diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58c76659b..9ded89f8f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ CPU backend:
       --randomx-no-numa         disable NUMA support for RandomX
       --randomx-mode=MODE       RandomX mode: auto, fast, light
       --randomx-1gb-pages       use 1GB hugepages for dataset (Linux only)
-      --randomx-wrmsr=N         write value (0-15) to Intel MSR register 0x1a4 or do nothing (-1) (Linux only)
+      --randomx-wrmsr=N         write custom value (0-15) to Intel MSR register 0x1a4 or disable MSR mod (-1)
+      --randomx-no-rdmsr        disable reverting initial MSR values on exit
 
 API:
       --api-worker-id=ID        custom worker-id for API
diff --git a/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h b/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h
index fe1a24b53..f483f044e 100644
--- a/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h
+++ b/src/base/kernel/interfaces/IConfig.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public:
         RandomXModeKey       = 1029,
         RandomX1GbPagesKey   = 1031,
         RandomXWrmsrKey      = 1032,
+        RandomXRdmsrKey      = 1033,
         CPUMaxThreadsKey     = 1026,
         MemoryPoolKey        = 1027,
         YieldKey             = 1030,
diff --git a/src/core/config/ConfigTransform.cpp b/src/core/config/ConfigTransform.cpp
index 0309fc59f..eb58cdaa2 100644
--- a/src/core/config/ConfigTransform.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config/ConfigTransform.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ void xmrig::ConfigTransform::transform(rapidjson::Document &doc, int key, const
         }
 
         return set(doc, kRandomX, "wrmsr", static_cast<int64_t>(strtol(arg, nullptr, 10)));
+
+    case IConfig::RandomXRdmsrKey: /* --randomx-no-rdmsr */
+        return set(doc, kRandomX, "rdmsr", false);
 #   endif
 
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_OPENCL
diff --git a/src/core/config/Config_platform.h b/src/core/config/Config_platform.h
index 2a1725e3d..1cf12337f 100644
--- a/src/core/config/Config_platform.h
+++ b/src/core/config/Config_platform.h
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ static const option options[] = {
     { "randomx-1gb-pages",     0, nullptr, IConfig::RandomX1GbPagesKey    },
     { "1gb-pages",             0, nullptr, IConfig::RandomX1GbPagesKey    },
     { "randomx-wrmsr",         2, nullptr, IConfig::RandomXWrmsrKey       },
+    { "wrmsr",                 2, nullptr, IConfig::RandomXWrmsrKey       },
+    { "randomx-no-rdmsr",      0, nullptr, IConfig::RandomXRdmsrKey       },
+    { "no-rdmsr",              0, nullptr, IConfig::RandomXRdmsrKey       },
 #   endif
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_OPENCL
     { "opencl",                0, nullptr, IConfig::OclKey                },
diff --git a/src/core/config/usage.h b/src/core/config/usage.h
index 4fb62a48c..cfda7ff42 100644
--- a/src/core/config/usage.h
+++ b/src/core/config/usage.h
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static inline const std::string &usage()
     u += "      --randomx-no-numa         disable NUMA support for RandomX\n";
     u += "      --randomx-mode=MODE       RandomX mode: auto, fast, light\n";
     u += "      --randomx-1gb-pages       use 1GB hugepages for dataset (Linux only)\n";
-    u += "      --randomx-wrmsr=N         write value (0-15) to Intel MSR register 0x1a4 or do nothing (-1) (Linux only)\n";
+    u += "      --randomx-wrmsr=N         write custom value (0-15) to Intel MSR register 0x1a4 or disable MSR mod (-1)\n";
+    u += "      --randomx-no-rdmsr        disable reverting initial MSR values on exit\n";
 #   endif
 
 #   ifdef XMRIG_FEATURE_HTTP