diff --git a/tftrt/examples/image-classification/image_classification.py b/tftrt/examples/image-classification/image_classification.py
index 21427e421..6d8e24a8a 100644
--- a/tftrt/examples/image-classification/image_classification.py
+++ b/tftrt/examples/image-classification/image_classification.py
@@ -52,10 +52,31 @@ def after_run(self, run_context, run_values):
                 current_step, self.num_steps, duration * 1000,
                 self.batch_size / self.iter_times[-1]))
 
+class DurationHook(tf.train.SessionRunHook):
+    """Limits run duration"""
+    def __init__(self, target_duration):
+        self.target_duration = target_duration
+        self.start_time = None
+
+    def after_run(self, run_context, run_values):
+        if not self.target_duration:
+            return
+
+        if not self.start_time:
+            self.start_time = time.time()
+            print("    running for target duration from %d" % self.start_time)
+            return
+
+        current_time = time.time()
+        if (current_time - self.start_time) > self.target_duration:
+            print("    target duration %d reached at %d, requesting stop" % (self.target_duration, current_time))
+            run_context.request_stop()
+
 def run(frozen_graph, model, data_files, batch_size,
-    num_iterations, num_warmup_iterations, use_synthetic=False, display_every=100, run_calibration=False):
+    num_iterations, num_warmup_iterations, use_synthetic, display_every=100, run_calibration=False,
+    target_duration=None):
     """Evaluates a frozen graph
-    
+
     This function evaluates a graph on the ImageNet validation set.
     tf.estimator.Estimator is used to evaluate the accuracy of the model
     and a few other metrics. The results are returned as a dict.
@@ -125,8 +146,9 @@ def eval_input_fn():
         model_fn=model_fn,
         config=tf.estimator.RunConfig(session_config=tf_config),
         model_dir='model_dir')
-    results = estimator.evaluate(eval_input_fn, steps=num_iterations, hooks=[logger])
-    
+    duration_hook = DurationHook(target_duration)
+    results = estimator.evaluate(eval_input_fn, steps=num_iterations, hooks=[logger, duration_hook])
+
     # Gather additional results
     iter_times = np.array(logger.iter_times[num_warmup_iterations:])
     results['total_time'] = np.sum(iter_times)
@@ -137,7 +159,7 @@ def eval_input_fn():
 
 class NetDef(object):
     """Contains definition of a model
-    
+
     name: Name of model
     url: (optional) Where to download archive containing checkpoint
     model_dir_in_archive: (optional) Subdirectory in archive containing
@@ -375,7 +397,7 @@ def get_checkpoint(model, model_dir=None, default_models_dir='.'):
     if get_netdef(model).url:
         download_checkpoint(model, model_dir)
         return find_checkpoint_in_dir(model_dir)
-    
+
     print('No model_dir was provided and the model does not define a download' \
           ' URL.')
     exit(1)
@@ -533,7 +555,7 @@ def get_frozen_graph(
     parser.add_argument('--model_dir', type=str, default=None,
         help='Directory containing model checkpoint. If not provided, a ' \
              'checkpoint may be downloaded automatically and stored in ' \
-             '"{--default_models_dir}/{--model}" for future use.') 
+             '"{--default_models_dir}/{--model}" for future use.')
     parser.add_argument('--default_models_dir', type=str, default='./data',
         help='Directory where downloaded model checkpoints will be stored and ' \
              'loaded from if --model_dir is not provided.')
@@ -562,6 +584,8 @@ def get_frozen_graph(
         help='workspace size in bytes')
     parser.add_argument('--cache', action='store_true',
         help='If set, graphs will be saved to disk after conversion. If a converted graph is present on disk, it will be loaded instead of building the graph again.')
+    parser.add_argument('--target_duration', type=int, default=None,
+        help='If set, script will run for specified number of seconds.')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     if args.precision != 'fp32' and not args.use_trt:
@@ -625,7 +649,8 @@ def print_dict(input_dict, str='', scale=None):
         num_iterations=args.num_iterations,
         num_warmup_iterations=args.num_warmup_iterations,
         use_synthetic=args.use_synthetic,
-        display_every=args.display_every)
+        display_every=args.display_every,
+        target_duration=args.target_duration)
 
     # Display results
     print('results of {}:'.format(args.model))