diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
index d0e134b71..6ef867032 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers.py
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class PlatformSerializer(ValidatedModelSerializer):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Platform
-        fields = ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'manufacturer', 'napalm_driver', 'rpc_client']
+        fields = ['id', 'name', 'slug', 'manufacturer', 'napalm_driver', 'napalm_args', 'rpc_client']
 
 
 class NestedPlatformSerializer(WritableNestedSerializer):
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/views.py b/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
index b99d98477..ce89eb69b 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
@@ -283,12 +283,15 @@ class DeviceViewSet(CustomFieldModelViewSet):
         # TODO: Improve error handling
         response = OrderedDict([(m, None) for m in napalm_methods])
         ip_address = str(device.primary_ip.address.ip)
+        optional_args = settings.NAPALM_ARGS.copy()
+        if device.platform.napalm_args is not None:
+            optional_args.update(device.platform.napalm_args)
         d = driver(
             hostname=ip_address,
             username=settings.NAPALM_USERNAME,
             password=settings.NAPALM_PASSWORD,
             timeout=settings.NAPALM_TIMEOUT,
-            optional_args=settings.NAPALM_ARGS
+            optional_args=optional_args
         )
         try:
             d.open()
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/forms.py b/netbox/dcim/forms.py
index 807caa5ce..5dfd32739 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/forms.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/forms.py
@@ -746,7 +746,10 @@ class PlatformForm(BootstrapMixin, forms.ModelForm):
 
     class Meta:
         model = Platform
-        fields = ['name', 'slug', 'manufacturer', 'napalm_driver', 'rpc_client']
+        fields = ['name', 'slug', 'manufacturer', 'napalm_driver', 'napalm_args', 'rpc_client']
+        widgets = {
+            'napalm_args': SmallTextarea(),
+        }
 
 
 class PlatformCSVForm(forms.ModelForm):
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/migrations/0061_platform_napalm_args.py b/netbox/dcim/migrations/0061_platform_napalm_args.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6da863aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netbox/dcim/migrations/0061_platform_napalm_args.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.0.6 on 2018-06-29 15:02
+
+import django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb
+from django.db import migrations
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('dcim', '0060_change_logging'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='platform',
+            name='napalm_args',
+            field=django.contrib.postgres.fields.jsonb.JSONField(blank=True, help_text='Additional arguments to pass when initiating the NAPALM driver (JSON format)', null=True, verbose_name='NAPALM arguments'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/models.py b/netbox/dcim/models.py
index 6963ddc7f..befbb5a03 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/models.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/models.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from itertools import count, groupby
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.fields import GenericRelation
-from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
+from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField, JSONField
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.core.validators import MaxValueValidator, MinValueValidator
 from django.db import models
@@ -1125,6 +1125,12 @@ class Platform(ChangeLoggedModel):
         verbose_name='NAPALM driver',
         help_text='The name of the NAPALM driver to use when interacting with devices'
     )
+    napalm_args = JSONField(
+        blank=True,
+        null=True,
+        verbose_name='NAPALM arguments',
+        help_text='Additional arguments to pass when initiating the NAPALM driver (JSON format)'
+    )
     rpc_client = models.CharField(
         max_length=30,
         choices=RPC_CLIENT_CHOICES,
@@ -1133,7 +1139,7 @@ class Platform(ChangeLoggedModel):
     )
 
     serializer = 'dcim.api.serializers.PlatformSerializer'
-    csv_headers = ['name', 'slug', 'manufacturer', 'napalm_driver']
+    csv_headers = ['name', 'slug', 'manufacturer', 'napalm_driver', 'napalm_args']
 
     class Meta:
         ordering = ['name']
@@ -1150,6 +1156,7 @@ class Platform(ChangeLoggedModel):
             self.slug,
             self.manufacturer.name if self.manufacturer else None,
             self.napalm_driver,
+            self.napalm_args,
         )