diff --git a/site/en/query/cquery.md b/site/en/query/cquery.md
index e920bceb262a05..2c6aefde34c0de 100644
--- a/site/en/query/cquery.md
+++ b/site/en/query/cquery.md
@@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ by the query similar to the list printed at the end of a `bazel build`
 invocation. The output contains only the files advertised in the requested
 output groups as determined by the
 [`--output_groups`](/reference/command-line-reference#flag--output_groups) flag
-and never contains source files.
+and does not contain source files unless `--files:include_source_files` is
+specified.
 
 Note: The output of `bazel cquery --output=files //pkg:foo` contains the output
 files of `//pkg:foo` in *all* configurations that occur in the build (also see
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/CqueryOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/CqueryOptions.java
index 0d85d0db680ea7..c2e670780f6522 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/CqueryOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/CqueryOptions.java
@@ -107,4 +107,12 @@ public enum Transitions {
               + " error to specify both --starlark:expr and --starlark:file. See help for"
               + " --output=starlark for additional detail.")
   public String file;
+
+  @Option(
+      name = "files:include_source_files",
+      defaultValue = "false",
+      documentationCategory = OptionDocumentationCategory.QUERY,
+      effectTags = {OptionEffectTag.TERMINAL_OUTPUT},
+      help = "If true, source files are included in the output of cquery with --output=files.")
+  public boolean includeSourceFiles;
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallback.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallback.java
index d0ceeeaef5b088..619df99a316a27 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallback.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallback.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.ConfiguredTarget;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.TopLevelArtifactContext;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.TopLevelArtifactHelper;
+import com.google.devtools.build.lib.analysis.configuredtargets.InputFileConfiguredTarget;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.events.ExtendedEventHandler;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.query2.engine.QueryEnvironment.TargetAccessor;
 import com.google.devtools.build.lib.skyframe.SkyframeExecutor;
@@ -53,14 +54,16 @@ public void processOutput(Iterable<KeyedConfiguredTarget> partialResult)
       throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     for (KeyedConfiguredTarget keyedTarget : partialResult) {
       ConfiguredTarget target = keyedTarget.getConfiguredTarget();
-      if (!TopLevelArtifactHelper.shouldConsiderForDisplay(target)) {
+      if (!TopLevelArtifactHelper.shouldConsiderForDisplay(target) && !(options.includeSourceFiles
+          && target instanceof InputFileConfiguredTarget)) {
         continue;
       }
       TopLevelArtifactHelper.getAllArtifactsToBuild(target, topLevelArtifactContext)
           .getImportantArtifacts()
           .toList()
           .stream()
-          .filter(TopLevelArtifactHelper::shouldDisplay)
+          .filter(artifact -> TopLevelArtifactHelper.shouldDisplay(artifact) || (
+              artifact.isSourceArtifact() && options.includeSourceFiles))
           .map(Artifact::getExecPathString)
           .forEach(this::addResult);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallbackTest.java b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallbackTest.java
index 5aeb5dd7d0f664..295bf048522a5c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallbackTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/query2/cquery/FilesOutputFormatterCallbackTest.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public final void defineSimpleRule() throws Exception {
         "            runfiles = ctx.runfiles([runfile]),",
         "        ),",
         "        OutputGroupInfo(",
-        "            foobar = [output_group_only],",
+        "            foobar = [output_group_only, ctx.file.explicit_source_dep],",
         "        ),",
         "    ]",
         "r = rule(",
@@ -105,7 +106,8 @@ public final void setUpCqueryOptions() {
     this.reporter = new Reporter(new EventBus(), events::add);
   }
 
-  private List<String> getOutput(String queryExpression, List<String> outputGroups)
+  private List<String> getOutput(String queryExpression, List<String> outputGroups,
+      boolean includeSourceFiles)
       throws Exception {
     QueryExpression expression = QueryParser.parse(queryExpression, getDefaultFunctions());
     Set<String> targetPatternSet = new LinkedHashSet<>();
@@ -113,6 +115,7 @@ private List<String> getOutput(String queryExpression, List<String> outputGroups
     PostAnalysisQueryEnvironment<KeyedConfiguredTarget> env =
         ((ConfiguredTargetQueryHelper) helper).getPostAnalysisQueryEnvironment(targetPatternSet);
 
