diff --git a/dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/Client.java b/dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/Client.java
index 3b6c54cbd2..5fc8117855 100644
--- a/dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/Client.java
+++ b/dynamometer-infra/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/Client.java
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ public class Client extends Configured implements Tool {
   public static final String WORKLOAD_INPUT_PATH_ARG = "workload_input_path";
   public static final String WORKLOAD_THREADS_PER_MAPPER_ARG = "workload_threads_per_mapper";
   public static final String WORKLOAD_START_DELAY_ARG = "workload_start_delay";
+  public static final String WORKLOAD_RATE_FACTOR_ARG = "workload_rate_factor";
+  public static final String WORKLOAD_RATE_FACTOR_DEFAULT = "1.0";
 
   private static final String START_SCRIPT_LOCATION =
       Client.class.getClassLoader().getResource(DynoConstants.START_SCRIPT.getResourcePath()).toString();
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ public class Client extends Configured implements Tool {
   private int workloadThreadsPerMapper;
   // The startup delay for the workload job.
   private long workloadStartDelayMs;
+  private double workloadRateFactor = 0.0;
 
   // Start time for client
   private final long clientStartTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -276,6 +279,9 @@ public Client(String appMasterJar) {
         "any of them start replaying. Workloads with more mappers may need a longer delay to get all of " +
         "the containers allocated. Human-readable units accepted (e.g. 30s, 10m). " +
         "(default " + WorkloadDriver.START_TIME_OFFSET_DEFAULT + ")");
+    opts.addOption(WORKLOAD_RATE_FACTOR_ARG, true,
+        "Rate factor (multiplicative speed factor) to apply to workload replay (Default " +
+            WORKLOAD_RATE_FACTOR_DEFAULT + ")");
   }
 
   /**
@@ -375,6 +381,8 @@ public boolean accept(Path path) {
       workloadInputPath = cliParser.getOptionValue(WORKLOAD_INPUT_PATH_ARG);
       workloadThreadsPerMapper = Integer.parseInt(cliParser.getOptionValue(WORKLOAD_THREADS_PER_MAPPER_ARG,
           String.valueOf(AuditReplayMapper.NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT)));
+      workloadRateFactor = Double.parseDouble(cliParser.getOptionValue(WORKLOAD_RATE_FACTOR_ARG,
+          WORKLOAD_RATE_FACTOR_DEFAULT));
       String delayString = cliParser.getOptionValue(WORKLOAD_START_DELAY_ARG, WorkloadDriver.START_TIME_OFFSET_DEFAULT);
       // Store a temporary config to leverage Configuration's time duration parsing.
       getConf().set("___temp___", delayString);
@@ -817,6 +825,7 @@ private void launchAndMonitorWorkloadDriver(Properties nameNodeProperties) {
       Configuration workloadConf = new Configuration(getConf());
       workloadConf.set(AuditReplayMapper.INPUT_PATH_KEY, workloadInputPath);
       workloadConf.setInt(AuditReplayMapper.NUM_THREADS_KEY, workloadThreadsPerMapper);
+      workloadConf.setDouble(AuditReplayMapper.RATE_FACTOR_KEY, workloadRateFactor);
       workloadJob = WorkloadDriver.getJobForSubmission(workloadConf, nameNodeURI.toString(),
           workloadStartTime, AuditReplayMapper.class);
       workloadJob.submit();
diff --git a/dynamometer-workload/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/workloadgenerator/audit/AuditReplayMapper.java b/dynamometer-workload/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/workloadgenerator/audit/AuditReplayMapper.java
index 0aee62e8b3..1f8f17b99a 100644
--- a/dynamometer-workload/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/workloadgenerator/audit/AuditReplayMapper.java
+++ b/dynamometer-workload/src/main/java/com/linkedin/dynamometer/workloadgenerator/audit/AuditReplayMapper.java
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
  * "invalid" (threw an exception), how many were "late" (replayed later than they should have been),
  * and the latency (from client perspective) of each command. If there are a large number of "late"
  * commands, you likely need to increase the number of threads used and/or the number of mappers.
+ *
+ * By default, commands will be replayed at the same rate as they were originally performed. However
+ * a rate factor can be specified via the {@value RATE_FACTOR_KEY} configuration; all of the (relative)
+ * timestamps will be divided by this rate factor, effectively changing the rate at which they are
+ * replayed. For example, a rate factor of 2 would make the replay occur twice as fast, and a rate
+ * factor of 0.5 would make it occur half as fast.
  */
 public class AuditReplayMapper extends WorkloadMapper<LongWritable, Text> {
 
@@ -50,6 +56,8 @@ public class AuditReplayMapper extends WorkloadMapper<LongWritable, Text> {
   public static final int NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT = 1;
   public static final String CREATE_BLOCKS_KEY = "auditreplay.create-blocks";
   public static final boolean CREATE_BLOCKS_DEFAULT = true;
+  public static final String RATE_FACTOR_KEY = "auditreplay.rate-factor";
+  public static final double RATE_FACTOR_DEFAULT = 1.0;
   public static final String COMMAND_PARSER_KEY = "auditreplay.command-parser.class";
   public static final Class<AuditLogDirectParser> COMMAND_PARSER_DEFAULT = AuditLogDirectParser.class;
 
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@ public enum CommandType {
 
   private long startTimestampMs;
   private int numThreads;
+  private double rateFactor;
   private long highestTimestamp;
   private List<AuditReplayThread> threads;
   private Function<Long, Long> relativeToAbsoluteTimestamp;
@@ -140,7 +149,10 @@ public List<String> getConfigDescriptions() {
         INPUT_PATH_KEY + " (required): Path to directory containing input files.",
         NUM_THREADS_KEY + " (default " + NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT + "): Number of threads to use per mapper for replay.",
         CREATE_BLOCKS_KEY + " (default " + CREATE_BLOCKS_DEFAULT + "): Whether or not to create 1-byte blocks when " +
-            "performing `create` commands."
+            "performing `create` commands.",
+        RATE_FACTOR_KEY + " (default " + RATE_FACTOR_DEFAULT + "): Multiplicative speed at which to replay the audit " +
+            " log; e.g. a value of 2.0 would make the replay occur at twice the original speed. This can be useful " +
+            "to induce heavier loads."
     );
   }
 
@@ -155,6 +167,7 @@ public void setup(Mapper.Context context) throws IOException {
     // WorkloadDriver ensures that the starttimestamp is set
     startTimestampMs = conf.getLong(WorkloadDriver.START_TIMESTAMP_MS, -1);
     numThreads = conf.getInt(NUM_THREADS_KEY, NUM_THREADS_DEFAULT);
+    rateFactor = conf.getDouble(RATE_FACTOR_KEY, RATE_FACTOR_DEFAULT);
     try {
       commandParser = conf.getClass(COMMAND_PARSER_KEY, COMMAND_PARSER_DEFAULT, AuditCommandParser.class)
           .getConstructor().newInstance();
@@ -165,7 +178,7 @@ public void setup(Mapper.Context context) throws IOException {
     relativeToAbsoluteTimestamp = new Function<Long, Long>() {
       @Override
       public Long apply(Long input) {
-        return startTimestampMs + input;
+        return startTimestampMs + Math.round(input / rateFactor);
       }
     };