diff --git a/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py b/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py
index 5f3c5278..83b394ad 100644
--- a/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py
+++ b/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/concurrent.py
@@ -22,7 +22,13 @@
 
 
 def _initialize_socket(
-    interface, cmdargs, cwd, cores, oversubscribe=False, enable_flux_backend=False
+    interface,
+    cmdargs,
+    cwd,
+    cores,
+    oversubscribe=False,
+    enable_flux_backend=False,
+    enable_slurm_backend=False,
 ):
     port_selected = interface.bind_to_random_port()
     executable = os.path.join(
@@ -30,6 +36,8 @@ def _initialize_socket(
     )
     if enable_flux_backend:
         cmds = ["flux", "run"]
+    elif enable_slurm_backend:
+        cmds = ["srun"]
     else:
         cmds = ["mpiexec"]
     if oversubscribe:
@@ -42,7 +50,7 @@ def _initialize_socket(
         "--zmqport",
         str(port_selected),
     ]
-    if enable_flux_backend:
+    if enable_flux_backend or enable_slurm_backend:
         cmds += [
             "--host",
             socket.gethostname(),
@@ -59,6 +67,7 @@ def execute_async(
     cores,
     oversubscribe=False,
     enable_flux_backend=False,
+    enable_slurm_backend=False,
     cwd=None,
     queue_adapter=None,
     queue_adapter_kwargs=None,
@@ -71,6 +80,7 @@ def execute_async(
         cwd=cwd,
         cores=cores,
         enable_flux_backend=enable_flux_backend,
+        enable_slurm_backend=enable_slurm_backend,
         oversubscribe=oversubscribe,
     )
     while True:
@@ -90,6 +100,7 @@ def __init__(
         cores=8,
         oversubscribe=False,
         enable_flux_backend=False,
+        enable_slurm_backend=False,
         working_directory=".",
         cmdargs=None,
         queue_adapter=None,
@@ -101,6 +112,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._process = None
         self._oversubscribe = oversubscribe
         self._enable_flux_backend = enable_flux_backend
+        self._enable_slurm_backend = enable_slurm_backend
         self._cmdargs = cmdargs
         self._queue_adapter = queue_adapter
         self._queue_adapter_kwargs = queue_adapter_kwargs
@@ -115,6 +127,7 @@ def _start_process(self):
                 "cores": self.cores,
                 "oversubscribe": self._oversubscribe,
                 "enable_flux_backend": self._enable_flux_backend,
+                "enable_slurm_backend": self._enable_slurm_backend,
                 "cwd": self.working_directory,
                 "queue_adapter": self._queue_adapter,
                 "queue_adapter_kwargs": self._queue_adapter_kwargs,
diff --git a/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/extended.py b/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/extended.py
index cc421bc9..e27b1cad 100644
--- a/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/extended.py
+++ b/pylammpsmpi/wrapper/extended.py
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ def __init__(
         cores=1,
         oversubscribe=False,
         enable_flux_backend=False,
+        enable_slurm_backend=False,
         working_directory=".",
         client=None,
         mode="local",
@@ -256,12 +257,14 @@ def __init__(
         self.working_directory = working_directory
         self.oversubscribe = oversubscribe
         self.enable_flux_backend = enable_flux_backend
+        self.enable_slurm_backend = enable_slurm_backend
         self.client = client
         self.mode = mode
         self.lmp = LammpsConcurrent(
             cores=self.cores,
             oversubscribe=self.oversubscribe,
             enable_flux_backend=self.enable_flux_backend,
+            enable_slurm_backend=self.enable_slurm_backend,
             working_directory=self.working_directory,
             cmdargs=cmdargs,
             queue_adapter=queue_adapter,