diff --git a/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.c b/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.c
index 32b0fdc926c..6c863bbcf3a 100644
--- a/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.c
+++ b/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.c
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ void ft_parse_benchmark_opts(int op, char *optarg)
 	case 'W':
 		opts.window_size = atoi(optarg);
 		break;
+	case 'r':
+		opts.options |= FT_OPT_NO_PRE_POSTED_RX;
+		break;
 	default:
 		break;
 	}
@@ -84,6 +87,10 @@ void ft_benchmark_usage(void)
 			"* The following condition is required to have at least "
 			"one window\nsize # of messsages to be sent: "
 			"# of iterations > window size");
+	FT_PRINT_OPTS_USAGE("-r", "Do not pre post RX buffers");
+	FT_PRINT_OPTS_USAGE("", "Only the following tests support this option for now:");
+	FT_PRINT_OPTS_USAGE("", "\tfi_rdm_tagged_pingpong");
+	FT_PRINT_OPTS_USAGE("", "\tfi_rdm_pingpong");
 }
 
 /* Pingpong latency test with pre-posted receive buffers. */
@@ -133,6 +140,68 @@ static int pingpong_pre_posted_rx(size_t inject_size)
 	return FI_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+/* Pingpong latency test without pre-posted receive buffers. */
+static int pingpong_no_pre_posted_rx(size_t inject_size)
+{
+	int ret, i;
+
+	if (opts.dst_addr) {
+		for (i = 0; i < opts.iterations + opts.warmup_iterations; i++) {
+			if (i == opts.warmup_iterations)
+				ft_start();
+
+			if (opts.transfer_size <= inject_size)
+				ret = ft_inject(ep, remote_fi_addr,
+						opts.transfer_size);
+			else
+				ret = ft_tx(ep, remote_fi_addr,
+					    opts.transfer_size, &tx_ctx);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			ret = ft_post_rx(ep, opts.transfer_size, &rx_ctx);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			ret = ft_get_rx_comp(rx_seq);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	} else {
+		for (i = 0; i < opts.iterations + opts.warmup_iterations; i++) {
+			if (i == opts.warmup_iterations)
+				ft_start();
+
+			ret = ft_post_rx(ep, opts.transfer_size, &rx_ctx);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			ret = ft_get_rx_comp(rx_seq);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+
+			if (ft_check_opts(FT_OPT_VERIFY_DATA | FT_OPT_ACTIVE)) {
+				ret = ft_check_buf((char *) rx_buf + ft_rx_prefix_size(),
+						   opts.transfer_size);
+				if (ret)
+					return ret;
+			}
+
+			if (opts.transfer_size <= inject_size)
+				ret = ft_inject(ep, remote_fi_addr,
+						opts.transfer_size);
+			else
+				ret = ft_tx(ep, remote_fi_addr,
+					    opts.transfer_size, &tx_ctx);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+	}
+	ft_stop();
+
+	return FI_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 int pingpong(void)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -151,13 +220,34 @@ int pingpong(void)
 	if (opts.options & FT_OPT_ENABLE_HMEM)
 		inject_size = 0;
 
-	ret = ft_sync();
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (ft_check_opts(FT_OPT_NO_PRE_POSTED_RX)) {
+		if (ft_check_opts(FT_OPT_OOB_SYNC)) {
+			ret = ft_sync_oob();
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		} else {
+			/* Repost RX buffers to support inband sync. */
+			ret = ft_post_rx(ep, rx_size, &rx_ctx);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
 
-	ret = pingpong_pre_posted_rx(inject_size);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+			ret = ft_sync_inband(false);
+			if (ret)
+				return ret;
+		}
+
+		ret = pingpong_no_pre_posted_rx(inject_size);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	} else {
+		ret = ft_sync();
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		ret = pingpong_pre_posted_rx(inject_size);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	if (opts.machr)
 		show_perf_mr(opts.transfer_size, opts.iterations, &start, &end, 2,
diff --git a/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.h b/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.h
index 57f0facb087..fbaf3eb3075 100644
--- a/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.h
+++ b/fabtests/benchmarks/benchmark_shared.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <rdma/fi_rma.h>
 
-#define BENCHMARK_OPTS "vkj:W:"
+#define BENCHMARK_OPTS "rvkj:W:"
 #define FT_BENCHMARK_MAX_MSG_SIZE (test_size[TEST_CNT - 1].size)
 
 void ft_parse_benchmark_opts(int op, char *optarg);
diff --git a/fabtests/common/shared.c b/fabtests/common/shared.c
index 2d4387ba4df..eb95127b6f0 100644
--- a/fabtests/common/shared.c
+++ b/fabtests/common/shared.c
@@ -1340,6 +1340,14 @@ int ft_init_fabric(void)
 	if (ft_check_opts(FT_OPT_FORK_CHILD))
 		ft_fork_child();
 
+	if (ft_check_opts(FT_OPT_NO_PRE_POSTED_RX) &&
+	    !ft_check_opts(FT_OPT_SKIP_MSG_ALLOC) &&
+	    (fi->caps & (FI_MSG | FI_TAGGED))) {
+		ret = ft_sync_inband(false);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fabtests/include/shared.h b/fabtests/include/shared.h
index 80fd5538fe4..7d56fdd7257 100644
--- a/fabtests/include/shared.h
+++ b/fabtests/include/shared.h
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ enum {
 	FT_OPT_DISABLE_TAG_VALIDATION	= 1 << 25,
 	FT_OPT_ADDR_IS_OOB		= 1 << 26,
 	FT_OPT_REG_DMABUF_MR		= 1 << 27,
+	FT_OPT_NO_PRE_POSTED_RX		= 1 << 28,
 	FT_OPT_OOB_CTRL			= FT_OPT_OOB_SYNC | FT_OPT_OOB_ADDR_EXCH,
 };