diff --git a/MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py b/MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py
index 3c826476a..cfd3b2ce4 100755
--- a/MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py
+++ b/MC/bin/o2_dpg_workflow_runner.py
@@ -829,6 +829,44 @@ def ok_to_submit_backfill(res, backfill_cpu_factor=1.5, backfill_mem_factor=1.5)
                     break
 
 
+    def adjust_command(self, tid, c):
+        """
+        Adjust a command with reousrces it should take
+
+        Some tasks can be configured via the command line that is run.
+        If possible and flagged in the command line, inject here the resources that should be taken
+
+        Currently, only CPU
+        """
+        # this is the regex to look for
+        regex_string = "(!WFR_CPU:[1-9][0-9]*!)"
+        # tokens around the regex
+        splits = re.split(regex_string, c)
+        # all matches between the above tokens
+        matches = re.findall(regex_string, c)
+        if not splits:
+            # simply return the original command line, no match found
+            return c
+        res = self.resources[tid]
+        # get the assigned CPU
+        cpu = round(res.cpu_assigned)
+        # here we assemble the string to be returned
+        c_final = []
+        for sp, ma in zip(splits, matches):
+            if res.updated:
+                # take the updated assigned CPU value for this task, but only if it has been updated already
+                cpu_this = cpu
+            else:
+                # otherwise, extract the default value here
+                cpu_this = ma.strip("!").split(":")[-1]
+            # put the next split token followed by the CPU
+            c_final.append(sp)
+            c_final.append(str(cpu_this))
+        # add the final split token and return
+        c_final.append(splits[-1])
+        return " ".join(c_final)
+
+
 class WorkflowExecutor:
     # Constructor
     def __init__(self, workflowfile, args, jmax=100):
@@ -1042,6 +1080,7 @@ def submit(self, tid, nice):
       """
       actionlogger.debug("Submitting task " + str(self.idtotask[tid]) + " with nice value " + str(nice))
       c = self.workflowspec['stages'][tid]['cmd']
+      c = self.resource_manager.adjust_command(tid, c)
       workdir = self.workflowspec['stages'][tid]['cwd']
       if workdir:
           if os.path.exists(workdir) and not os.path.isdir(workdir):