diff --git a/src/codeql.ts b/src/codeql.ts
index bd2400d3b..d312d50f8 100644
--- a/src/codeql.ts
+++ b/src/codeql.ts
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ export interface CodeQL {
   ): Promise<void>;
   /** Get the location of an extractor for the specified language. */
   resolveExtractor(language: Language): Promise<string>;
+  /**
+   * Run 'codeql resolve queries --format=startingpacks'.
+   */
+  resolveQueriesStartingPacks(queries: string[]): Promise<string[]>;
   /**
    * Run 'codeql github merge-results'.
    */
@@ -479,6 +483,10 @@ export function createStubCodeQL(partialCodeql: Partial<CodeQL>): CodeQL {
     ),
     diagnosticsExport: resolveFunction(partialCodeql, "diagnosticsExport"),
     resolveExtractor: resolveFunction(partialCodeql, "resolveExtractor"),
+    resolveQueriesStartingPacks: resolveFunction(
+      partialCodeql,
+      "resolveQueriesStartingPacks",
+    ),
     mergeResults: resolveFunction(partialCodeql, "mergeResults"),
   };
 }
@@ -974,6 +982,24 @@ export async function getCodeQLForCmd(
       ).exec();
       return JSON.parse(extractorPath) as string;
     },
+    async resolveQueriesStartingPacks(queries: string[]): Promise<string[]> {
+      const codeqlArgs = [
+        "resolve",
+        "queries",
+        "--format=startingpacks",
+        ...getExtraOptionsFromEnv(["resolve", "queries"]),
+        ...queries,
+      ];
+      const output = await runCli(cmd, codeqlArgs, { noStreamStdout: true });
+
+      try {
+        return JSON.parse(output) as string[];
+      } catch (e) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Unexpected output from codeql resolve queries --format=startingpacks: ${e}`,
+        );
+      }
+    },
     async mergeResults(
       sarifFiles: string[],
       outputFile: string,