diff --git a/cli/cmd/dir.go b/cli/cmd/dir.go
index df6a4e3c..4b562be3 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/dir.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/dir.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3/cli"
 	"github.com/OJ/gobuster/v3/gobusterdir"
@@ -77,6 +78,18 @@ func parseDirOptions() (*libgobuster.Options, *gobusterdir.OptionsDir, error) {
 		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid value for status-codes-blacklist: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	plugin.QueryString, err = cmdDir.Flags().GetString("query")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid query string")
+	}
+	if plugin.QueryString != "" {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(plugin.URL, "/") {
+			plugin.URL = plugin.URL + "?" + plugin.QueryString
+		} else {
+			plugin.URL = plugin.URL + "?" + plugin.QueryString
+		}
+	}
+
 	// blacklist will override the normal status codes
 	if plugin.StatusCodesBlacklist != "" {
 		ret, err := helper.ParseCommaSeparatedInt(plugin.StatusCodesBlacklist)
@@ -155,7 +168,7 @@ func init() {
 	cmdDir.Flags().Bool("wildcard", false, "Force continued operation when wildcard found")
 	cmdDir.Flags().BoolP("discover-backup", "d", false, "Upon finding a file search for backup files")
 	cmdDir.Flags().IntSlice("exclude-length", []int{}, "exclude the following content length (completely ignores the status). Supply multiple times to exclude multiple sizes.")
-
+	cmdDir.Flags().StringP("query", "Q", "", "Specify a query string to be added to the end of each request")
 	cmdDir.PersistentPreRun = func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		configureGlobalOptions()
 	}
diff --git a/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go b/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go
index 49277111..803fbebc 100644
--- a/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go
+++ b/gobusterdir/gobusterdir.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
@@ -108,6 +109,14 @@ func (d *GobusterDir) RequestsPerRun() int {
 // PreRun is the pre run implementation of gobusterdir
 func (d *GobusterDir) PreRun() error {
 	// add trailing slash
+	if strings.Contains(d.options.URL, "?") {
+		resp, err := http.Get(d.options.URL)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf(err.Error())
+		}
+		finalURL := resp.Request.URL.String()
+		d.options.URL = finalURL
+	}
 	if !strings.HasSuffix(d.options.URL, "/") {
 		d.options.URL = fmt.Sprintf("%s/", d.options.URL)
 	}
diff --git a/gobusterdir/options.go b/gobusterdir/options.go
index 67dd796d..372a9ec0 100644
--- a/gobusterdir/options.go
+++ b/gobusterdir/options.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type OptionsDir struct {
 	StatusCodes                string
 	StatusCodesParsed          libgobuster.IntSet
 	StatusCodesBlacklist       string
+	QueryString                string
 	StatusCodesBlacklistParsed libgobuster.IntSet
 	UseSlash                   bool
 	WildcardForced             bool