diff --git a/src/params/smt_parallel_params.pyg b/src/params/smt_parallel_params.pyg
index 9a81f6c25..fc6cd8063 100644
--- a/src/params/smt_parallel_params.pyg
+++ b/src/params/smt_parallel_params.pyg
@@ -21,5 +21,7 @@ def_module_params('smt_parallel',
                         ('cubetree', BOOL, False, 'use cube tree data structure for storing cubes'),
                         ('searchtree', BOOL, False, 'use search tree implementation (parallel2)'),
                         ('inprocessing', BOOL, False, 'integrate in-processing as a heuristic simplification'),
-                        ('inprocessing_delay', UINT, 0, 'number of undef before invoking simplification')
+                        ('inprocessing_delay', UINT, 0, 'number of undef before invoking simplification'),
+                        ('param_tuning', BOOL, False, 'whether to tune params online during solving'),
+                        ('tunable_params', STRING, '', 'comma-separated key=value list for online param tuning, e.g. \"smt.arith.nl.horner=false,smt.arith.nl.delay=8\"')
               ))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/smt/smt_parallel.cpp b/src/smt/smt_parallel.cpp
index ee2d06cdb..65ac8385a 100644
--- a/src/smt/smt_parallel.cpp
+++ b/src/smt/smt_parallel.cpp
@@ -163,11 +163,9 @@ namespace smt {
         m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.expensive_patching"), smtp.arith_nl_expensive_patching()});
         m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.gb"), smtp.arith_nl_grobner()});
         m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.horner"), smtp.arith_nl_horner()});
-        m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.horner_frequency"), unsigned_value({smtp.arith_nl_horner_frequency(), 2, 6})
-        });
+        m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.horner_frequency"), unsigned_value({smtp.arith_nl_horner_frequency(), 2, 6})});
         m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.optimize_bounds"), smtp.arith_nl_optimize_bounds()});
-        m_param_state.push_back(
-            {symbol("smt.arith.nl.propagate_linear_monomials"), smtp.arith_nl_propagate_linear_monomials()});
+        m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.propagate_linear_monomials"), smtp.arith_nl_propagate_linear_monomials()});
         m_param_state.push_back({symbol("smt.arith.nl.tangents"), smtp.arith_nl_tangents()});
     };
 
@@ -698,27 +696,76 @@ namespace smt {
 
         m_batch_manager.initialize();
         m_workers.reset();
+
+        smt_parallel_params pp(ctx.m_params);
+        m_should_tune_params = pp.param_tuning();
         
         scoped_limits sl(m.limit());
         flet<unsigned> _nt(ctx.m_fparams.m_threads, 1);
 
-        m_param_generator = alloc(param_generator, *this);
         SASSERT(num_threads > 1);
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_threads; ++i)
             m_workers.push_back(alloc(worker, i, *this, asms));
-         
+        
         for (auto w : m_workers)
             sl.push_child(&(w->limit()));
-        
-        sl.push_child(&(m_param_generator->limit()));
+
+        if (m_should_tune_params) {
+            m_param_generator = alloc(param_generator, *this);
+            sl.push_child(&(m_param_generator->limit()));
+        }
+
+        std::string tuned = pp.tunable_params();
+        if (!tuned.empty()) {
+            auto trim = [](std::string &s) {
+                s.erase(0, s.find_first_not_of(" \t\n\r"));
+                s.erase(s.find_last_not_of(" \t\n\r") + 1);
+            };
+
+            std::stringstream ss(tuned);
+            std::string kv;
+
+            while (std::getline(ss, kv, ',')) {
+                size_t eq = kv.find('=');
+                if (eq == std::string::npos)
+                    continue;
+
+                std::string key = kv.substr(0, eq);
+                std::string val = kv.substr(eq + 1);
+                trim(key);
+                trim(val);
+
+                if (val == "true" || val == "1") {
+                    ctx.m_params.set_bool(symbol(key.c_str()), true);
+                }
+                else if (val == "false" || val == "0") {
+                    ctx.m_params.set_bool(symbol(key.c_str()), false);
+                }
+                else if (std::all_of(val.begin(), val.end(), ::isdigit)) {
+                    ctx.m_params.set_uint(symbol(key.c_str()),
+                        static_cast<unsigned>(std::stoul(val)));
+                }
+                else {
+                    // if non-numeric and non-bool, just store as string/symbol
+                    ctx.m_params.set_str(symbol(key.c_str()), val.c_str());
+                }
+            }
+
+            IF_VERBOSE(1, 
+                verbose_stream() << "Applied parameter overrides:\n";
+                ctx.m_params.display(verbose_stream());
+            );
+        }
 
         // Launch threads
-        vector<std::thread> threads(num_threads + 1); // +1 for param generator
+        vector<std::thread> threads(m_should_tune_params ? num_threads + 1 : num_threads); // +1 for param generator
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < num_threads; ++i) {
             threads[i] = std::thread([&, i]() { m_workers[i]->run(); });
         }
         // the final thread runs the parameter generator
-        threads[num_threads] = std::thread([&]() { m_param_generator->protocol_iteration(); });
+        if (m_should_tune_params) {
+            threads[num_threads] = std::thread([&]() { m_param_generator->protocol_iteration(); });
+        }
 
         // Wait for all threads to finish
         for (auto &th : threads)
diff --git a/src/smt/smt_parallel.h b/src/smt/smt_parallel.h
index 9d7834a25..f0fc43844 100644
--- a/src/smt/smt_parallel.h
+++ b/src/smt/smt_parallel.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace smt {
     class parallel {
         context& ctx;
         unsigned num_threads;
+        bool m_should_tune_params;
 
         struct shared_clause {
             unsigned source_worker_id;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ namespace smt {
 
             void cancel_background_threads() {
                 cancel_workers();
-                cancel_param_generator();
+                if (p.m_should_tune_params) cancel_param_generator();
             }
 
             // called from batch manager to cancel other workers if we've reached a verdict