# Node ID 98bd34bb7a39b360255bc08e196496ce9d236afa
# Parent  a3b771cd744c346dc37432f571695dd62b14704a
diff --git a/configs/common/Options.py b/configs/common/Options.py
--- a/configs/common/Options.py
+++ b/configs/common/Options.py
@@ -223,6 +223,13 @@
                       choices=["arm", "thumb", "aarch64"],
                       help="ARM instruction set.")
 
+    # SST option
+    def addSST(option, opt_str, value, parser, *args, **kwargs):
+        # append arguments to remaining arguments
+        parser.rargs += ['--external-memory-system',
+                         '--initialize-only'];
+    parser.add_option("--sst", action="callback", callback=addSST,
+                      help="apply mandatory SST options")
 
 def addSEOptions(parser):
     # Benchmark options
diff --git a/ext/sst/tests/test6_arm_4c.py b/ext/sst/tests/test6_arm_4c.py
--- a/ext/sst/tests/test6_arm_4c.py
+++ b/ext/sst/tests/test6_arm_4c.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     "comp_debug" : getenv("GEM5_DEBUG"),
     "gem5DebugFlags" : getenv("M5_DEBUG"),
     "frequency" : clockRate,
-    "cmd" : "/XXX/abs-path-to/configs/example/fs.py --num-cpus 4 --disk-image=vexpress64-openembedded_minimal-armv8_20130623-376.img --root-device=/dev/sda2 --kernel=vmlinux.aarch64.20140821 --dtb-filename=vexpress.aarch64.20140821.dtb --mem-size=256MB --machine-type=VExpress_EMM64 --cpu-type=timing --external-memory-system --initialize-only"
+    "cmd" : "/XXX/abs-path-to/configs/example/fs.py --num-cpus 4 --disk-image=vexpress64-openembedded_minimal-armv8_20130623-376.img --root-device=/dev/sda2 --kernel=vmlinux.aarch64.20140821 --dtb-filename=vexpress.aarch64.20140821.dtb --mem-size=256MB --machine-type=VExpress_EMM64 --cpu-type=timing --sst"
     })
 
 bus = sst.Component("membus", "memHierarchy.Bus")