diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/python/benchmark/vision/image_classifier/image_classifier_benchmark.py b/mediapipe/tasks/python/benchmark/vision/image_classifier/image_classifier_benchmark.py
index d505a8fe8..65a629bab 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/python/benchmark/vision/image_classifier/image_classifier_benchmark.py
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/python/benchmark/vision/image_classifier/image_classifier_benchmark.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def main():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
         formatter_class=argparse.ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter)
     parser.add_argument(
-        '--model', help='Path to image classification model.', required=True,
+        '--model', help='Path to image classification model.', required=False,
         default='classifier.tflite')
     parser.add_argument(
         '--iterations', help='Number of iterations for benchmarking.', type=int,