diff --git a/docs/reference/environment-variables.md b/docs/reference/environment-variables.md
index 535231c1e9..185807168c 100644
--- a/docs/reference/environment-variables.md
+++ b/docs/reference/environment-variables.md
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ return an error.
 
 `SQLCDEBUG=processplugins=0`
 
+### dumpvetenv
+
+The `dumpvetenv` command prints the variables available to a `sqlc vet` rule
+during evaluation.
+
+`SQLCDEBUG=dumpvetenv=1`
+
 ### dumpexplain
 
 The `dumpexplain` command prints the JSON-formatted result from running
diff --git a/internal/cmd/vet.go b/internal/cmd/vet.go
index 0fe8c0047c..15927a3bbb 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/vet.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/vet.go
@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ func (c *checker) checkSQL(ctx context.Context, s config.SQL) error {
 				evalMap["mysql"] = engineOutput.MySQL
 			}
 
+			if debug.Debug.DumpVetEnv {
+				fmt.Printf("vars for rule '%s' evaluating against query '%s':\n", name, query.Name)
+				debug.DumpAsJSON(evalMap)
+			}
+
 			out, _, err := (*rule.Program).Eval(evalMap)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/internal/debug/dump.go b/internal/debug/dump.go
index d2e25bab7c..a0d30d95cf 100644
--- a/internal/debug/dump.go
+++ b/internal/debug/dump.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package debug
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
@@ -23,3 +25,10 @@ func Dump(n ...interface{}) {
 		spew.Dump(n)
 	}
 }
+
+func DumpAsJSON(a any) {
+	if Active {
+		out, _ := json.MarshalIndent(a, "", "  ")
+		fmt.Printf("%s\n", out)
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/opts/debug.go b/internal/opts/debug.go
index 9fbb0a9742..94cda87863 100644
--- a/internal/opts/debug.go
+++ b/internal/opts/debug.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 //     dumpcatalog: setting dumpcatalog=1 will print the parsed database schema
 //     trace: setting trace=<path> will output a trace
 //     processplugins: setting processplugins=0 will disable process-based plugins
+//     dumpvetenv: setting dumpvetenv=1 will print the variables available to
+//         a vet rule during evaluation
 //     dumpexplain: setting dumpexplain=1 will print the JSON-formatted output
 //         from executing EXPLAIN ... on a query during vet rule evaluation
 
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ type Debug struct {
 	DumpCatalog    bool
 	Trace          string
 	ProcessPlugins bool
+	DumpVetEnv     bool
 	DumpExplain    bool
 }
 
@@ -50,6 +53,8 @@ func DebugFromString(val string) Debug {
 			}
 		case pair == "processplugins=0":
 			d.ProcessPlugins = false
+		case pair == "dumpvetenv=1":
+			d.DumpVetEnv = true
 		case pair == "dumpexplain=1":
 			d.DumpExplain = true
 		}