diff --git a/test/external/fuzz_symbolic.py b/test/external/fuzz_symbolic.py
index 7c06fc1285..045f07e164 100644
--- a/test/external/fuzz_symbolic.py
+++ b/test/external/fuzz_symbolic.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import random, operator
+import random, operator, sys
 import z3
 from tinygrad import Variable, dtypes
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp
 from tinygrad.uop.validate import uops_to_z3
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, Context
 
-seed = random.randint(0, 100)
-print(f"Seed: {seed}")
+seed = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else random.randint(0, 100)
+print(f"Seed: {seed}", flush=True)
 random.seed(seed)
 
 unary_ops = [lambda a:a+random.randint(-4, 4), lambda a: a*random.randint(-4, 4),
diff --git a/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py b/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py
index 693eb37e66..7a70ee34ce 100644
--- a/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py
+++ b/test/external/fuzz_symbolic_symbolic_div.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import random
+import random, sys
 import z3
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops
 from tinygrad.uop.validate import uops_to_z3
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, Context, colored
 
-seed = random.randint(0, 100)
-print(f"Seed: {seed}")
+seed = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else random.randint(0, 100)
+print(f"Seed: {seed}", flush=True)
 random.seed(seed)
 
 def get_random_term(ranges, factors):