diff --git a/app/KaGen.cpp b/app/KaGen.cpp
index 8d3a822d..f60a4cc7 100644
--- a/app/KaGen.cpp
+++ b/app/KaGen.cpp
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ This is mostly useful for experimental graph generators or when using KaGen to l
 
         auto* params = cmd->add_option_group("Parameters");
         add_option_n(params);
-        params->require_option(1);
+        add_option_p(params);
         params->silent();
     }
 
diff --git a/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.cpp b/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.cpp
index 95cf774c..7a90f8ae 100644
--- a/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.cpp
+++ b/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "kagen/generators/path/path_directed.h"
+#include "kagen/sampling/hash.hpp"
 
 #ifdef KAGEN_XXHASH_FOUND
     #include "kagen/tools/random_permutation.h"
@@ -17,14 +18,19 @@ PGeneratorConfig PathDirectedFactory::NormalizeParameters(PGeneratorConfig confi
         throw ConfigurationError("path permutation requires xxHash, but build was configured without xxHash");
     }
 #endif // KAGEN_XXHASH_FOUND
-
+    if (config.p == 0.0) {
+        config.p = 1.0;
+    }
+    if (config.p > 1.0) {
+      throw ConfigurationError("edge probability p must be in [0, 1]");
+    }
     return config;
 }
 
 PathDirected::PathDirected(const PGeneratorConfig& config, const PEID rank, const PEID size)
     : config_(config),
       rank_(rank),
-      size_(size) {}
+      size_(size), rng_(config) {}
 
 void PathDirected::GenerateEdgeList() {
     if (config_.n <= 1) {
@@ -59,7 +65,11 @@ void PathDirected::GenerateEdgeList() {
         }();
 
         if (is_valid) {
-            PushEdge(i, j);
+            SInt edge_seed = std::min(i, j) *config_.n + std::max(i, j);
+            SInt h         = sampling::Spooky::hash(config_.seed + edge_seed);
+            if (rng_.GenerateBinomial(h, 1, config_.p)) {
+                PushEdge(i, j);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.h b/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.h
index b6e6bde9..b889bc1f 100644
--- a/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.h
+++ b/kagen/generators/path/path_directed.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "kagen/context.h"
 #include "kagen/generators/generator.h"
 #include "kagen/kagen.h"
+#include "kagen/tools/rng_wrapper.h"
 
 namespace kagen {
 class PathDirectedFactory : public GeneratorFactory {
@@ -27,5 +28,7 @@ class PathDirected : public virtual Generator, private EdgeListOnlyGenerator {
 
     PEID rank_;
     PEID size_;
+
+    RNGWrapper<> rng_;
 };
 } // namespace kagen
diff --git a/tests/path/general_path_generator_test.cpp b/tests/path/general_path_generator_test.cpp
index e1a5569b..063e0654 100644
--- a/tests/path/general_path_generator_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/path/general_path_generator_test.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ TEST_P(PathGeneratorTestFixture, path_generation_without_permutation) {
 
     PGeneratorConfig config;
     config.n = GetParam();
+    config.p = 1.0;
 
     PathDirected generator(config, rank, size);
     generator.Generate(GraphRepresentation::EDGE_LIST);
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ TEST_P(PathGeneratorTestFixture, path_generation_with_permutation) {
 
     PGeneratorConfig config;
     config.n       = GetParam();
+    config.p       = 1.0;
     config.permute = true;
 
     PathDirected generator(config, rank, size);