diff --git a/utils/SPIRVRunner/SPIRVRunner.cpp b/utils/SPIRVRunner/SPIRVRunner.cpp
index bdd0157946..f31ffb74c8 100644
--- a/utils/SPIRVRunner/SPIRVRunner.cpp
+++ b/utils/SPIRVRunner/SPIRVRunner.cpp
@@ -374,10 +374,15 @@ at::Tensor launchKernel(sycl::queue stream, sycl::kernel kernel,
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   try {
+    std::string print_output_kernel_tensor = "--print-output-kernel-tensor";
     if (argc < 2) {
       std::cout << "Help: " << std::endl;
-      std::cout << "<Executable> <Output Tensor Name> \n";
+      std::cout << "<Executable> <Output Tensor Name>" << std::endl;
       std::cout << "./build/SPIRVRunner tensor_2" << std::endl;
+      std::cout << "To print the output kernel tensor to stdout, use:"
+                << std::endl;
+      std::cout << "./build/SPIRVRunner tensor_2 " << print_output_kernel_tensor
+                << std::endl;
       throw std::runtime_error("Input arguments are missing \n");
     }
 
@@ -405,7 +410,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
               << n_spills << " register spills." << std::endl;
 
     auto output = launchKernel(q, kernel, tritonArgDict);
-    std::cout << "Kernel return output: " << output[0] << std::endl;
+
+    if (argc == 3 && argv[2] == print_output_kernel_tensor) {
+      std::cout << "Kernel return output: " << output[0] << std::endl;
+    }
 
     auto output_tensor = tritonArgDict.spirv_dump_dir + "/cpp_outs.pt";
     write_tensor(output_tensor, output);