diff --git a/src/madengine/mad.py b/src/madengine/mad.py
index 75bee1ed..0b77934e 100644
--- a/src/madengine/mad.py
+++ b/src/madengine/mad.py
@@ -125,6 +125,10 @@ def main():
     # Run models command
     parser_run = subparsers.add_parser('run', description="Run LLMs and Deep Learning models on container", help='Run models on container')
     parser_run.add_argument('--tags', nargs='+', default=[], help="tags to run (can be multiple).")
+
+    # Deprecated Tag
+    parser_run.add_argument('--ignore-deprecated-flag', action='store_true', help="Force run deprecated models even if marked deprecated.")
+
     parser_run.add_argument('--timeout', type=int, default=-1, help="time out for model run in seconds; Overrides per-model timeout if specified or default timeout of 7200 (2 hrs).\
                                                Timeout of 0 will never timeout.")
     parser_run.add_argument('--live-output', action='store_true', help="prints output in real-time directly on STDOUT")
diff --git a/src/madengine/tools/run_models.py b/src/madengine/tools/run_models.py
index dd528c4e..4e3df620 100644
--- a/src/madengine/tools/run_models.py
+++ b/src/madengine/tools/run_models.py
@@ -905,6 +905,15 @@ def run_model(self, model_info: typing.Dict) -> bool:
         # Environment variable updates for MAD Public CI
         run_details.gpu_architecture = self.context.ctx["docker_env_vars"]["MAD_SYSTEM_GPU_ARCHITECTURE"]
 
+        # Check if model is deprecated
+        if model_info.get("is_deprecated", False): 
+            print(f"WARNING: Model {model_info['name']} has been deprecated.") 
+            if self.args.ignore_deprecated_flag:  
+                print(f"WARNING: Running deprecated model {model_info['name']} due to --ignore-deprecated-flag.")  
+            else:  
+                print(f"WARNING: Skipping execution. No bypass flags mentioned.")  
+                return True  # exit early
+
         # check if model is supported on current gpu architecture, if not skip.
         list_skip_gpu_arch = []
         if (