diff --git a/lib/schemas/src/tasks.ts b/lib/schemas/src/tasks.ts
index 80b20ba62..5643a78d0 100644
--- a/lib/schemas/src/tasks.ts
+++ b/lib/schemas/src/tasks.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { SmokeTestSchema } from './tasks/n-test'
 import { CypressSchema } from './tasks/cypress'
 import { HerokuProductionSchema } from './tasks/heroku-production'
 import { ServerlessRunSchema } from './tasks/serverless-run'
+import { WorkspaceCommandSchema } from './tasks/workspace-command'
 import { z } from 'zod'
 
 export const TaskSchemas = {
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ export const TaskSchemas = {
   ServerlessTeardown: z.object({}).describe('Tear down existing serverless functions'),
   TypeScript: TypeScriptSchema,
   UploadAssetsToS3: UploadAssetsToS3Schema,
-  Webpack: WebpackSchema
+  Webpack: WebpackSchema,
+  WorkspaceCommand: WorkspaceCommandSchema
 }
 
 export type TaskOptions = InferSchemaOptions<typeof TaskSchemas>
diff --git a/lib/schemas/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts b/lib/schemas/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f309844b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/schemas/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { z } from 'zod'
+
+export const WorkspaceCommandSchema = z.object({
+  command: z.string().optional()
+})
+
+export type WorkspaceCommandOptions = z.infer<typeof WorkspaceCommandSchema>
+
+export const Schema = WorkspaceCommandSchema
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6943f5884..57aeb8add 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -32317,6 +32317,7 @@
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "license": "ISC",
       "dependencies": {
+        "@dotcom-tool-kit/schemas": "^1.0.0",
         "@npmcli/map-workspaces": "^3.0.6"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/monorepo/package.json b/plugins/monorepo/package.json
index bc95cd7f4..36fc974c8 100644
--- a/plugins/monorepo/package.json
+++ b/plugins/monorepo/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "dotcom-tool-kit": "3.x"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@dotcom-tool-kit/schemas": "^1.0.0",
     "@npmcli/map-workspaces": "^3.0.6"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts b/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
index 0cbbb7990..026975332 100644
--- a/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
+++ b/plugins/monorepo/src/tasks/workspace-command.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import path from 'path'
 import { loadConfig } from 'dotcom-tool-kit/lib/config'
 import { runTasksFromConfig } from 'dotcom-tool-kit/lib/tasks'
 import { ToolKitError } from '@dotcom-tool-kit/error'
+import { WorkspaceCommandSchema } from '@dotcom-tool-kit/schemas/lib/tasks/workspace-command'
 
-export default class WorkspaceCommand extends Task {
+export default class WorkspaceCommand extends Task<{ task: typeof WorkspaceCommandSchema }> {
   async runPackageCommand(packageId: string, packagePath: string, command: string, files?: string[]) {
     const config = await loadConfig(this.logger, { root: packagePath })
 
@@ -20,7 +21,9 @@ export default class WorkspaceCommand extends Task {
     const workspaces = await mapWorkspaces({ cwd, pkg })
 
     const results = await Promise.allSettled(
-      Array.from(workspaces, ([id, packagePath]) => this.runPackageCommand(id, packagePath, command, files))
+      Array.from(workspaces, ([id, packagePath]) =>
+        this.runPackageCommand(id, packagePath, this.options.command ?? command, files)
+      )
     )
 
     const erroredCommands = results.filter(
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ export default class WorkspaceCommand extends Task {
 
     if (erroredCommands.length) {
       // TODO improve error messages
-      const error = new ToolKitError(`error running workspace command ${command}`)
+      const error = new ToolKitError(`error running workspace command ${this.options.command ?? command}`)
       error.details = erroredCommands.map((result) => result.reason.toString()).join('\n\n')
       throw error
     }
diff --git a/plugins/monorepo/tsconfig.json b/plugins/monorepo/tsconfig.json
index 5ec64d916..65a97dec3 100644
--- a/plugins/monorepo/tsconfig.json
+++ b/plugins/monorepo/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
   "references": [
     {
       "path": "../../lib/base"
+    },
+    {
+      "path": "../../lib/schemas"
     }
   ],
   "include": ["src/**/*"]