diff --git a/src/scgenerator/data/submit_job_template.txt b/src/scgenerator/data/submit_job_template.txt
index 397841a..19842e3 100644
--- a/src/scgenerator/data/submit_job_template.txt
+++ b/src/scgenerator/data/submit_job_template.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 ### Give all resources to a single Ray task, ray can manage the resources internally
 #SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
 #SBATCH --cpus-per-task={cpus_per_node}
-
+{dependency}
 
 # Load modules or your own conda environment here
 {environment_setup}
diff --git a/src/scgenerator/scripts/slurm_submit.py b/src/scgenerator/scripts/slurm_submit.py
index 70e05a8..5ca8092 100644
--- a/src/scgenerator/scripts/slurm_submit.py
+++ b/src/scgenerator/scripts/slurm_submit.py
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ def create_parser():
     parser.add_argument(
         "--command", default="run", choices=["run", "resume", "merge"], help="command to run"
     )
+    parser.add_argument("--dependency", default=None, help="sbatch dependency argument")
     return parser
 
 
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ def main():
     template = Paths.gets("submit_job_template")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
+    if args.dependency is None:
+        args.dependency = ""
+    else:
+        args.dependency = f"#SBATCH --dependency={args.dependency}"
+
     if not re.match(r"^[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}$", args.time) and not re.match(
         r"^[0-9]+$", args.time
     ):