diff --git a/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs b/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
index 017932bc36cf8cd3a2960b1af3c5252c2ae9c8ee..7938f0dbd3d0646ee92c873385b03c626873b8f1 100644
--- a/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
+++ b/frontends/sdl/src/main.rs
@@ -662,6 +662,13 @@ struct Args {
     #[arg(short, long, default_value_t = String::from("printer"), help = "Serial device to be used")]
     device: String,
 
+    #[arg(
+        long,
+        default_value_t = false,
+        help = "If set no boot ROM will be loaded"
+    )]
+    no_boot: bool,
+
     #[arg(long, default_value_t = false, help = "If set no PPU will be used")]
     no_ppu: bool,
 
@@ -740,7 +747,7 @@ fn main() {
     // parses the provided command line arguments and uses them to
     // obtain structured values
     let args = Args::parse();
-    let mode: GameBoyMode = if args.mode == "auto" {
+    let mode = if args.mode == "auto" {
         GameBoyMode::Dmg
     } else {
         GameBoyMode::from_string(&args.mode)
@@ -760,7 +767,7 @@ fn main() {
     game_boy.set_dma_enabled(!args.no_dma);
     game_boy.set_timer_enabled(!args.no_timer);
     game_boy.attach_serial(device);
-    game_boy.load(true);
+    game_boy.load(!args.no_boot);
 
     // prints the current version of the emulator (informational message)
     println!("========= Boytacean =========\n{}", game_boy);
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index 53c6dff7fd2083c9faff6779da88e82254020b11..dffe95421e2bb646d88e878f0676240e0acb5a8e 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ pub enum BootRom {
     DmgBootix,
     MgbBootix,
     Cgb,
+    None,
 }
 
 pub const DMG_BOOT: [u8; 256] = [
diff --git a/src/gb.rs b/src/gb.rs
index fda32828ca23549a36d44536218d45cad2792441..87b2379fa0412c2186a5e3b463fc3c05904f5778 100644
--- a/src/gb.rs
+++ b/src/gb.rs
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ impl GameBoy {
             BootRom::DmgBootix => self.load_boot(&DMG_BOOTIX),
             BootRom::MgbBootix => self.load_boot(&MGB_BOOTIX),
             BootRom::Cgb => self.load_boot(&CGB_BOOT),
+            BootRom::None => (),
         }
     }
 
@@ -957,6 +958,7 @@ impl GameBoy {
             BootRom::DmgBootix => self.load_boot_path("./res/boot/dmg_bootix.bin"),
             BootRom::MgbBootix => self.load_boot_path("./res/boot/mgb_bootix.bin"),
             BootRom::Cgb => self.load_boot_path("./res/boot/cgb_boot.bin"),
+            BootRom::None => (),
         }
     }