diff --git a/nemo/lightning/run/plugins.py b/nemo/lightning/run/plugins.py
index e4bd38d65a32..065186ff83de 100644
--- a/nemo/lightning/run/plugins.py
+++ b/nemo/lightning/run/plugins.py
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ class NsysPlugin(run.Plugin):
     nsys_trace: Optional[list[str]] = None
     nsys_extra_args: Optional[list[str]] = None
     gen_shape: bool = False
+    nsys_gpu_metrics: bool = False
 
     def setup(self, task: run.Partial | run.Script, executor: run.Executor):
         """Set up the nsys profiling plugin."""
@@ -186,6 +187,13 @@ def setup(self, task: run.Partial | run.Script, executor: run.Executor):
             "--cuda-event-trace=false",
             "--nvtx-domain-include=NCCL",
         ]
+        if self.nsys_gpu_metrics:
+            if hasattr(launcher, "nsys_gpu_metrics"):
+                launcher.nsys_gpu_metrics = self.nsys_gpu_metrics
+            else:
+                logging.warning(
+                    "Unable to enable nsys gpu metrics collection. Please upgrade Nemo-Run to include commit 70a0df4."
+                )
 
 
 @dataclass(kw_only=True)
diff --git a/scripts/performance/argument_parser.py b/scripts/performance/argument_parser.py
index 892144702b7e..e6a6075afe30 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/argument_parser.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/argument_parser.py
@@ -380,6 +380,13 @@ def bool_arg(arg):
         "-pso", "--profiling_stop_step", type=int, help="Defines start step for profiling", required=False, default=50
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-pgm",
+        "--profiling_gpu_metrics",
+        help="Enable nsys gpu metrics. Disabled by default.",
+        action="store_true",
+    )
+
     parser.add_argument(
         "-cps",
         "--checkpoint_save",
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_deepseek_v3.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_deepseek_v3.py
index bb1657c56478..156f4393407f 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_deepseek_v3.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_deepseek_v3.py
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
         # nsys takes precedent over ncclttrace
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_grok1_314b.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_grok1_314b.py
index 86c56e130c33..6476a0af795f 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_grok1_314b.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_grok1_314b.py
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
     # nsys takes precedent over ncclttrace
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama31_405b.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama31_405b.py
index 497746b30007..65902607d59c 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama31_405b.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama31_405b.py
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
         # nsys takes precedent over ncclttrace
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama4_e128.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama4_e128.py
index d81ff19b0f94..374c0696e459 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama4_e128.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_llama4_e128.py
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
         # nsys takes precedent over ncclttrace
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_15b.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_15b.py
index 81201d91f65e..f19eb6185663 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_15b.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_15b.py
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_340b.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_340b.py
index 0face12828a1..3a96ae6ca60f 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_340b.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotron4_340b.py
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
 
diff --git a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotronh_56b.py b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotronh_56b.py
index 719b6abb914d..2377c352a7eb 100644
--- a/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotronh_56b.py
+++ b/scripts/performance/llm/pretrain_nemotronh_56b.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ def override_recipe_configs(
                 start_step=args.profiling_start_step,
                 end_step=args.profiling_stop_step,
                 ranks=list(range(num_nodes * args.gpus_per_node)),
+                nsys_gpu_metrics=args.profiling_gpu_metrics,
             )
         )
     elif args.enable_nccltrace:  # nsys takes precedent over nccltrace