diff --git a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModel.java b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModel.java
index 805ac1a510..2168408269 100644
--- a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModel.java
+++ b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModel.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package org.grobid.core.jni;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 import org.grobid.core.GrobidModel;
 import org.grobid.core.engines.label.TaggingLabels;
 import org.grobid.core.exceptions.GrobidException;
@@ -252,7 +254,35 @@ public void run() {
                 LOGGER.error("DeLFT model training via JEP failed", e);
             } 
         } 
-    } 
+    }
+
+    protected static List<String> getTrainCommand(String modelName, File trainingData, String architecture) {
+        String trainModule = GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainModule();
+        if (StringUtils.isEmpty(trainModule)) {
+            trainModule = "grobidTagger.py";
+        }
+        List<String> command = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(
+            "python3", 
+            trainModule,
+            modelName,
+            "train",
+            "--input", trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
+            "--output", GrobidProperties.getModelPath().getAbsolutePath()
+        ));
+        if (architecture != null) {
+            command.add("--architecture");
+            command.add(architecture);
+        }
+        if (GrobidProperties.useELMo() && modelName.toLowerCase().indexOf("bert") == -1) {
+            command.add("--use-ELMo");
+        }
+        if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainArgs())) {
+            command.addAll(Arrays.asList(
+                GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainArgs().split(" ")
+            ));
+        }
+        return command;
+    }
 
     /**
      *  Train with an external process rather than with JNI, this approach appears to be more stable for the
@@ -261,19 +291,8 @@ public void run() {
     public static void train(String modelName, File trainingData, File outputModel, String architecture) {
         try {
             LOGGER.info("Train DeLFT model " + modelName + "...");
-            List<String> command = Arrays.asList("python3", 
-                "grobidTagger.py", 
-                modelName,
-                "train",
-                "--input", trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
-                "--output", GrobidProperties.getInstance().getModelPath().getAbsolutePath());
-            if (architecture != null) {
-                command.add("--architecture");
-                command.add(architecture);
-            }
-            if (GrobidProperties.getInstance().useELMo() && modelName.toLowerCase().indexOf("bert") == -1) {
-                command.add("--use-ELMo");
-            }
+            List<String> command = getTrainCommand(modelName, trainingData, architecture);
+            LOGGER.info("Running: {}", command);
 
             ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(command);
             File delftPath = new File(GrobidProperties.getInstance().getDeLFTFilePath());
diff --git a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidProperties.java b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidProperties.java
index a66ab5af99..0ccfff37d3 100755
--- a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidProperties.java
+++ b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidProperties.java
@@ -483,6 +483,16 @@ public static boolean isDeLFTRedirectOutput() {
         );
     }
 
+    public static String getDeLFTTrainModule() {
+        return getPropertyValue(
+            GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_MODULE, ""
+        );
+    }
+
+    public static String getDeLFTTrainArgs() {
+        return getPropertyValue(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS, "");
+    }
+
     public static String getGluttonHost() {
         return getPropertyValue(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GLUTTON_HOST);
     }
diff --git a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertyKeys.java b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertyKeys.java
index e4fdf97fdb..81faed1d8e 100755
--- a/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertyKeys.java
+++ b/grobid-core/src/main/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertyKeys.java
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ public interface GrobidPropertyKeys {
     String PROP_GROBID_DELFT_REDIRECT_OUTPUT = "grobid.delft.redirect_output";
     String PROP_GROBID_DELFT_ELMO = "grobid.delft.useELMo";
     String PROP_DELFT_ARCHITECTURE = "grobid.delft.architecture";
+    String PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_MODULE = "grobid.delft.train.module";
+    String PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS = "grobid.delft.train.args";
     String PROP_USE_LANG_ID = "grobid.use_language_id";
     String PROP_LANG_DETECTOR_FACTORY = "grobid.language_detector_factory";
     String PROP_SENTENCE_DETECTOR_FACTORY = "grobid.sentence_detector_factory";
diff --git a/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModelTest.java b/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModelTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f92365bf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/jni/DeLFTModelTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package org.grobid.core.jni;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+import org.grobid.core.utilities.GrobidProperties;
+import org.grobid.core.utilities.GrobidPropertyKeys;
+
+
+public class DeLFTModelTest {
+    private File trainingData = new File("test/train.data");
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        GrobidProperties.getInstance();
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_ELMO, "false");
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().remove(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_MODULE);
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().remove(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldBuildTrainCommand() {
+        assertThat(
+            DeLFTModel.getTrainCommand("model1", trainingData, null),
+            contains(
+                "python3", "grobidTagger.py", "model1", "train",
+                "--input", this.trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
+                "--output", GrobidProperties.getModelPath().getAbsolutePath()
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldAddUseELMO() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_ELMO, "true");
+        assertThat(
+            DeLFTModel.getTrainCommand("model1", trainingData, null),
+            contains(
+                "python3", "grobidTagger.py", "model1", "train",
+                "--input", this.trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
+                "--output", GrobidProperties.getModelPath().getAbsolutePath(),
+                "--use-ELMo"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldUseCustomTrainModule() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(
+            GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_MODULE, "module1.py"
+        );
+        assertThat(
+            DeLFTModel.getTrainCommand("model1", trainingData, null),
+            contains(
+                "python3", "module1.py", "model1", "train",
+                "--input", this.trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
+                "--output", GrobidProperties.getModelPath().getAbsolutePath()
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldAddSingleCustomTrainArg() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS, "arg1");
+        assertThat(
+            DeLFTModel.getTrainCommand("model1", trainingData, null),
+            contains(
+                "python3", "grobidTagger.py", "model1", "train",
+                "--input", this.trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
+                "--output", GrobidProperties.getModelPath().getAbsolutePath(),
+                "arg1"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldAddMultipleCustomTrainArg() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(
+            GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS, "arg1 arg2"
+        );
+        assertThat(
+            DeLFTModel.getTrainCommand("model1", trainingData, null),
+            contains(
+                "python3", "grobidTagger.py", "model1", "train",
+                "--input", this.trainingData.getAbsolutePath(),
+                "--output", GrobidProperties.getModelPath().getAbsolutePath(),
+                "arg1",
+                "arg2"
+            )
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertiesTest.java b/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertiesTest.java
index 5a435b9b1c..b0a1677728 100755
--- a/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertiesTest.java
+++ b/grobid-core/src/test/java/org/grobid/core/utilities/GrobidPropertiesTest.java
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ public void testIsDeLFTRedirectOutputTrueIfSet() throws IOException {
         assertTrue(GrobidProperties.isDeLFTRedirectOutput());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldReturnEmptyTrainModuleByDefault() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().remove(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_MODULE);
+        assertEquals(GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainModule(), "");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldReturnConfiguredModule() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(
+            GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_MODULE, "module1"
+        );
+        assertEquals(GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainModule(), "module1");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldReturnEmptyTrainArgsByDefault() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().remove(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS);
+        assertEquals(GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainArgs(), "");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testShouldReturnConfiguredTrainArgs() {
+        GrobidProperties.getProps().put(GrobidPropertyKeys.PROP_GROBID_DELFT_TRAIN_ARGS, "args");
+        assertEquals(GrobidProperties.getDeLFTTrainArgs(), "args");
+    }
+
     /*@Test(expected = GrobidPropertyException.class)
     public void testCheckPropertiesException_shouldThrowException() {
         GrobidProperties.getProps().put(