diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 85d6a6d2e9..8c74f6e67f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4454,6 +4454,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "metrics",
  "metrics-exporter-prometheus",
  "metrics-util",
+ "num_cpus",
  "proptest",
  "reth-auto-seal-consensus",
  "reth-beacon-consensus",
diff --git a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
index 1bd98580a7..f3f2ee9865 100644
--- a/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/reth/Cargo.toml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ jsonrpsee = { version = "0.16", features = ["server"] }
 # misc
 eyre = "0.6.8"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive", "cargo"] }
+num_cpus = "1.13.0"
 tempfile = { version = "3.3.0" }
 backon = "0.4"
 hex = "0.4"
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/args/mod.rs b/bin/reth/src/args/mod.rs
index 98167ad59e..166c0ad139 100644
--- a/bin/reth/src/args/mod.rs
+++ b/bin/reth/src/args/mod.rs
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ pub use debug_args::DebugArgs;
 
 mod secret_key;
 pub use secret_key::{get_secret_key, SecretKeyError};
+
+/// MinerArgs struct for configuring the miner
+mod payload_build_args;
+pub use payload_build_args::PayloadBuilderArgs;
diff --git a/bin/reth/src/args/payload_build_args.rs b/bin/reth/src/args/payload_build_args.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d448e023b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/reth/src/args/payload_build_args.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use clap::{builder::RangedU64ValueParser, Args};
+use reth_primitives::Address;
+
+/// Parameters for configuring the Payload Builder
+#[derive(Debug, Args, PartialEq, Default)]
+pub struct PayloadBuilderArgs {
+    /// Public address for block mining rewards
+    #[arg(long = "builder.etherbase", help_heading = "Builder")]
+    pub etherbase: Option<Address>,
+
+    /// Block extra data set by the builder
+    #[arg(long = "builder.extradata", help_heading = "Builder")]
+    pub extradata: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Target gas ceiling for mined blocks
+    #[arg(long = "builder.gaslimit", help_heading = "Builder")]
+    pub gaslimit: Option<u64>,
+
+    /// Minimum gas price for mining a transaction
+    #[arg(long = "builder.gasprice", help_heading = "Builder")]
+    pub gasprice: Option<u64>,
+
+    /// Time interval to recreate the block being mined in seconds
+    #[arg(long = "builder.recommit", help_heading = "Builder")]
+    pub recommit: Option<u32>,
+
+    /// Number of CPU threads to use for mining
+    #[arg(long = "builder.threads", help_heading = "Builder", value_parser = RangedU64ValueParser::<usize>::new().range(1..=num_cpus::get() as u64))]
+    pub num_threads: Option<usize>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use super::*;
+    use clap::{Args, Parser};
+
+    /// A helper type to parse Args more easily
+    #[derive(Parser)]
+    struct CommandParser<T: Args> {
+        #[clap(flatten)]
+        args: T,
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_args_with_valid_num_threads() {
+        let num_cpus = num_cpus::get();
+        let args = CommandParser::<PayloadBuilderArgs>::parse_from([
+            "reth",
+            "--builder.threads",
+            &format!("{}", num_cpus),
+        ])
+        .args;
+        assert!(args.num_threads.is_some())
+    }
+}