diff --git a/src/BenchmarkManager.py b/src/BenchmarkManager.py
index 1adcfeba..3e7c2418 100644
--- a/src/BenchmarkManager.py
+++ b/src/BenchmarkManager.py
@@ -48,10 +48,13 @@ class BenchmarkManager:
     respective framework components. After executing the benchmarks, it collects the generated data and saves it.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, fail_fast: bool = False):
         """
         Constructor method
+        :param fail_fast: Boolean whether a single failed benchmark run causes QUARK to fail
+        :type fail_fast: bool
         """
+        self.fail_fast = fail_fast
         self.application = None
         self.application_configs = None
         self.results = []
@@ -160,6 +163,8 @@ def run_benchmark(self, benchmark_backlog: list, repetitions: int):
 
                     except Exception as error:
                         logging.exception(f"Error during benchmark run: {error}", exc_info=True)
+                        if self.fail_fast:
+                            raise
 
                 for record in benchmark_records:
                     record.sum_up_times()
diff --git a/src/main.py b/src/main.py
index 7193d4d5..391e63b7 100644
--- a/src/main.py
+++ b/src/main.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def setup_logging() -> None:
     logging.info(" ============================================================ ")
 
 
-def start_benchmark_run(config_file: str = None, store_dir: str = None) -> None:
+def start_benchmark_run(config_file: str = None, store_dir: str = None, fail_fast: bool = False) -> None:
     """
     Starts a benchmark run from the code
 
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def start_benchmark_run(config_file: str = None, store_dir: str = None) -> None:
     config_manager = ConfigManager()
     config_manager.set_config(benchmark_config)
 
-    benchmark_manager = BenchmarkManager()
+    benchmark_manager = BenchmarkManager(fail_fast=fail_fast)
 
     # Can be overridden by using the -m|--modules option
     installer = Installer()
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ def create_benchmark_parser(parser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
     parser.add_argument('-s', '--summarize', nargs='+', help='If you want to summarize multiple experiments',
                         required=False)
     parser.add_argument('-m', '--modules', help="Provide a file listing the modules to be loaded")
+    parser.add_argument('-ff', '--failfast', help='Flag whether a single failed benchmark run causes QUARK to fail',
+                        required=False, action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction)
     parser.set_defaults(goal='benchmark')
 
 
@@ -152,7 +154,7 @@ def handle_benchmark_run(args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
     :rtype: None
     """
     from BenchmarkManager import BenchmarkManager  # pylint: disable=C0415
-    benchmark_manager = BenchmarkManager()
+    benchmark_manager = BenchmarkManager(fail_fast=args.failfast)
 
     if args.summarize:
         benchmark_manager.summarize_results(args.summarize)