diff --git a/lib/cli/index.ts b/lib/cli/index.ts
index 0968116d..700ba9ad 100644
--- a/lib/cli/index.ts
+++ b/lib/cli/index.ts
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ const seleniumNodeOption: yargs.Options = {
   describe: 'Start the selenium server standalone with role set to "node".',
   type: 'boolean'
 };
+const SELENIUM_GRID_URL_ALIAS = 'standalone_grid_url';
+const SELENIUM_GRID_URL = 'selenium_grid_url';
+const seleniumGridNodeOption: yargs.Options = {
+  describe: 'Start the selenium grid with role set to "node".',
+  type: 'string'
+};
 const VERSIONS_CHROMEDRIVER_ALIAS = 'versions.chrome';
 const VERSIONS_CHROMEDRIVER = 'versions.chromedriver';
 const versionsChromedriverOption: yargs.Options = {
@@ -186,6 +192,8 @@ yargs
               .option(SELENIUM_LOG_LEVEL, seleniumLogLevelOption)
               .option(SELENIUM_NODE, seleniumNodeOption)
               .alias(SELENIUM_NODE_ALIAS, SELENIUM_NODE)
+              .option(SELENIUM_GRID_URL, seleniumGridNodeOption)
+              .alias(SELENIUM_GRID_URL_ALIAS, SELENIUM_GRID_URL)
               .option(SELENIUM_PORT, seleniumPort)
               .option(VERSIONS_CHROMEDRIVER, versionsChromedriverOption)
               .alias(VERSIONS_CHROMEDRIVER_ALIAS, VERSIONS_CHROMEDRIVER)
diff --git a/lib/cmds/options.ts b/lib/cmds/options.ts
index 2728e321..f7fe4ca2 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/options.ts
+++ b/lib/cmds/options.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ export interface Server {
   maxVersion?: string;
   // Run as role = node option.
   runAsNode?: boolean;
+  // Run as grid node role = hub registration URL path.
+  gridUrl?: string;
   // The relative or full path to the chrome logs file.
   chromeLogs?: string;
   // The full path to the edge driver server.
diff --git a/lib/cmds/utils.ts b/lib/cmds/utils.ts
index a1a880c8..f917b1ef 100644
--- a/lib/cmds/utils.ts
+++ b/lib/cmds/utils.ts
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export function addOptionsBinary(options: Options): OptionsBinary {
     seleniumProviderConfig.port = optionsBinary.server.port;
     seleniumProviderConfig.runAsDetach = optionsBinary.server.runAsDetach;
     seleniumProviderConfig.runAsNode = optionsBinary.server.runAsNode;
+    seleniumProviderConfig.gridUrl = optionsBinary.server.gridUrl;
     seleniumProviderConfig.logLevel = optionsBinary.server.logLevel;
     optionsBinary.server.binary = new SeleniumServer(seleniumProviderConfig);
   }
@@ -89,10 +90,15 @@ export function convertArgs2Options(argv: yargs.Arguments): Options {
   if (argv['iedriver'] as boolean) {
     setVersions('iedriver', argv, options.browserDrivers);
   }
+  if (argv['gridUrl'] === true) {
+    console.log('Please specify a grid hub URL...');
+    process.exit();
+  }
   if (argv['selenium']) {
     options.server = {};
     options.server.name = 'selenium';
     options.server.runAsNode = argv['selenium_node'] as boolean;
+    options.server.gridUrl = argv['gridUrl'] as string;
     options.server.runAsDetach = argv.detach as boolean;
     options.server.version = argv['versions'] && argv['versions']['selenium'] ?
       argv['versions']['selenium'] as string : undefined;
diff --git a/lib/provider/selenium_server.spec-unit.ts b/lib/provider/selenium_server.spec-unit.ts
index 0701216d..18d7edd8 100644
--- a/lib/provider/selenium_server.spec-unit.ts
+++ b/lib/provider/selenium_server.spec-unit.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ describe('selenium_server', () => {
       const javaArgs = '-role node ' +
           '-servlet org.openqa.grid.web.servlet.LifecycleServlet ' +
           '-registerCycle 0 -port 4444';
+      const javaGridArgs = '-role node ' +
+          '-hub ';
       const javaArgsPort = '-port 4444';
       it('should use a selenium server with no options', () => {
         spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').and.returnValue(configBinaries);
@@ -71,6 +73,20 @@ describe('selenium_server', () => {
                 '-Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=path/to/chromedriver ' +
                 '-jar path/to/selenium-server-3.0.jar ' + javaArgs);
       });
+
+      it('should use a selenium server with a grid node option', () => {
+        spyOn(fs, 'readFileSync').and.returnValue(configBinaries);
+        const seleniumServer = new SeleniumServer();
+        seleniumServer.runAsDetach = true;
+        seleniumServer.runAsNode = true;
+        seleniumServer.runAsGrid = true;
+        const cmd = seleniumServer.getCmdStartServer(
+            {'-Dwebdriver.chrome.driver': 'path/to/chromedriver'});
+        expect(cmd.join(' '))
+            .toContain(
+                '-Dwebdriver.chrome.driver=path/to/chromedriver ' +
+                '-jar path/to/selenium-server-3.0.jar ' + javaGridArgs);
+      });
     });
 
