diff --git a/.yarn/versions/4db9f07d.yml b/.yarn/versions/4db9f07d.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54642a287609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/4db9f07d.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/cli": minor
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials": minor
+
+declined:
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-compat"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-constraints"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-dlx"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-init"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-interactive-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-nm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm-cli"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-patch"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnp"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnpm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-stage"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-version"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-workspace-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/builder"
+  - "@yarnpkg/core"
+  - "@yarnpkg/doctor"
diff --git a/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/run.test.js b/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/run.test.js
index ece9fc2d82df..e68d6e9f2318 100644
--- a/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/run.test.js
+++ b/packages/acceptance-tests/pkg-tests-specs/sources/commands/run.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {ppath, xfs} from '@yarnpkg/fslib';
+import {misc}       from 'pkg-tests-core';
 
 describe(`Commands`, () => {
   for (const [description, args] of [[`with prefix`, [`run`]], [`without prefix`, []]]) {
@@ -158,6 +159,27 @@ describe(`Commands`, () => {
         },
       ),
     );
+    test(`it should print the list of available scripts as JSON if no parameters passed to command`,
+      makeTemporaryEnv(
+        {
+          scripts: {
+            foo: `echo hello`,
+            bar: `echo hi`,
+          },
+        },
+        async ({path, run, source}) => {
+          const {stdout} = await run(`run`, `--json`);
+
+          expect(misc.parseJsonStream(stdout)).toEqual([{
+            name: `foo`,
+            script: `echo hello`,
+          }, {
+            name: `bar`,
+            script: `echo hi`,
+          }]);
+        },
+      ),
+    );
 
     test(`it should normalize scoped bin entries`,
       makeTemporaryEnv(
diff --git a/packages/plugin-essentials/sources/commands/runIndex.ts b/packages/plugin-essentials/sources/commands/runIndex.ts
index 3d09493e3638..48f47a93f218 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-essentials/sources/commands/runIndex.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-essentials/sources/commands/runIndex.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {BaseCommand, WorkspaceRequiredError}  from '@yarnpkg/cli';
 import {Configuration, Project, StreamReport} from '@yarnpkg/core';
 import {miscUtils}                            from '@yarnpkg/core';
+import {Option}                               from 'clipanion';
 import {inspect}                              from 'util';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line arca/no-default-export
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ export default class RunIndexCommand extends BaseCommand {
     [`run`],
   ];
 
+  json = Option.Boolean(`--json`, false, {
+    description: `Format the output as an NDJSON stream`,
+  });
+
   async execute() {
     const configuration = await Configuration.find(this.context.cwd, this.context.plugins);
     const {project, workspace} = await Project.find(configuration, this.context.cwd);
@@ -19,6 +24,7 @@ export default class RunIndexCommand extends BaseCommand {
     const report = await StreamReport.start({
       configuration,
       stdout: this.context.stdout,
+      json: this.json,
     }, async report => {
       const scripts = workspace!.manifest.scripts;
       const keys = miscUtils.sortMap(scripts.keys(), key => key);
@@ -32,8 +38,9 @@ export default class RunIndexCommand extends BaseCommand {
         return Math.max(max, key.length);
       }, 0);
 
-      for (const [key, value] of scripts.entries()) {
-        report.reportInfo(null, `${key.padEnd(maxKeyLength, ` `)}   ${inspect(value, inspectConfig)}`);
+      for (const [key, script] of scripts.entries()) {
+        report.reportInfo(null, `${key.padEnd(maxKeyLength, ` `)}   ${inspect(script, inspectConfig)}`);
+        report.reportJson({name: key, script});
       }
     });