diff --git a/test/nodetool/test_repair.py b/test/nodetool/test_repair.py
index 604340fdf0..6c97b982ad 100644
--- a/test/nodetool/test_repair.py
+++ b/test/nodetool/test_repair.py
@@ -478,6 +478,11 @@ def test_repair_unused_options(request, nodetool, jobs, full):
     if full:
         args.append(full)
 
+    if jobs:
+        job_threads = jobs[1]
+    else:
+        job_threads = "1"
+
     res = nodetool(*args, expected_requests=[
         expected_request("GET", "/storage_service/keyspaces", response=["ks"]),
         JMX_COLUMN_FAMILIES_REQUEST,
@@ -492,7 +497,7 @@ def test_repair_unused_options(request, nodetool, jobs, full):
                 "incremental": "false",
                 "pullRepair": "false",
                 "primaryRange": "false",
-                "jobThreads": "1"},
+                "jobThreads": job_threads},
             response=1),
         expected_request("GET", "/storage_service/repair_async/ks", params={"id": "1"}, response="SUCCESSFUL")])
 
diff --git a/tools/scylla-nodetool.cc b/tools/scylla-nodetool.cc
index 50b0c05b13..c486dfa76d 100644
--- a/tools/scylla-nodetool.cc
+++ b/tools/scylla-nodetool.cc
@@ -1326,6 +1326,10 @@ void repair_operation(scylla_rest_client& client, const bpo::variables_map& vm)
         repair_params["primaryRange"] = "true";
     }
 
+    if (vm.contains("job-threads")) {
+        repair_params["jobThreads"] = fmt::to_string(vm["job-threads"].as<unsigned>());
+    }
+
     auto log = [&]<typename... Args> (fmt::format_string<Args...> fmt, Args&&... param) {
         const auto msg = fmt::format(fmt, param...);
         using clock = std::chrono::system_clock;
@@ -3075,7 +3079,7 @@ Fore more information, see: https://opensource.docs.scylladb.com/stable/operatin
                     typed_option<>("in-local-dc", "Constrain repair to the local datacenter only"),
                     typed_option<std::vector<sstring>>("in-hosts", "Constrain repair to the specific host(s)"),
                     typed_option<>("ignore-unreplicated-keyspaces", "Ignore keyspaces which are not replicated, without this repair will fail on such keyspaces"),
-                    typed_option<unsigned>("job-threads,j", "Number of threads to run repair on. "),
+                    typed_option<unsigned>("job-threads,j", "Number of threads to run repair on"),
                     typed_option<>("partitioner-range", "Repair only the first range returned by the partitioner"),
                     typed_option<>("pull", "Fix local node only"),
                     typed_option<>("sequential", "Perform repair sequentially"),