diff --git a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
index 6d79e1225..ccec92908 100644
--- a/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
+++ b/infer/man/man1/infer-full.txt
@@ -1690,6 +1690,9 @@ INTERNAL OPTIONS
            Reset the list of folders containing linters definitions to be
            empty (see linters-def-folder).
 
+       --scheduler { File | SyntacticCallGraph }
+           Specify the scheduler used for the analysis phase
+
        --scuba-logging
            Activates: (direct) logging to scuba (Conversely:
            --no-scuba-logging)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
index bb055f2d1..ceecd9cd1 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/InferAnalyze.ml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 open! IStd
 module F = Format
 module L = Logging
+module CLOpt = CommandLineOption
 
 let clear_caches () =
   Ondemand.LocalCache.clear () ; Summary.OnDisk.clear_cache () ; Procname.SQLite.clear_cache ()
@@ -113,11 +114,15 @@ let get_source_files_to_analyze ~changed_files =
 
 
 let schedule sources =
-  if Config.call_graph_schedule then
-    ProcessPool.TaskGenerator.chain
-      (SyntacticCallGraph.bottom_up sources)
-      (FileScheduler.make sources)
-  else FileScheduler.make sources
+  if Config.call_graph_schedule then (
+    CLOpt.warnf "WARNING: '--call-graph-schedule' is deprecated. Use '--scheduler' instead.@." ;
+    SyntacticCallGraph.make sources )
+  else
+    match Config.scheduler with
+    | SyntacticCallGraph ->
+        SyntacticCallGraph.make sources
+    | File ->
+        FileScheduler.make sources
 
 
 let analyze source_files_to_analyze =
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.ml b/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.ml
index 47ae197d8..6b1057668 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.ml
@@ -108,3 +108,6 @@ let bottom_up sources : SchedulerTypes.target ProcessPool.TaskGenerator.t =
     next_aux ()
   in
   {remaining_tasks; is_empty; finished; next}
+
+
+let make sources = ProcessPool.TaskGenerator.chain (bottom_up sources) (FileScheduler.make sources)
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.mli b/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.mli
index 5c2ffcb73..8903b32ef 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/SyntacticCallGraph.mli
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *)
 open! IStd
 
-val bottom_up : SourceFile.t list -> SchedulerTypes.target ProcessPool.TaskGenerator.t
+val make : SourceFile.t list -> SchedulerTypes.target ProcessPool.TaskGenerator.t
 (** task generator that works by
 
     - loading the syntactic call graph from the capture DB
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index 005ffbaca..5e5fea107 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ type build_system =
   | BXcode
 [@@deriving compare]
 
+type scheduler = File | SyntacticCallGraph [@@deriving equal]
+
 let equal_build_system = [%compare.equal: build_system]
 
 (* List of ([build system], [executable name]). Several executables may map to the same build
@@ -2353,6 +2355,12 @@ and export_changed_functions_output =
     "Name of file for export-changed-functions results"
 
 
+and scheduler =
+  CLOpt.mk_symbol ~long:"scheduler" ~default:File ~eq:equal_scheduler
+    ~symbols:[("File", File); ("SyntacticCallGraph", SyntacticCallGraph)]
+    "Specify the scheduler used for the analysis phase"
+
+
 and test_filtering =
   CLOpt.mk_bool ~deprecated:["test_filtering"] ~long:"test-filtering"
     "List all the files Infer can report on (should be called from the root of the project)"
@@ -3167,14 +3175,16 @@ and resource_leak = !resource_leak
 
 and results_dir = !results_dir
 
-and seconds_per_iteration = !seconds_per_iteration
-
-and select = !select
+and scheduler = !scheduler
 
 and scuba_logging = !scuba_logging
 
 and scuba_normals = !scuba_normals
 
+and seconds_per_iteration = !seconds_per_iteration
+
+and select = !select
+
 and show_buckets = !print_buckets
 
 and siof = !siof
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index 53463c767..68a553938 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ type build_system =
   | BNdk
   | BXcode
 
+type scheduler = File | SyntacticCallGraph [@@deriving equal]
+
 val equal_build_system : build_system -> build_system -> bool
 
 val build_system_of_exe_name : string -> build_system
@@ -604,6 +606,8 @@ val rest : string list
 
 val results_dir : string
 
+val scheduler : scheduler
+
 val scuba_logging : bool
 
 val scuba_normals : string String.Map.t