diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index 6f40263bb..aee62290a 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func init() {
 	serverOptions.v.fileSizeLimitMB = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.fileSizeLimitMB", 1024, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
 	serverOptions.v.publicUrl = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.publicUrl", "", "publicly accessible address")
 	serverOptions.v.preStopSeconds = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.preStopSeconds", 10, "number of seconds between stop send heartbeats and stop volume server")
-	serverOptions.v.pprof = &False
+	serverOptions.v.pprof = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("volume.pprof", false, "enable pprof http handlers. precludes --memprofile and --cpuprofile")
 
 	s3Options.port = cmdServer.Flag.Int("s3.port", 8333, "s3 server http listen port")
 	s3Options.domainName = cmdServer.Flag.String("s3.domainName", "", "suffix of the host name, {bucket}.{domainName}")