diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/cli/mod.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/cli/mod.rs
index fc14a368e0d2d..56a939d9a45e2 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -606,6 +606,9 @@ pub enum Command {
     /// GraphQL server with GraphiQL.
     #[clap(hide = true)]
     Query {
+        /// Pass variables to the query via a JSON file
+        #[clap(short = 'V', long, requires = "query")]
+        variables: Option<Utf8PathBuf>,
         /// The query to run, either a file path or a query string
         query: Option<String>,
     },
@@ -1343,14 +1346,16 @@ pub async fn run(
             })?;
             Ok(exit_code)
         }
-        Command::Query { query } => {
+        Command::Query { query, variables } => {
             warn!("query command is experimental and may change in the future");
             let query = query.clone();
+            let variables = variables.clone();
             let event = CommandEventBuilder::new("query").with_parent(&root_telemetry);
             event.track_call();
+
             let base = CommandBase::new(cli_args, repo_root, version, color_config);
 
-            let query = query::run(base, event, query).await?;
+            let query = query::run(base, event, query, variables.as_deref()).await?;
 
             Ok(query)
         }
diff --git a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/commands/query.rs b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/commands/query.rs
index 6d367bd562688..24fac3e27e66c 100644
--- a/crates/turborepo-lib/src/commands/query.rs
+++ b/crates/turborepo-lib/src/commands/query.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::{fs, sync::Arc};
 
-use async_graphql::{EmptyMutation, EmptySubscription, Schema, ServerError};
+use async_graphql::{EmptyMutation, EmptySubscription, Request, Schema, ServerError, Variables};
+use camino::Utf8Path;
 use miette::{Diagnostic, Report, SourceSpan};
 use thiserror::Error;
 use turbopath::AbsoluteSystemPathBuf;
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ pub async fn run(
     mut base: CommandBase,
     telemetry: CommandEventBuilder,
     query: Option<String>,
+    variables_path: Option<&Utf8Path>,
 ) -> Result<i32, Error> {
     let signal = get_signal()?;
     let handler = SignalHandler::new(signal);
@@ -92,7 +94,18 @@ pub async fn run(
             EmptySubscription,
         );
 
-        let result = schema.execute(&query).await;
+        let variables: Variables = variables_path
+            .map(AbsoluteSystemPathBuf::from_cwd)
+            .transpose()?
+            .map(|path| path.read_to_string())
+            .transpose()?
+            .map(|content| serde_json::from_str(&content))
+            .transpose()?
+            .unwrap_or_default();
+
+        let request = Request::new(&query).variables(variables);
+
+        let result = schema.execute(request).await;
         if result.errors.is_empty() {
             println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&result)?);
         } else {
diff --git a/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/query/variables.t b/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/query/variables.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c51caeb9a34c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/turborepo-tests/integration/tests/query/variables.t
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Setup
+  $ . ${TESTDIR}/../../../helpers/setup_integration_test.sh
+
+Create a variables file
+  $ echo '{ "name": "my-app" }' > vars.json
+
+Query packages
+  $ ${TURBO} query 'query($name: String) { package(name: $name) { name } }' --variables vars.json | jq
+   WARNING  query command is experimental and may change in the future
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "package": {
+        "name": "my-app"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+Write query to file
+  $ echo 'query($name: String) { package(name: $name) { name } }' > query.gql
+
+Run the query
+  $ ${TURBO} query query.gql --variables vars.json | jq
+   WARNING  query command is experimental and may change in the future
+  {
+    "data": {
+      "package": {
+        "name": "my-app"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+Make sure we can't pass variables without a query
+  $ ${TURBO} query --variables vars.json
+   ERROR  the following required arguments were not provided:
+    <QUERY>
+  
+  Usage: turbo(.exe)? query --variables <VARIABLES> <QUERY> (re)
+  
+  For more information, try '--help'.
+  
+  [1]
+
+
+