diff --git a/train.py b/train.py
index 6e74f67b..0405f941 100755
--- a/train.py
+++ b/train.py
@@ -117,8 +117,12 @@ parser.add_argument('--clip-mode', type=str, default='norm',
 # Learning rate schedule parameters
 parser.add_argument('--sched', default='cosine', type=str, metavar='SCHEDULER',
                     help='LR scheduler (default: "cosine"')
-parser.add_argument('--lr', type=float, default=0.1, metavar='LR',
-                    help='learning rate (default: 0.05)')
+parser.add_argument('--lr', type=float, default=None, metavar='LR',
+                    help='learning rate (default: None => --lr-base')
+parser.add_argument('--lr-base', type=float, default=0.1, metavar='LR',
+                    help='base learning rate: lr = lr_base * global_batch_size / 256')
+parser.add_argument('--lr-base-scale', type=str, default='', metavar='SCALE',
+                    help='base learning rate vs batch_size scaling ("linear", "sqrt", based on opt if empty)')
 parser.add_argument('--lr-noise', type=float, nargs='+', default=None, metavar='pct, pct',
                     help='learning rate noise on/off epoch percentages')
 parser.add_argument('--lr-noise-pct', type=float, default=0.67, metavar='PERCENT',
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ parser.add_argument('--hflip', type=float, default=0.5,
                     help='Horizontal flip training aug probability')
 parser.add_argument('--vflip', type=float, default=0.,
                     help='Vertical flip training aug probability')
-parser.add_argument('--color-jitter', type=float, default=0.4, metavar='PCT',
+parser.add_argument('--color-jitter', type=float, default=None, metavar='PCT',
                     help='Color jitter factor (default: 0.4)')
 parser.add_argument('--aa', type=str, default=None, metavar='NAME',
                     help='Use AutoAugment policy. "v0" or "original". (default: None)'),
@@ -439,6 +443,18 @@ def setup_train_task(args, dev_env: DeviceEnv, mixup_active: bool):
         assert args.aug_splits > 1
         model = convert_splitbn_model(model, max(args.aug_splits, 2))
 
+    if args.lr is None:
+        global_batch_size = args.batch_size * dev_env.world_size
+        batch_ratio = global_batch_size / 256
+        if not args.lr_base_scale:
+            on = args.opt.lower()
+            args.lr_base_scale = 'sqrt' if any([o in on for o in ('adam', 'lamb', 'adabelief')]) else 'linear'
+        if args.lr_base_scale == 'sqrt':
+            batch_ratio = batch_ratio ** 0.5
+        args.lr = args.lr_base * batch_ratio
+        _logger.info(f'Calculated learning rate ({args.lr}) from base learning rate ({args.lr_base}) '
+                     f'and global batch size ({global_batch_size}) with {args.lr_base_scale} scaling.')
+
     train_state = setup_model_and_optimizer(
         dev_env=dev_env,
         model=model,