diff --git a/tools/replay/main.go b/tools/replay/main.go
index 7b26eee33ca1..a2d11b1c3eea 100644
--- a/tools/replay/main.go
+++ b/tools/replay/main.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ var fHost = flag.String("host", "127.0.0.1:6379", "Redis host")
 var fClientBuffer = flag.Int("buffer", 100, "How many records to buffer per client")
 var fPace = flag.Bool("pace", true, "whether to pace the traffic according to the original timings.false - to pace as fast as possible")
 var fSkip = flag.Uint("skip", 0, "skip N records")
+var fSkipTimeSec = flag.Int("skip-time-sec", 0, "skip records in the first N seconds of the recording")
 var fIgnoreParseErrors = flag.Bool("ignore-parse-errors", false, "ignore parsing errors")
 
 func RenderTable(area *pterm.AreaPrinter, files []string, workers []FileWorker) {
@@ -77,14 +78,23 @@ func RenderPipelineRangesTable(area *pterm.AreaPrinter, files []string, workers
 }
 
 func Run(files []string) {
-	timeOffset := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond).Sub(DetermineBaseTime(files))
+	baseTime := DetermineBaseTime(files)
+
+	var skipUntil uint64
+	effectiveBaseTime := baseTime
+	if  *fSkipTimeSec > 0 {
+		skipDuration := time.Duration(*fSkipTimeSec) * time.Second
+		skipUntil = uint64(baseTime.Add(skipDuration).UnixNano())
+		effectiveBaseTime = baseTime.Add(skipDuration)
+	}
+	timeOffset := time.Now().Add(500 * time.Millisecond).Sub(effectiveBaseTime)
 	fmt.Println("Offset -> ", timeOffset)
 
 	// Start a worker for every file. They take care of spawning client workers.
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	workers := make([]FileWorker, len(files))
 	for i := range workers {
-		workers[i] = FileWorker{timeOffset: timeOffset}
+		workers[i] = FileWorker{timeOffset: timeOffset, skipUntil: skipUntil}
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go workers[i].Run(files[i], &wg)
 	}
@@ -224,6 +234,7 @@ func main() {
 
 		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "\nExamples:")
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "   %s -host 192.168.1.10:6379 -buffer 50 run *.bin\n", binaryName)
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "   %s -skip-time-sec 30 run *.bin\n", binaryName)
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  %s print *.bin\n", binaryName)
 	}
 
diff --git a/tools/replay/workers.go b/tools/replay/workers.go
index bd219cda3629..6540dcfddf14 100644
--- a/tools/replay/workers.go
+++ b/tools/replay/workers.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var pipelineRanges = []struct {
 type FileWorker struct {
 	clientGroup sync.WaitGroup
 	timeOffset  time.Duration
+	skipUntil   uint64
 	// stats for output, updated by clients, read by rendering goroutine
 	processed uint64
 	delayed   uint64
@@ -170,6 +171,11 @@ func (w *FileWorker) Run(file string, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 		if cmdName != "eval" && recordId < uint64(*fSkip) {
 			return true
 		}
+
+		if w.skipUntil > 0 && r.Time < w.skipUntil {
+			return true
+		}
+
 		atomic.AddUint64(&w.parsed, 1)
 		client.incoming <- r
 		return true