diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/Prefetcher.py b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/Prefetcher.py
index c6d6d00dde..8f0a66fb69 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/Prefetcher.py
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/Prefetcher.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, 2019, 2023-2024 Arm Limited
+# Copyright (c) 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022-2024 Arm Limited
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@ class StridePrefetcher(QueuedPrefetcher):
     use_requestor_id = Param.Bool(True, "Use requestor id based history")
 
     degree = Param.Int(4, "Number of prefetches to generate")
+    distance = Param.Unsigned(
+        0,
+        "How far ahead of the demand stream to start prefetching. "
+        "Skip this number of strides ahead of the first identified prefetch, "
+        "then generate `degree` prefetches at `stride` intervals. "
+        "A value of zero indicates no skip.",
+    )
 
     table_assoc = Param.Int(4, "Associativity of the PC table")
     table_entries = Param.MemorySize("64", "Number of entries of the PC table")
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
index b2e4702f20..7b517cecca 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.cc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018 Inria
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013, 2015 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2013, 2015, 2022 Arm Limited
  * All rights reserved
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ Stride::Stride(const StridePrefetcherParams &p)
     threshConf(p.confidence_threshold/100.0),
     useRequestorId(p.use_requestor_id),
     degree(p.degree),
+    distance(p.distance),
     pcTableInfo(p.table_assoc, p.table_entries, p.table_indexing_policy,
         p.table_replacement_policy)
 {
@@ -176,7 +177,8 @@ Stride::calculatePrefetch(const PrefetchInfo &pfi,
                 prefetch_stride = (new_stride < 0) ? -blkSize : blkSize;
             }
 
-            Addr new_addr = pf_addr + d * prefetch_stride;
+            Addr new_addr = pf_addr + distance * prefetch_stride
+                            + d * prefetch_stride;
             addresses.push_back(AddrPriority(new_addr, 0));
         }
     } else {
diff --git a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
index 41cadbe7d0..cb5d79fd0e 100644
--- a/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
+++ b/src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride.hh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018 Inria
- * Copyright (c) 2012-2013, 2015 ARM Limited
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2013, 2015, 2022 Arm Limited
  * All rights reserved
  *
  * The license below extends only to copyright in the software and shall
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@ class Stride : public Queued
 
     const int degree;
 
+    /** How far ahead of the demand stream to start prefetching.
+     *
+     * Skip this number of strides ahead of the first identified
+     * prefetch, then generate `degree` prefetches at `stride`
+     * intervals. A value of zero indicates no skip.
+     */
+    const int distance;
+
     /**
      * Information used to create a new PC table. All of them behave equally.
      */