diff --git a/docs/jq.md b/docs/jq.md
index 63344d0cf..d16312220 100755
--- a/docs/jq.md
+++ b/docs/jq.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Public API for jq
 ## jq
 
 <pre>
-jq(<a href="#jq-name">name</a>, <a href="#jq-srcs">srcs</a>, <a href="#jq-filter">filter</a>, <a href="#jq-args">args</a>, <a href="#jq-out">out</a>)
+jq(<a href="#jq-name">name</a>, <a href="#jq-srcs">srcs</a>, <a href="#jq-filter">filter</a>, <a href="#jq-args">args</a>, <a href="#jq-out">out</a>, <a href="#jq-kwargs">kwargs</a>)
 </pre>
 
 Invoke jq with a filter on a set of json input files.
@@ -63,5 +63,6 @@ jq(
 | <a id="jq-filter"></a>filter |  mandatory jq filter specification (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/#Basicfilters)   |  none |
 | <a id="jq-args"></a>args |  additional args to pass to jq   |  <code>[]</code> |
 | <a id="jq-out"></a>out |  Name of the output json file; defaults to the rule name plus ".json"   |  <code>None</code> |
+| <a id="jq-kwargs"></a>kwargs |  other common named parameters such as <code>tags</code> or <code>visibility</code>   |  none |
 
 
diff --git a/lib/jq.bzl b/lib/jq.bzl
index 3225c1142..4cace1693 100644
--- a/lib/jq.bzl
+++ b/lib/jq.bzl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _jq_rule = rule(
     toolchains = ["@aspect_bazel_lib//lib:jq_toolchain_type"],
 )
 
-def jq(name, srcs, filter, args = [], out = None):
+def jq(name, srcs, filter, args = [], out = None, **kwargs):
     """Invoke jq with a filter on a set of json input files.
 
     For jq documentation, see https://stedolan.github.io/jq/.
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def jq(name, srcs, filter, args = [], out = None):
         filter: mandatory jq filter specification (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/#Basicfilters)
         args: additional args to pass to jq
         out: Name of the output json file; defaults to the rule name plus ".json"
+        **kwargs: other common named parameters such as `tags` or `visibility`
     """
     if not out:
         out = name + ".json"
@@ -67,4 +68,5 @@ def jq(name, srcs, filter, args = [], out = None):
         filter = filter,
         args = args,
         out = out,
+        **kwargs
     )