diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6b87f9ec4f3e6..c9fe444f19da7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ version = "1.0.70"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7de8ce5e0f9f8d88245311066a578d72b7af3e7088f32783804676302df237e4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "argfile"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "265f5108974489a217d5098cd81666b60480c8dd67302acbbe7cbdd8aa09d638"
+dependencies = [
+ "os_str_bytes",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ascii"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -1503,6 +1512,9 @@ name = "os_str_bytes"
 version = "6.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ceedf44fb00f2d1984b0bc98102627ce622e083e49a5bacdb3e514fa4238e267"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "output_vt100"
@@ -2085,6 +2097,7 @@ version = "0.0.263"
 dependencies = [
  "annotate-snippets 0.9.1",
  "anyhow",
+ "argfile",
  "assert_cmd",
  "atty",
  "bincode",
diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/ruff_cli/Cargo.toml
index 4225b7d06fad4..7df093bd53640 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ruff_python_ast = { path = "../ruff_python_ast" }
 
 annotate-snippets = { version = "0.9.1", features = ["color"] }
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
+argfile = { version = "0.1.5" }
 atty = { version = "0.2.14" }
 bincode = { version = "1.3.3" }
 bitflags = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/ruff_cli/src/bin/ruff.rs b/crates/ruff_cli/src/bin/ruff.rs
index 3a00d1d93d873..0c4ea2ef4d5b9 100644
--- a/crates/ruff_cli/src/bin/ruff.rs
+++ b/crates/ruff_cli/src/bin/ruff.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use std::process::ExitCode;
 
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
 use colored::Colorize;
 
 use ruff_cli::args::{Args, Command};
@@ -23,14 +23,17 @@ static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
 static GLOBAL: tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc = tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
 
 pub fn main() -> ExitCode {
-    let mut args: Vec<_> = wild::args().collect();
+    let args = wild::args_os();
+    let mut args =
+        argfile::expand_args_from(args, argfile::parse_fromfile, argfile::PREFIX).unwrap();
 
     // Clap doesn't support default subcommands but we want to run `check` by
     // default for convenience and backwards-compatibility, so we just
     // preprocess the arguments accordingly before passing them to Clap.
     if let Some(arg) = args.get(1) {
-        if !Command::has_subcommand(rewrite_legacy_subcommand(arg))
-            && arg != "-h"
+        if arg.to_str().map_or(false, |arg| {
+            !Command::has_subcommand(rewrite_legacy_subcommand(arg))
+        }) && arg != "-h"
             && arg != "--help"
             && arg != "-V"
             && arg != "--version"