diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab7f8a587f..7301b5665c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -646,6 +646,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ansi_term"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d52a9bb7ec0cf484c551830a7ce27bd20d67eac647e1befb56b0be4ee39a55d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.9",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "any_ascii"
 version = "0.1.7"
@@ -995,6 +1004,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clap"
+version = "2.34.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a0610544180c38b88101fecf2dd634b174a62eef6946f84dfc6a7127512b381c"
+dependencies = [
+ "ansi_term",
+ "atty",
+ "bitflags",
+ "strsim",
+ "textwrap",
+ "unicode-width",
+ "vec_map",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cloudabi"
 version = "0.0.3"
@@ -3837,6 +3861,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-normalization",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8ea5119cdb4c55b55d432abb513a0429384878c15dde60cc77b1c99de1a95a6a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subprocess"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -3915,6 +3945,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "textwrap"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d326610f408c7a4eb6f51c37c330e496b08506c9457c9d34287ecc38809fb060"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.30"
@@ -4348,6 +4387,7 @@ version = "0.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
+ "clap",
  "config",
  "container_common",
  "database_queries",
@@ -4687,6 +4727,12 @@ version = "0.2.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cbdbff6266a24120518560b5dc983096efb98462e51d0d68169895b237be3e5d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vec_map"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f1bddf1187be692e79c5ffeab891132dfb0f236ed36a43c7ed39f1165ee20191"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "version_check"
 version = "0.9.3"
diff --git a/crates/service/tts_inference_job/Cargo.toml b/crates/service/tts_inference_job/Cargo.toml
index 3eb90fd72b..a1178bfe1b 100644
--- a/crates/service/tts_inference_job/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/service/tts_inference_job/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ newrelic-telemetry = { path = "../../vendor/newrelic-telemetry-sdk-rust" }
 # External
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.19", features = ["serde"] }
+clap = "2.34.0" # TODO: This is really out of date, but has conflicts when updated
 dotenv = "0.15.0"
 easyenv = "0.0.6"
 hostname = "0.3.1"
diff --git a/crates/service/tts_inference_job/src/main.rs b/crates/service/tts_inference_job/src/main.rs
index c6652e7acf..cc09aa777f 100644
--- a/crates/service/tts_inference_job/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/service/tts_inference_job/src/main.rs
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ use storage_buckets_common::bucket_client::BucketClient;
 use storage_buckets_common::bucket_path_unifier::BucketPathUnifier;
 use tempdir::TempDir;
 use tts_common::clean_symbols::clean_symbols;
+use clap::{App, Arg};
 
 // Buckets (shared config)
 const ENV_ACCESS_KEY : &'static str = "ACCESS_KEY";
@@ -164,7 +165,16 @@ async fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
   // This file should only contain *development* secrets, never production.
   let _ = dotenv::from_filename(".env-secrets").ok();
 
-  info!("Obtaining hostname...");
+  let matches = App::new("tts-inference-job")
+      .arg(Arg::with_name("config")
+          .long("sidecar_hostname")
+          .value_name("HOSTNAME")
+          .help("Hostname for the TTS inference sidecar")
+          .takes_value(true)
+          .required(false))
+      .get_matches();
+
+  info!("Obtaining worker hostname...");
 
   let server_hostname = hostname::get()
       .ok()
@@ -211,9 +221,15 @@ async fn main() -> AnyhowResult<()> {
     &py_script_name,
   );
 
-  let sidecar_hostname =
+  let mut sidecar_hostname =
       easyenv::get_env_string_required(ENV_TTS_INFERENCE_SIDECAR_HOSTNAME)?;
 
+  if let Some(hostname) = matches.value_of("sidecar_hostname") {
+    sidecar_hostname = hostname.to_string();
+  }
+
+  info!("Sidecar hostname: {:?}", sidecar_hostname);
+
   let tts_inference_sidecar_client =
       TtsInferenceSidecarClient::new(&sidecar_hostname);