diff --git a/src/codeql.test.ts b/src/codeql.test.ts
index 2d665b5a3..0db008fb2 100644
--- a/src/codeql.test.ts
+++ b/src/codeql.test.ts
@@ -63,3 +63,35 @@ test('parse codeql bundle url version', t => {
     }
   }
 });
+
+test('getExtraOptions works for explicit paths', t => {
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions({}, ['foo'], []), []);
+
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions({foo: [42]}, ['foo'], []), ['42']);
+
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions({foo: {bar: [42]}}, ['foo', 'bar'], []), ['42']);
+});
+
+test('getExtraOptions works for wildcards', t => {
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions({'*': [42]}, ['foo'], []), ['42']);
+});
+
+test('getExtraOptions works for wildcards and explicit paths', t => {
+  let o1 = {'*': [42], foo: [87]};
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions(o1, ['foo'], []), ['42', '87']);
+
+  let o2 = {'*': [42], foo: [87]};
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions(o2, ['foo', 'bar'], []), ['42']);
+
+  let o3 = {'*': [42], foo: { '*': [87], bar: [99]}};
+  let p = ['foo', 'bar'];
+  t.deepEqual(codeql.getExtraOptions(o3, p, []), ['42', '87', '99']);
+});
+
+test('getExtraOptions throws for bad content', t => {
+  t.throws(() => codeql.getExtraOptions({'*': 42}, ['foo'], []));
+
+  t.throws(() => codeql.getExtraOptions({foo: 87}, ['foo'], []));
+
+  t.throws(() => codeql.getExtraOptions({'*': [42], foo: { '*': 87, bar: [99]}}, ['foo', 'bar'], []));
+});
diff --git a/src/codeql.ts b/src/codeql.ts
index 7ab4692d9..e05f524bf 100644
--- a/src/codeql.ts
+++ b/src/codeql.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
         'trace-command',
         databasePath,
         ...compilerSpecArg,
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['database', 'trace-command']),
         process.execPath,
         path.resolve(__dirname, 'tracer-env.js'),
         envFile
@@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
         databasePath,
         '--language=' + language,
         '--source-root=' + sourceRoot,
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['database', 'init']),
       ]);
     },
     runAutobuild: async function(language: string) {
@@ -345,7 +347,8 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
           'resolve',
           'extractor',
           '--format=json',
-          '--language=' + language
+          '--language=' + language,
+          ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['resolve', 'extractor']),
         ],
         {
           silent: true,
@@ -363,6 +366,7 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
       await exec.exec(cmd, [
         'database',
         'trace-command',
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['database', 'trace-command']),
         databasePath,
         '--',
         traceCommand
@@ -372,6 +376,7 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
       await exec.exec(cmd, [
         'database',
         'finalize',
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['database', 'finalize']),
         databasePath
       ]);
     },
@@ -380,7 +385,8 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
         'resolve',
         'queries',
         ...queries,
-        '--format=bylanguage'
+        '--format=bylanguage',
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['resolve', 'queries'])
       ];
       if (extraSearchPath !== undefined) {
         codeqlArgs.push('--search-path', extraSearchPath);
@@ -406,6 +412,7 @@ function getCodeQLForCmd(cmd: string): CodeQL {
         '--format=sarif-latest',
         '--output=' + sarifFile,
         '--no-sarif-add-snippets',
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(['database', 'analyze']),
         querySuite
       ]);
     }
@@ -419,3 +426,60 @@ export function isTracedLanguage(language: string): boolean {
 export function isScannedLanguage(language: string): boolean {
   return !isTracedLanguage(language);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Gets the options for `path` of `options` as an array of extra option strings.
+ */
+function getExtraOptionsFromEnv(path: string[]) {
+  let options: ExtraOptions = util.getExtraOptionsEnvParam();
+  return getExtraOptions(options, path, []);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Gets the options for `path` of `options` as an array of extra option strings.
+ *
+ * - the special terminal step name '*' in `options` matches all path steps
+ * - throws an exception if this conversion is impossible.
+ */
+export /* exported for testing */ function getExtraOptions(
+  options: any,
+  path: string[],
+  pathInfo: string[]): string[] {
+  /**
+   * Gets `options` as an array of extra option strings.
+   *
+   * - throws an exception mentioning `pathInfo` if this conversion is impossible.
+   */
+  function asExtraOptions(options: any, pathInfo: string[]): string[] {
+    if (options === undefined) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    if (!Array.isArray(options)) {
+      const msg =
+        'The extra options for `' +
+        pathInfo.join('.') +
+        '` (`' +
+        JSON.stringify(options) +
+        '`) are not in an array.';
+      throw new Error(msg);
+    }
+    return options.map(o => {
+      const t = typeof o;
+      if (t !== 'string' && t !== 'number' && t !== 'boolean') {
+        const msg =
+          'The extra option for `' +
+          pathInfo.join('.') +
+          '` (`' +
+          JSON.stringify(o) +
+          '`) is not a primitive value.';
+        throw new Error(msg);
+      }
+      return o + '';
+    });
+  }
+  let all = asExtraOptions(options?.['*'], pathInfo.concat('*'));
+  let specific = path.length === 0 ?
+    asExtraOptions(options, pathInfo) :
+    getExtraOptions(options?.[path[0]], path?.slice(1), pathInfo.concat(path[0]));
+  return all.concat(specific);
+}