+    options.includeSourceFiles = includeSourceFiles;
     ByteArrayOutputStream output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
     FilesOutputFormatterCallback callback =
         new FilesOutputFormatterCallback(
@@ -133,24 +136,54 @@ private List<String> getOutput(String queryExpression, List<String> outputGroups
 
   @Test
   public void basicQuery_defaultOutputGroup() throws Exception {
-    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:all", ImmutableList.of());
+    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:all", ImmutableList.of(), false);
     assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(
         output, "pkg/main_default_file", "pkg/other_default_file");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void basicQuery_defaultOutputGroup_includeSourceFiles() throws Exception {
+    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:all", ImmutableList.of(), true);
+    var sourceAndGeneratedFiles = output.stream()
+        .collect(Collectors.<String>partitioningBy(path -> path.startsWith("bazel-out/")));
+    assertThat(sourceAndGeneratedFiles.get(false)).containsExactly("pkg/BUILD", "defs/rules.bzl");
+    assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(sourceAndGeneratedFiles.get(true),
+        "pkg/main_default_file", "pkg/other_default_file");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void basicQuery_defaultAndCustomOutputGroup() throws Exception {
-    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:main", ImmutableList.of("+foobar"));
+    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:main", ImmutableList.of("+foobar"), false);
     assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(
         output, "pkg/main_default_file", "pkg/main_output_group_only");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void basicQuery_defaultAndCustomOutputGroup_includeSourceFiles() throws Exception {
+    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:main", ImmutableList.of("+foobar"), true);
+    var sourceAndGeneratedFiles = output.stream()
+        .collect(Collectors.<String>partitioningBy(path -> path.startsWith("bazel-out/")));
+    assertThat(sourceAndGeneratedFiles.get(false)).containsExactly("pkg/BUILD", "defs/rules.bzl");
+    assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(
+        sourceAndGeneratedFiles.get(true), "pkg/main_default_file", "pkg/main_output_group_only");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void basicQuery_customOutputGroupOnly() throws Exception {
-    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:other", ImmutableList.of("foobar"));
+    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:other", ImmutableList.of("foobar"), false);
     assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(output, "pkg/other_output_group_only");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void basicQuery_customOutputGroupOnly_includeSourceFiles() throws Exception {
+    List<String> output = getOutput("//pkg:other", ImmutableList.of("foobar"), true);
+    var sourceAndGeneratedFiles = output.stream()
+        .collect(Collectors.<String>partitioningBy(path -> path.startsWith("bazel-out/")));
+    assertThat(sourceAndGeneratedFiles.get(false)).containsExactly("pkg/BUILD");
+    assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(sourceAndGeneratedFiles.get(true),
+        "pkg/other_output_group_only");
+  }
+
   private void assertContainsExactlyWithBinDirPrefix(
       List<String> output, String... binDirRelativePaths) {
     if (binDirRelativePaths.length == 0) {
diff --git a/src/test/shell/integration/configured_query_test.sh b/src/test/shell/integration/configured_query_test.sh
index 677f624a5f7b7f..c77e2a3c66e764 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/integration/configured_query_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/integration/configured_query_test.sh
@@ -1445,5 +1445,24 @@ EOF
   expect_log "//peach:harken"
 }
 
+function test_files_include_source_files() {
+  local -r pkg=$FUNCNAME
+  mkdir -p $pkg
+  cat > $pkg/BUILD <<'EOF'
+filegroup(name="files", srcs=["BUILD"])
+alias(name="alias", actual="single_file")
+EOF
+  touch $pkg/single_file
+
+  bazel cquery --output=files //$pkg:all \
+   > output 2>"$TEST_log" || fail "Unexpected failure"
+  assert_not_contains "$pkg/BUILD" output
+  assert_not_contains "$pkg/single_file" output
+
+  bazel cquery --output=files --files:include_source_files //$pkg:all \
+   > output 2>"$TEST_log" || fail "Unexpected failure"
+  assert_contains "$pkg/BUILD" output
+  assert_contains "$pkg/single_file" output
+}
 
 run_suite "${PRODUCT_NAME} configured query tests"