diff --git a/.ci.yaml b/.ci.yaml
index fe65209a6305a6abffc0b778cfc825ae63fac478..a920ab83a766beb787d602566ca593ed0c1ec08b 100644
--- a/.ci.yaml
+++ b/.ci.yaml
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@ targets:
     presubmit: false
     properties:
       build_host: "true"
+      upload_metrics: "true"
+    timeout: 60
+    scheduler: luci
+
+  - name: Linux Benchmarks (no-upload)
+    bringup: true
+    recipe: engine/engine_metrics
+    properties:
+      build_host: "true"
+      upload_metrics: "false"
     timeout: 60
     scheduler: luci
 
diff --git a/testing/benchmark/bin/parse_and_send.dart b/testing/benchmark/bin/parse_and_send.dart
index b6319aff3f4428c2e255842cd3aad88fa7797876..0a5e04b63bb46f4f5ecd2c340d9a6a04524b1956 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark/bin/parse_and_send.dart
+++ b/testing/benchmark/bin/parse_and_send.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import 'dart:convert';
 import 'dart:io';
 
+import 'package:args/args.dart';
 import 'package:metrics_center/metrics_center.dart';
 import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
 
@@ -81,11 +82,32 @@ Future<FlutterDestination> connectFlutterDestination() async {
   );
 }
 
+ArgParser _serupOptions() {
+  final ArgParser parser = ArgParser();
+  parser.addOption(
+    'json',
+    mandatory: true,
+    help: 'Path to the benchmarks json file.',
+  );
+  parser.addFlag(
+    'no-upload',
+    help: 'Upload the parsed benchmarks.',
+    defaultsTo: false,
+  );
+  return parser;
+}
+
 Future<void> main(List<String> args) async {
-  if (args.length != 1) {
-    throw 'Must have one argument: <benchmark_json_file>';
+  final ArgParser parser = _serupOptions();
+  final ArgResults options = parser.parse(args);
+
+  final String json = options['json'] as String;
+  final PointsAndDate pointsAndDate = await parse(json);
+
+  final bool noUpload = options['no-upload'] as bool;
+  if (noUpload) {
+    return;
   }
-  final PointsAndDate pointsAndDate = await parse(args[0]);
 
   // The data will be sent to the Datastore of the GCP project specified through
   // environment variable BENCHMARK_GCP_CREDENTIALS, or TOKEN_PATH/GCP_PROJECT.
diff --git a/testing/benchmark/pubspec.yaml b/testing/benchmark/pubspec.yaml
index 9a022df136ef1644c71fa545c9a576efb36fe8be..31e05f21d425bf92b10a232b3abda1e148cf3674 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/testing/benchmark/pubspec.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 name: flutter_engine_benchmark
 publish_to: none
 environment:
-  sdk: ">=2.2.2 <3.0.0"
+  sdk: '>=2.12.0-0 <3.0.0'
 
 # Do not add any dependencies that require more than what is provided in
 # //third_party/pkg, //third_party/dart/pkg, or
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ environment:
 # relative to this directory into //third_party/dart
 
 dependencies:
+  args: any
   metrics_center: any
   path: any
 
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ dev_dependencies:
 dependency_overrides:
   _discoveryapis_commons:
     path: ../../../third_party/pkg/googleapis/discoveryapis_commons
+  args:
+    path: ../../../third_party/dart/third_party/pkg/args
   async_helper:
     path: ../../../third_party/dart/pkg/async_helper
   async:
diff --git a/testing/benchmark/upload_metrics.sh b/testing/benchmark/upload_metrics.sh
index 91f29df30797e0f52bbb2827920666ec19409878..f2a1b3acded15637ceedcc0b673febc3c41b94eb 100644
--- a/testing/benchmark/upload_metrics.sh
+++ b/testing/benchmark/upload_metrics.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ DART="${DART_SDK_DIR}/bin/dart"
 
 cd "$SCRIPT_DIR"
 "$DART" --disable-dart-dev bin/parse_and_send.dart \
-  ../../../out/host_release/txt_benchmarks.json
+  --json ../../../out/host_release/txt_benchmarks.json "$@"
 "$DART" --disable-dart-dev bin/parse_and_send.dart \
-  ../../../out/host_release/fml_benchmarks.json
+  --json ../../../out/host_release/fml_benchmarks.json "$@"
 "$DART" --disable-dart-dev bin/parse_and_send.dart \
-  ../../../out/host_release/shell_benchmarks.json
+  --json ../../../out/host_release/shell_benchmarks.json "$@"
 "$DART" --disable-dart-dev bin/parse_and_send.dart \
-  ../../../out/host_release/ui_benchmarks.json
+  --json ../../../out/host_release/ui_benchmarks.json "$@"