diff --git a/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/mvn/MavenOptions.java b/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/mvn/MavenOptions.java
index 21f241750e26..e290114dec6c 100644
--- a/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/mvn/MavenOptions.java
+++ b/api/maven-api-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/api/cli/mvn/MavenOptions.java
@@ -207,6 +207,11 @@ public interface MavenOptions extends Options {
     @Nonnull
     Optional<Boolean> ignoreTransitiveRepositories();
 
+    /**
+     * Allows {@code @filename} to read options from file.
+     */
+    Optional<String> atFile();
+
     /**
      * Returns the list of goals and phases to execute.
      *
diff --git a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/CommonsCliMavenOptions.java b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/CommonsCliMavenOptions.java
index 0ba2e6e0ab5a..51f2fe285366 100644
--- a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/CommonsCliMavenOptions.java
+++ b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/CommonsCliMavenOptions.java
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ public Optional<Boolean> ignoreTransitiveRepositories() {
         return Optional.empty();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> atFile() {
+        if (commandLine.hasOption(CLIManager.AT_FILE)) {
+            return Optional.of(commandLine.getOptionValue(CLIManager.AT_FILE));
+        }
+        return Optional.empty();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Optional<List<String>> goals() {
         if (!commandLine.getArgList().isEmpty()) {
@@ -273,6 +281,7 @@ protected static class CLIManager extends CommonsCliOptions.CLIManager {
         public static final String CACHE_ARTIFACT_NOT_FOUND = "canf";
         public static final String STRICT_ARTIFACT_DESCRIPTOR_POLICY = "sadp";
         public static final String IGNORE_TRANSITIVE_REPOSITORIES = "itr";
+        public static final String AT_FILE = "af";
 
         @Override
         protected void prepareOptions(org.apache.commons.cli.Options options) {
@@ -375,6 +384,11 @@ protected void prepareOptions(org.apache.commons.cli.Options options) {
                     .longOpt("ignore-transitive-repositories")
                     .desc("If set, Maven will ignore remote repositories introduced by transitive dependencies.")
                     .build());
+            options.addOption(Option.builder(AT_FILE)
+                    .longOpt("at-file")
+                    .hasArg()
+                    .desc("If set, Maven load and merge command line options from the file as well.")
+                    .build());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/LayeredMavenOptions.java b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/LayeredMavenOptions.java
index 353f795913a4..d88e08b04721 100644
--- a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/LayeredMavenOptions.java
+++ b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/LayeredMavenOptions.java
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ public Optional<Boolean> ignoreTransitiveRepositories() {
         return returnFirstPresentOrEmpty(MavenOptions::ignoreTransitiveRepositories);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Optional<String> atFile() {
+        return returnFirstPresentOrEmpty(MavenOptions::atFile);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public Optional<List<String>> goals() {
         return collectListIfPresentOrEmpty(MavenOptions::goals);
diff --git a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/MavenParser.java b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/MavenParser.java
index 7de8e0d51889..9e55bb1e7d5a 100644
--- a/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/MavenParser.java
+++ b/impl/maven-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cling/invoker/mvn/MavenParser.java
@@ -37,7 +37,17 @@ public class MavenParser extends BaseParser {
     protected List<Options> parseCliOptions(LocalContext context) {
         ArrayList<Options> result = new ArrayList<>();
         // CLI args
-        result.add(parseMavenCliOptions(context.parserRequest.args()));
+        MavenOptions cliOptions = parseMavenCliOptions(context.parserRequest.args());
+        result.add(cliOptions);
+        // atFile option
+        if (cliOptions.atFile().isPresent()) {
+            Path file = context.cwd.resolve(cliOptions.atFile().orElseThrow());
+            if (Files.isRegularFile(file)) {
+                result.add(parseMavenAtFileOptions(file));
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Specified atFile does not exists (" + file + ")");
+            }
+        }
         // maven.config; if exists
         Path mavenConfig = context.rootDirectory != null ? context.rootDirectory.resolve(".mvn/maven.config") : null;
         if (mavenConfig != null && Files.isRegularFile(mavenConfig)) {
@@ -54,6 +64,19 @@ protected MavenOptions parseMavenCliOptions(List<String> args) {
         }
     }
 
+    protected MavenOptions parseMavenAtFileOptions(Path atFile) {
+        try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(atFile, Charset.defaultCharset())) {
+            List<String> args =
+                    lines.filter(arg -> !arg.isEmpty() && !arg.startsWith("#")).toList();
+            return parseArgs("atFile", args);
+        } catch (ParseException e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Failed to parse arguments from file (" + atFile + "): " + e.getMessage(), e.getCause());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Error reading config file: " + atFile, e);
+        }
+    }
+
     protected MavenOptions parseMavenConfigOptions(Path configFile) {
         try (Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(configFile, Charset.defaultCharset())) {
             List<String> args =