diff --git a/cmd/pilosactl/main.go b/cmd/pilosactl/main.go
index e8ab8d7ef..d10a8bb52 100644
--- a/cmd/pilosactl/main.go
+++ b/cmd/pilosactl/main.go
@@ -1171,6 +1171,9 @@ type BagentCommand struct {
 	// Enable pretty printing of results, for human consumption.
 	HumanReadable bool `json:"human-readable"`
 
+	// Result destination, ["stdout", "aws"]
+	Output string `json:"output"`
+
 	// Slice of pilosa hosts to run the Benchmarks against.
 	Hosts []string `json:"hosts"`
 
@@ -1186,6 +1189,7 @@ func NewBagentCommand(stdin io.Reader, stdout, stderr io.Writer) *BagentCommand
 		Hosts:         []string{},
 		AgentNum:      0,
 		HumanReadable: false,
+		Output:        "aws",
 
 		Stdin:  stdin,
 		Stdout: stdout,
@@ -1207,6 +1211,7 @@ func (cmd *BagentCommand) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	fs.StringVar(&pilosaHosts, "hosts", "localhost:15000", "")
 	fs.IntVar(&cmd.AgentNum, "agent-num", 0, "")
 	fs.BoolVar(&cmd.HumanReadable, "human", false, "")
+	fs.StringVar(&cmd.Output, "output", "aws", "")
 
 	if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -1273,6 +1278,9 @@ The following arguments are available:
 	-human
 		Boolean to enable human-readable format.
 
+  -output
+    String to select output destination, "stdout" or "aws"
+
 	subcommands:
 		diagonal-set-bits
 		random-set-bits
@@ -1332,6 +1340,9 @@ type BspawnCommand struct {
 	// Makes output human readable
 	Human bool
 
+	// Result destination, ["stdout", "aws"]
+	Output string
+
 	// Benchmarks is a slice of Spawns which specifies all of the bagent
 	// commands to run. These will all be run in parallel, started on each
 	// of the agents in a round robin fashion.
@@ -1371,6 +1382,7 @@ func (cmd *BspawnCommand) ParseFlags(args []string) error {
 	agentHosts := fs.String("agent-hosts", "", "")
 	sshUser := fs.String("ssh-user", "", "")
 	fs.BoolVar(&cmd.Human, "human", false, "")
+	fs.StringVar(&cmd.Output, "output", "aws", "")
 	fs.BoolVar(&cmd.CopyBinary, "copy-binary", false, "")
 
 	err := fs.Parse(args)
@@ -1437,6 +1449,9 @@ The following flags are allowed and will override the values in the config file:
 
 	-human
 		toggle human readable output (indented json with formatted times)
+
+  -output
+    string to select output destination, "stdout" or "aws"
 `)
 }