diff --git a/python/perf-kernels/flash-attention.py b/python/perf-kernels/flash-attention.py
index a4a619e63b8c..7b7ecdbd8a4b 100644
--- a/python/perf-kernels/flash-attention.py
+++ b/python/perf-kernels/flash-attention.py
@@ -1464,6 +1464,16 @@ def varlen_benchmark_configs():
             ]
     return configs
 
+def nonvarlen_backward_benchmark_configs():
+    configs=[(16, 16, 16, 1024, 1024),
+            (8, 16, 16, 2048, 2048),
+            (4, 16, 16, 4096, 4096),
+            (2, 16, 16, 8192, 8192),
+            (1, 16, 16, 16384, 16384),
+            (2, 48, 48, 1024, 1024),
+            ]
+    return configs
+
 def run_benchmark(custom):
 
     args = parse_args()
@@ -1471,7 +1481,7 @@ def run_benchmark(custom):
     hk = args.hq if not args.hk else args.hk
     sk = args.sq if not args.sk else args.sk
     head_size = 128 if not args.d else args.d
-    mode = 'fwd'
+    mode = args.direction
     x_names=['BATCH', 'HQ', 'HK', 'N_CTX_Q', 'N_CTX_K']
     causal = args.causal
     varlen = args.varlen
@@ -1481,6 +1491,8 @@ def run_benchmark(custom):
     else:
         if varlen:
             x_vals_list = varlen_benchmark_configs()
+        elif mode == 'bwd':
+            x_vals_list = nonvarlen_backward_benchmark_configs()
         else:
             x_vals_list = nonvarlen_benchmark_configs()
     print_time = args.return_time
@@ -1515,11 +1527,7 @@ def bench_flash_attention(
         # else:
         #     bias = None
         bias = None
-
-        # Bwd pass only supports causal=True right now
-        if mode == 'bwd':
-            causal = True
-
+        
         flops_per_matmul = 0
         if varlen:
             q, k, v, input_metadata = varlen_input_helper(BATCH, HQ, HK, N_CTX_Q, N_CTX_K, D_HEAD, dtype)
@@ -1567,6 +1575,7 @@ def parse_args():
     parser.add_argument("-causal", action='store_true', default=False)
     parser.add_argument("-varlen", action='store_true', default=False)
     parser.add_argument("-dtype", default='fp16')
+    parser.add_argument("-direction", default='fwd')
     parser.add_argument("-return_time", action='store_true', default=False)
     return parser.parse_args()