcribe(
             audio=audio,
             language=language,
@@ -171,6 +178,7 @@ def inference(
             hallucination_silence_threshold=options.hallucination_silence_threshold,
             vad_filter=vad,
             vad_parameters=vad_parameters,
+            **batch_size,
         )
 
         language_name = LANGUAGES[info.language].title()
diff --git a/src/whisper_ctranslate2/whisper_ctranslate2.py b/src/whisper_ctranslate2/whisper_ctranslate2.py
index 31c5ca2..2a507cb 100644
--- a/src/whisper_ctranslate2/whisper_ctranslate2.py
+++ b/src/whisper_ctranslate2/whisper_ctranslate2.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ def main():
     hf_token = args.pop("hf_token")
     speaker_name = args.pop("speaker_name")
     batched = args.pop("batched")
+    batch_size = args.pop("batch_size")
 
     language = get_language(language, model_directory, model)
     options = get_transcription_options(args)
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ def main():
         )
         return
 
+    if batch_size and not batched:
+        sys.stderr.write("--batched_size can only be used if-- batched is True")
+        return
+
     if args["max_line_count"] and not args["max_line_width"]:
         warnings.warn("--max_line_count has no effect without --max_line_width")
 
@@ -216,6 +221,7 @@ def main():
         cache_directory,
         local_files_only,
         batched,
+        batch_size,
     )
 
     diarization = len(hf_token) > 0