diff --git a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/txn.rs b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/txn.rs
index 7f94919b1d..41cb43d399 100644
--- a/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/txn.rs
+++ b/cmd/crates/soroban-rpc/src/txn.rs
@@ -178,6 +178,23 @@ impl Assembled {
         };
         !self.requires_auth()
     }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn set_max_instructions(mut self, instructions: u32) -> Self {
+        if let TransactionExt::V1(SorobanTransactionData {
+            resources:
+                SorobanResources {
+                    instructions: ref mut i,
+                    ..
+                },
+            ..
+        }) = &mut self.txn.ext
+        {
+            tracing::trace!("setting max instructions to {instructions} from {i}");
+            *i = instructions;
+        }
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 // Apply the result of a simulateTransaction onto a transaction envelope, preparing it for
diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
index 393bdf0d4a..80b8e0402f 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/commands/contract/invoke.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ pub struct Cmd {
     /// Output the cost execution to stderr
     #[arg(long = "cost")]
     pub cost: bool,
+
+    /// Number of instructions to simulate
+    #[arg(long)]
+    pub instructions: Option<u32>,
+
     /// Function name as subcommand, then arguments for that function as `--arg-name value`
     #[arg(last = true, id = "CONTRACT_FN_AND_ARGS")]
     pub slop: Vec<OsString>,
@@ -296,14 +301,16 @@ impl Cmd {
             &key,
         )?;
 
-        let txn = client.create_assembled_transaction(&tx).await?;
-
+        let mut txn = client.create_assembled_transaction(&tx).await?;
         let (return_value, events) = if txn.is_view() {
             (
                 txn.sim_res().results()?[0].xdr.clone(),
                 txn.sim_res().events()?,
             )
         } else {
+            if let Some(instructions) = self.instructions {
+                txn = txn.set_max_instructions(instructions);
+            }
             let res = client
                 .send_assembled_transaction(
                     txn,
diff --git a/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md b/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md
index 259aaa6939..424d5b5b41 100644
--- a/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md
+++ b/docs/soroban-cli-full-docs.md
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ soroban contract invoke ... -- --help
 
 * `--id <CONTRACT_ID>` — Contract ID to invoke
 * `--cost` — Output the cost execution to stderr
+* `--instructions <INSTRUCTIONS>` — Number of instructions to simulate
 * `--rpc-url <RPC_URL>` — RPC server endpoint
 * `--network-passphrase <NETWORK_PASSPHRASE>` — Network passphrase to sign the transaction sent to the rpc server
 * `--network <NETWORK>` — Name of network to use from config