diff --git a/aider/args.py b/aider/args.py
index cbb325ae4..846c8ab05 100644
--- a/aider/args.py
+++ b/aider/args.py
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@ def get_parser(default_config_files, git_root):
         type=str,
         help="Set the reasoning_effort API parameter (default: not set)",
     )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "--thinking-tokens",
+        type=int,
+        help="Set the thinking token budget for models that support it (default: not set)",
+    )
     group.add_argument(
         "--verify-ssl",
         action=argparse.BooleanOptionalAction,
diff --git a/aider/main.py b/aider/main.py
index 725ae9b33..feb27586e 100644
--- a/aider/main.py
+++ b/aider/main.py
@@ -776,6 +776,10 @@ def main(argv=None, input=None, output=None, force_git_root=None, return_coder=F
     # Set reasoning effort if specified
     if args.reasoning_effort is not None:
         main_model.set_reasoning_effort(args.reasoning_effort)
+        
+    # Set thinking tokens if specified
+    if args.thinking_tokens is not None:
+        main_model.set_thinking_tokens(args.thinking_tokens)
 
     if args.copy_paste and args.edit_format is None:
         if main_model.edit_format in ("diff", "whole"):
diff --git a/aider/models.py b/aider/models.py
index 97442893c..bf0b2bf39 100644
--- a/aider/models.py
+++ b/aider/models.py
@@ -590,7 +590,18 @@ class Model(ModelSettings):
             if "extra_body" not in self.extra_params:
                 self.extra_params["extra_body"] = {}
             self.extra_params["extra_body"]["reasoning_effort"] = effort
-
+    
+    def set_thinking_tokens(self, num):
+        """Set the thinking token budget for models that support it"""
+        if num is not None:
+            self.use_temperature = False
+            if not self.extra_params:
+                self.extra_params = {}
+            self.extra_params["thinking"] = {
+                "type": "enabled",
+                "budget_tokens": num
+            }
+    
     def is_deepseek_r1(self):
         name = self.name.lower()
         if "deepseek" not in name: