diff --git a/tools/run_tests/performance/scenario_config.py b/tools/run_tests/performance/scenario_config.py
index 77b158f27e14d0d41ba14eeac3129de47378e14f..b55d728d840fa71ed4ad385617b36989af135d74 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/performance/scenario_config.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/performance/scenario_config.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ JAVA_WARMUP_SECONDS=15  # Java needs more warmup time for JIT to kick in.
 BENCHMARK_SECONDS=30
 
 SMOKETEST='smoketest'
+SCALABLE='scalable'
 
 SECURE_SECARGS = {'use_test_ca': True,
                   'server_host_override': 'foo.test.google.fr'}
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ class CXXLanguage:
     # TODO(ctiller): add 70% load latency test
     for secure in [True, False]:
       secstr = 'secure' if secure else 'insecure'
-      smoketest_categories = [SMOKETEST] if secure else None
+      smoketest_categories = [SMOKETEST] if secure else []
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'cpp_generic_async_streaming_ping_pong_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
@@ -214,20 +215,21 @@ class CXXLanguage:
           client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async',
           secure=secure,
-          categories=smoketest_categories)
+          categories=smoketest_categories+[SCALABLE])
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'cpp_protobuf_async_streaming_qps_unconstrained_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
           client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async',
-          secure=secure)
+          secure=secure,
+          categories=[SCALABLE])
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'cpp_generic_async_streaming_qps_unconstrained_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
           client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_GENERIC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async', use_generic_payload=True,
           secure=secure,
-          categories=smoketest_categories)
+          categories=smoketest_categories+[SCALABLE])
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'cpp_generic_async_streaming_qps_one_server_core_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
@@ -275,12 +277,13 @@ class CSharpLanguage:
         'csharp_protobuf_async_unary_qps_unconstrained', rpc_type='UNARY',
         client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
         unconstrained_client='async',
-        categories=[SMOKETEST])
+        categories=[SMOKETEST,SCALABLE])
 
     yield _ping_pong_scenario(
         'csharp_protobuf_async_streaming_qps_unconstrained', rpc_type='STREAMING',
         client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
-        unconstrained_client='async')
+        unconstrained_client='async',
+        categories=[SCALABLE])
 
     yield _ping_pong_scenario(
         'csharp_to_cpp_protobuf_sync_unary_ping_pong', rpc_type='UNARY',
@@ -296,17 +299,20 @@ class CSharpLanguage:
     yield _ping_pong_scenario(
         'csharp_to_cpp_protobuf_async_unary_qps_unconstrained', rpc_type='UNARY',
         client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
-        unconstrained_client='async', server_language='c++')
+        unconstrained_client='async', server_language='c++',
+        categories=[SCALABLE])
 
     yield _ping_pong_scenario(
         'csharp_to_cpp_protobuf_sync_to_async_unary_qps_unconstrained', rpc_type='UNARY',
         client_type='SYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
-        unconstrained_client='sync', server_language='c++')
+        unconstrained_client='sync', server_language='c++',
+        categories=[SCALABLE])
 
     yield _ping_pong_scenario(
         'cpp_to_csharp_protobuf_async_unary_qps_unconstrained', rpc_type='UNARY',
         client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
-        unconstrained_client='async', client_language='c++')
+        unconstrained_client='async', client_language='c++',
+        categories=[SCALABLE])
 
 
   def __str__(self):
@@ -487,7 +493,7 @@ class JavaLanguage:
   def scenarios(self):
     for secure in [True, False]:
       secstr = 'secure' if secure else 'insecure'
-      smoketest_categories = [SMOKETEST] if secure else None
+      smoketest_categories = [SMOKETEST] if secure else []
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'java_generic_async_streaming_ping_pong_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
@@ -520,19 +526,21 @@ class JavaLanguage:
           client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async',
           secure=secure, warmup_seconds=JAVA_WARMUP_SECONDS,
-          categories=smoketest_categories)
+          categories=smoketest_categories+[SCALABLE])
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'java_protobuf_async_streaming_qps_unconstrained_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
           client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async',
-          secure=secure, warmup_seconds=JAVA_WARMUP_SECONDS)
+          secure=secure, warmup_seconds=JAVA_WARMUP_SECONDS,
+          categories=[SCALABLE])
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'java_generic_async_streaming_qps_unconstrained_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
           client_type='ASYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_GENERIC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async', use_generic_payload=True,
-          secure=secure, warmup_seconds=JAVA_WARMUP_SECONDS)
+          secure=secure, warmup_seconds=JAVA_WARMUP_SECONDS,
+          categories=[SCALABLE])
 
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'java_generic_async_streaming_qps_one_server_core_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
@@ -562,7 +570,7 @@ class GoLanguage:
   def scenarios(self):
     for secure in [True, False]:
       secstr = 'secure' if secure else 'insecure'
-      smoketest_categories = [SMOKETEST] if secure else None
+      smoketest_categories = [SMOKETEST] if secure else []
 
       # ASYNC_GENERIC_SERVER for Go actually uses a sync streaming server,
       # but that's mostly because of lack of better name of the enum value. 
@@ -592,14 +600,15 @@ class GoLanguage:
           client_type='SYNC_CLIENT', server_type='SYNC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async',
           secure=secure,
-          categories=smoketest_categories)
+          categories=smoketest_categories+[SCALABLE])
 
       # unconstrained_client='async' is intended (client uses goroutines)
       yield _ping_pong_scenario(
           'go_protobuf_sync_streaming_qps_unconstrained_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
           client_type='SYNC_CLIENT', server_type='SYNC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async',
-          secure=secure)
+          secure=secure,
+          categories=[SCALABLE])
 
       # unconstrained_client='async' is intended (client uses goroutines)
       # ASYNC_GENERIC_SERVER for Go actually uses a sync streaming server,
@@ -608,7 +617,8 @@ class GoLanguage:
           'go_generic_sync_streaming_qps_unconstrained_%s' % secstr, rpc_type='STREAMING',
           client_type='SYNC_CLIENT', server_type='ASYNC_GENERIC_SERVER',
           unconstrained_client='async', use_generic_payload=True,
-          secure=secure)
+          secure=secure,
+          categories=[SCALABLE])
 
       # TODO(jtattermusch): add scenarios go vs C++ 
 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py
index 181d62bf4a32c5fc4b7833f02b318fd41f59af43..f037d0d17d9ec403b61b4122d781acdbf74dc5f1 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_performance_tests.py
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class QpsWorkerJob:
 
 def create_qpsworker_job(language, shortname=None,
                          port=10000, remote_host=None):
-  # TODO: support more languages
   cmdline = language.worker_cmdline() + ['--driver_port=%s' % port]
   if remote_host:
     user_at_host = '%s@%s' % (_REMOTE_HOST_USERNAME, remote_host)
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ argp.add_argument('-r', '--regex', default='.*', type=str,
 argp.add_argument('--bq_result_table', default=None, type=str,
                   help='Bigquery "dataset.table" to upload results to.')
 argp.add_argument('--category',
-                  choices=['smoketest','all'],
+                  choices=['smoketest','all','scalable'],
                   default='all',
                   help='Select a category of tests to run.')
 argp.add_argument('--netperf',