diff --git a/test/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp b/test/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
index a99c464da..800301ecf 100644
--- a/test/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
+++ b/test/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ protected:
 	Program m_program = get<Program>(Program::load(m_sourceStream));
 	FitnessMetricFactory::Options m_options = {
 		/* metric = */ MetricChoice::CodeSize,
+		/* relativeMetricScale = */ 5,
 		/* chromosomeRepetitions = */ 1,
 	};
 };
@@ -163,6 +164,18 @@ BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(build_should_respect_chromosome_repetitions_option, Fitn
 	BOOST_TEST(programSizeMetric->repetitionCount() == m_options.chromosomeRepetitions);
 }
 
+BOOST_FIXTURE_TEST_CASE(build_should_set_relative_metric_scale, FitnessMetricFactoryFixture)
+{
+	m_options.metric = MetricChoice::RelativeCodeSize;
+	m_options.relativeMetricScale = 10;
+	unique_ptr<FitnessMetric> metric = FitnessMetricFactory::build(m_options, m_program);
+	BOOST_REQUIRE(metric != nullptr);
+
+	auto relativeProgramSizeMetric = dynamic_cast<RelativeProgramSize*>(metric.get());
+	BOOST_REQUIRE(relativeProgramSizeMetric != nullptr);
+	BOOST_TEST(relativeProgramSizeMetric->fixedPointPrecision() == m_options.relativeMetricScale);
+}
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE(PopulationFactoryTest)
 
diff --git a/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp b/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
index e8f2cae50..a0a787f7f 100644
--- a/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
+++ b/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ FitnessMetricFactory::Options FitnessMetricFactory::Options::fromCommandLine(po:
 {
 	return {
 		_arguments["metric"].as<MetricChoice>(),
+		_arguments["relative-metric-scale"].as<size_t>(),
 		_arguments["chromosome-repetitions"].as<size_t>(),
 	};
 }
@@ -158,7 +159,7 @@ unique_ptr<FitnessMetric> FitnessMetricFactory::build(
 		case MetricChoice::RelativeCodeSize:
 			return make_unique<RelativeProgramSize>(
 				move(_program),
-				3,
+				_options.relativeMetricScale,
 				_options.chromosomeRepetitions
 			);
 		default:
@@ -421,6 +422,18 @@ Phaser::CommandLineDescription Phaser::buildCommandLineDescription()
 			po::value<MetricChoice>()->value_name("<NAME>")->default_value(MetricChoice::CodeSize),
 			"Metric used to evaluate the fitness of a chromosome."
 		)
+		(
+			"relative-metric-scale",
+			po::value<size_t>()->value_name("<EXPONENT>")->default_value(3),
+			"Scaling factor for values produced by relative fitness metrics. \n"
+			"Since all metrics must produce integer values, the fractional part of the result is discarded. "
+			"To keep the numbers meaningful, a relative metric multiples its values by a scaling factor "
+			"and this option specifies the exponent of this factor. "
+			"For example with value of 3 the factor is 10^3 = 1000 and the metric will return "
+			"500 to represent 0.5, 1000 for 1.0, 2000 for 2.0 and so on. "
+			"Using a bigger factor allows discerning smaller relative differences between chromosomes "
+			"but makes the numbers less readable and may also lose precision if the numbers are very large."
+		)
 		(
 			"chromosome-repetitions",
 			po::value<size_t>()->value_name("<COUNT>")->default_value(1),
diff --git a/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.h b/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.h
index effa2ffe6..07f1eaea1 100644
--- a/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.h
+++ b/tools/yulPhaser/Phaser.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public:
 	struct Options
 	{
 		MetricChoice metric;
+		size_t relativeMetricScale;
 		size_t chromosomeRepetitions;
 
 		static Options fromCommandLine(boost::program_options::variables_map const& _arguments);