     describe('getStatus', () => {
diff --git a/lib/provider/selenium_server.ts b/lib/provider/selenium_server.ts
index e56996cd..85db2595 100644
--- a/lib/provider/selenium_server.ts
+++ b/lib/provider/selenium_server.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ const log = loglevel.getLogger('webdriver-manager');
 
 export interface SeleniumServerProviderConfig extends ProviderConfig {
   port?: number;
+  gridUrl?: string;
   runAsNode?: boolean;
+  runAsGrid?: boolean;
   runAsDetach?: boolean;
   logLevel?: string;
 }
@@ -28,10 +30,12 @@ export class SeleniumServer extends ProviderClass implements ProviderInterface {
   osArch = os.arch();
   outDir = OUT_DIR;
   port = 4444;
+  gridUrl = '';
   proxy: string = null;
   requestUrl = 'https://selenium-release.storage.googleapis.com/';
   seleniumProcess: childProcess.ChildProcess;
   runAsNode = false;
+  runAsGrid = false;
   runAsDetach = false;
   logLevel: string = null;
   javaOpts: {[key: string]: string} = {};
@@ -50,10 +54,14 @@ export class SeleniumServer extends ProviderClass implements ProviderInterface {
     this.proxy = this.setVar('proxy', this.proxy, config);
     this.requestUrl = this.setVar('requestUrl', this.requestUrl, config);
     this.runAsNode = this.setVar('runAsNode', this.runAsNode, config);
+    this.gridUrl = this.setVar('gridUrl', this.gridUrl, config);
     this.runAsDetach = this.setVar('runAsDetach', this.runAsDetach, config);
     if (this.runAsDetach) {
       this.runAsNode = true;
     }
+    if (this.gridUrl !== '') {
+        this.runAsGrid = true;
+    }
     this.version = this.setVar('version', this.version, config);
     this.maxVersion = this.setVar('maxVersion', this.maxVersion, config);
     this.logLevel = this.setVar('logLevel', this.logLevel, config);
@@ -192,7 +200,7 @@ export class SeleniumServer extends ProviderClass implements ProviderInterface {
     options.push('-jar');
     options.push(jarFile);
 
-    if (this.runAsNode) {
+    if (this.runAsNode && !this.runAsGrid) {
       options.push('-role');
       options.push('node');
 
@@ -202,8 +210,17 @@ export class SeleniumServer extends ProviderClass implements ProviderInterface {
       options.push('-registerCycle');
       options.push('0');
     }
-    options.push('-port');
-    options.push(this.port.toString());
+    if (this.runAsGrid) {
+      options.push('-role');
+      options.push('node');
+
+      options.push('-hub');
+      options.push(this.gridUrl);
+    }
+    if (!this.runAsGrid) {
+      options.push('-port');
+      options.push(this.port.toString());
+    }
 
     return options;
   }