diff --git a/docs/angular/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md b/docs/angular/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
index 469043dcb9571..e249824ae1763 100644
--- a/docs/angular/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
+++ b/docs/angular/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Command to run in child process
 
+### outputPath
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Tells Nx where the files will be created
+
 ### parallel
 
 Default: `true`
diff --git a/docs/react/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md b/docs/react/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
index 720fc086c4322..7d7ad5e0b2928 100644
--- a/docs/react/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
+++ b/docs/react/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Command to run in child process
 
+### outputPath
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Tells Nx where the files will be created
+
 ### parallel
 
 Default: `true`
diff --git a/docs/web/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md b/docs/web/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
index b6ccec1330383..58e3cfc3a76b8 100644
--- a/docs/web/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
+++ b/docs/web/api-workspace/builders/run-commands.md
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ Type: `string`
 
 Command to run in child process
 
+### outputPath
+
+Type: `string`
+
+Tells Nx where the files will be created
+
 ### parallel
 
 Default: `true`
diff --git a/packages/cli/lib/run-cli.ts b/packages/cli/lib/run-cli.ts
index ec258a14f66e4..70cf754422b8c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/lib/run-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/lib/run-cli.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { findWorkspaceRoot } from './find-workspace-root';
 const workspace = findWorkspaceRoot(process.cwd());
 
 if (process.env.NX_TERMINAL_OUTPUT_PATH) {
-  setUpOutputWatching();
+  setUpOutputWatching(process.env.NX_TERMINAL_CAPTURE_STDERR === 'true');
 }
 requireCli();
 
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function requireCli() {
  * And the cached output should be correct unless the CLI bypasses process.stdout or console.log and uses some
  * C-binary to write to stdout.
  */
-function setUpOutputWatching() {
+function setUpOutputWatching(captureStderr: boolean) {
   const stdoutWrite = process.stdout._write;
   const stderrWrite = process.stderr._write;
 
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ function setUpOutputWatching() {
     encoding: string,
     callback: Function
   ) => {
-    out.push(chunk.toString());
+    if (captureStderr) {
+      out.push(chunk.toString());
+    }
     stderrWrite.apply(process.stderr, [chunk, encoding, callback]);
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/builders/run-commands/schema.json b/packages/workspace/src/builders/run-commands/schema.json
index 290566f926819..975f218d9f5fa 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/builders/run-commands/schema.json
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/builders/run-commands/schema.json
@@ -34,6 +34,20 @@
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Use colors when showing output of command",
       "default": false
+    },
+    "outputPath": {
+      "description": "Tells Nx where the files will be created",
+      "oneOf": [
+        {
+          "type": "string"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "array",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
     }
   },
   "required": ["commands"]
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
index 1ce3af60fbc80..646b44c824056 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/task-orchestrator.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ export class TaskOrchestrator {
         const env = { ...process.env };
         if (outputPath) {
           env.NX_TERMINAL_OUTPUT_PATH = outputPath;
+          if (this.options.captureStderr) {
+            env.NX_TERMINAL_CAPTURE_STDERR = 'true';
+          }
         }
         const p = fork(this.getCommand(), this.getCommandArgs(task), {
           stdio: ['inherit', 'inherit', 'inherit', 'ipc'],
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/tasks-runner-v2.ts b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/tasks-runner-v2.ts
index 3cd710f9ee27f..713a01af228dd 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/tasks-runner-v2.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/tasks-runner/tasks-runner-v2.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export interface DefaultTasksRunnerOptions {
   cacheDirectory?: string;
   remoteCache?: RemoteCache;
   lifeCycle?: LifeCycle;
+  captureStderr?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const tasksRunnerV2: TasksRunner<DefaultTasksRunnerOptions> = (