diff --git a/ipcmagic/magics.py b/ipcmagic/magics.py
index 71034be..e10ea84 100644
--- a/ipcmagic/magics.py
+++ b/ipcmagic/magics.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ class IPClusterMagics(Magics):
       -v --version             Show version.
       -n --num_engines <int>   Number of engines
       --launcher <str>         Job launcher (mpirun | srun | local)
+      --profile <str>          The IPython profile to use
       --dask                   Create a dask.distributed cluster
     """
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ def parse_args(self, line):
             'start': None,
             'stop': None,
             'launcher': 'srun',
+            'profile': 'default',
             'dask': False
         }
 
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ def parse_args(self, line):
 
     def _wait_for_cluster_start(self, timeout=60):
         try:
-            self.client = ipp.Client(timeout=timeout)
+            self.client = ipp.Client(profile=self.args.profile,
+                                     timeout=timeout)
         except ipp.TimeoutError:
             self.stop_cluster()
             print('The connection request to the cluster controller '
@@ -95,12 +98,15 @@ def _wait_for_cluster_start(self, timeout=60):
             return
 
     def _launch_engines_local(self):
-        self.controller = run_command_async('ipcontroller --log-to-file')
+        self.controller = run_command_async(
+            f'ipcontroller --log-to-file --profile={self.args.profile}'
+        )
         # Let some seconds pass between launching the ipcontroller
         # and launching the ipengines. Otherwise the controller
         # might not notice that the engines have started.
         time.sleep(3)
-        self.engines = [run_command_async('ipengine --log-to-file')
+        self.engines = [run_command_async('ipengine --log-to-file '
+                                          f'--profile={self.args.profile}')
                         for i in range(int(self.args.num_engines))]
         time.sleep(1)
         self.running = True
@@ -108,7 +114,8 @@ def _launch_engines_local(self):
 
     def _launch_engines_mpi(self):
         self.controller = run_command_async('ipcontroller --ip="*" '
-                                            '--log-to-file')
+                                            '--log-to-file '
+                                            f'--profile={self.args.profile}')
         # Let some seconds pass between launching the ipcontroller
         # and launching the ipengines. Otherwise the controller
         # might not notice that the engines have started.
@@ -122,7 +129,8 @@ def _launch_engines_mpi(self):
         try:
             self.engines = run_command_async(
                 f'{self.args.launcher} {np_opt} {self.args.num_engines} ipengine '  # noqa: E501
-                f'--location={hostname} --log-to-file')
+                f'--location={hostname} --log-to-file '
+                f'--profile={self.args.profile}')
         except FileNotFoundError:
             print(f'Launcher not supported in this system: '
                   f'{self.args.launcher}')