diff --git a/conf/common/test/nemo_run_llama3_8b.toml b/conf/common/test/nemo_run_llama3_8b.toml
index 462a57e61..ea8e8895f 100644
--- a/conf/common/test/nemo_run_llama3_8b.toml
+++ b/conf/common/test/nemo_run_llama3_8b.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ test_template_name = "NeMoRun"
 [cmd_args]
 "docker_image_url" = "nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09"
 "task" = "pretrain"
+"recipe_path" = ""
 "recipe_name" = "llama3_8b"
 
 [extra_cmd_args]
diff --git a/src/cloudai/schema/test_template/nemo_run/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py b/src/cloudai/schema/test_template/nemo_run/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
index ebbf13a59..2543f005e 100644
--- a/src/cloudai/schema/test_template/nemo_run/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
+++ b/src/cloudai/schema/test_template/nemo_run/slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ def _parse_slurm_args(
 
         tdef: NeMoRunTestDefinition = cast(NeMoRunTestDefinition, tr.test.test_definition)
         base_args.update({"image_path": tdef.docker_image.installed_path})
+        if tdef.cmd_args.recipe_path:
+            # TODO: update /opt/NeMo/nemo/collections/llm/recipes/__init__.py
+            target_recipe_path = f"/opt/NeMo/nemo/collections/llm/recipes/{os.path.basename(tdef.cmd_args.recipe_path)}"
+            container_mounts = f"{tdef.cmd_args.recipe_path}:{target_recipe_path}"
+            base_args["container_mounts"] = container_mounts
 
         return base_args
 
diff --git a/src/cloudai/test_definitions/nemo_run.py b/src/cloudai/test_definitions/nemo_run.py
index fa424672f..3123e2ea1 100644
--- a/src/cloudai/test_definitions/nemo_run.py
+++ b/src/cloudai/test_definitions/nemo_run.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class NeMoRunCmdArgs(CmdArgs):
 
     docker_image_url: str
     task: str
+    recipe_path: Optional[str]
     recipe_name: str
 
 
diff --git a/tests/slurm_command_gen_strategy/test_nemo_run_slurm_command_gen_strategy.py b/tests/slurm_command_gen_strategy/test_nemo_run_slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
index 57ed454d7..f6dd9a539 100644
--- a/tests/slurm_command_gen_strategy/test_nemo_run_slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
+++ b/tests/slurm_command_gen_strategy/test_nemo_run_slurm_command_gen_strategy.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def test_run(self, tmp_path: Path) -> TestRun:
             description="desc1",
             test_template_name="tt",
             cmd_args=NeMoRunCmdArgs(
-                docker_image_url="nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09", task="pretrain", recipe_name="llama_3b"
+                docker_image_url="nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09", task="pretrain", recipe_path=None, recipe_name="llama_3b"
             ),
             extra_env_vars={"TEST_VAR_1": "value1"},
             extra_cmd_args={"extra_args": ""},
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def cmd_gen_strategy(self, slurm_system: SlurmSystem) -> NeMoRunSlurmCommandGenS
         "cmd_args, expected_cmd",
         [
             (
-                {"docker_image_url": "nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09", "task": "fine_tune", "recipe_name": "llama7_13b"},
+                {"docker_image_url": "nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09", "task": "fine_tune", "recipe_path": None, "recipe_name": "llama7_13b"},
                 ["nemo", "llm", "fine_tune", "--factory", "llama7_13b", "-y", "trainer.num_nodes=2", "extra_args"],
             ),
         ],
@@ -90,3 +90,21 @@ def test_num_nodes(self, cmd_gen_strategy: NeMoRunSlurmCommandGenStrategy, test_
 
         num_nodes_param = next(p for p in cmd if "trainer.num_nodes" in p)
         assert num_nodes_param == "trainer.num_nodes=3"
+
+    def test_parse_slurm_args_with_recipe_path(
+        self, cmd_gen_strategy: NeMoRunSlurmCommandGenStrategy, test_run: TestRun
+    ) -> None:
+        # Test when recipe_path is None
+        test_run.test.test_definition.cmd_args.recipe_path = None
+        base_args = cmd_gen_strategy._parse_slurm_args("test_job", {}, {}, test_run)
+        assert (
+            "container_mounts" not in base_args
+        ), "container_mounts should not be in base_args when recipe_path is None"
+
+        # Test when recipe_path is not None
+        test_run.test.test_definition.cmd_args.recipe_path = "/some/recipe/path"
+        base_args = cmd_gen_strategy._parse_slurm_args("test_job", {}, {}, test_run)
+        assert "container_mounts" in base_args, "container_mounts should be in base_args when recipe_path is not None"
+        assert (
+            base_args["container_mounts"] == "/some/recipe/path:/some/recipe/path"
+        ), "container_mounts should correctly mount the recipe_path"
diff --git a/tests/test_acceptance.py b/tests/test_acceptance.py
index 53a22f502..f8f064639 100644
--- a/tests/test_acceptance.py
+++ b/tests/test_acceptance.py
@@ -211,7 +211,10 @@ def create_test_run(name, test_definition, command_gen_strategy):
                     description=test_type,
                     test_template_name=test_type,
                     cmd_args=NeMoRunCmdArgs(
-                        docker_image_url="nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09", task="pretrain", recipe_name="llama_3b"
+                        docker_image_url="nvcr.io/nvidia/nemo:24.09",
+                        task="pretrain",
+                        recipe_path=None,
+                        recipe_name="llama_3b",
                     ),
                 ),
                 NeMoRunSlurmCommandGenStrategy,