diff --git a/completions/_xfstests.zsh b/completions/_xfstests.zsh
index 4365652..eaf4bd3 100644
--- a/completions/_xfstests.zsh
+++ b/completions/_xfstests.zsh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function _xfstests.zsh() {
 			"domains\:domains\:($(virsh list --all --name))"' \
 		{-k,--scratch}'[the exported scratch directory on the server]: : _files -/' \
 		{-p,--mountpoint}'[the directory to mount the server]: : _files -/' \
+		--nconnect'[number of connections]: :($(seq 1 32))' \
 		{-r,--rdma}'[test using rdma]: :(rxe siw)' \
 		{-q,--scratchmnt}'[the directory to mount the scratch export]: : _files -/' \
 		{-s,--server}'[the server to test against]: : _alternative
diff --git a/xfstests.zsh b/xfstests.zsh
index 105d788..cbe13d8 100755
--- a/xfstests.zsh
+++ b/xfstests.zsh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ PROTO=(tcp)
 zparseopts -D -K \
 	c:=CLIENT -client:=CLIENT \
 	k:=SCRATCH -scratch:=SCRATCH \
+	-nconnect:=NCONNECT \
 	p:=MOUNTPOINT -mountpoint:=MOUNTPOINT \
 	q:=SCRATCHMNT -scratchmnt:=SCRATCHMNT \
 	r:=RDMA -rdma:=RDMA \
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ if [ ${#RDMA} -gt 0 ]; then
 	PROTO+=(rdma)
 	$BIN/rping.zsh ${RDMA[-1]} ${CLIENT[-1]} ${SERVER[-1]}
 fi
+if [ ${#NCONNECT} -gt 0 ]; then
+	OPTIONS="$OPTIONS,nconnect=${NCONNECT[-1]}"
+fi
 
 ssh ${CLIENT[-1]} "sudo setup-xfstests.zsh ${SERVER[-1]} ${EXPORT[-1]} ${MOUNTPOINT[-1]} \
 		  ${SCRATCH[-1]} ${SCRATCHMNT[-1]} $USER"