diff --git a/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/cli.ts b/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/cli.ts
index 9c879f2fb..d2dd95e00 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/cli.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { enableNodeWatchQueryTransform } from "./compilerTransforms/enableNodeWa
 import { annotateFragmentReferenceTransform } from "./compilerTransforms/annotateFragmentReferenceTransform";
 import { emitApolloClientConnectionTransform } from "./compilerTransforms/emitApolloClientConnectionTransform";
 import { retainConnectionDirectiveTransform } from "./compilerTransforms/retainConnectionDirectiveTransform";
+import { withArtifacts } from "./relayCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts";
 
 function wrapTransform(
   transformName: string,
@@ -122,6 +123,11 @@ async function main() {
           }
         },
       },
+      graphQLFilesOutputDir: {
+        demandOption: false,
+        default: "",
+        type: "string",
+      },
     })
     .help().argv;
 
@@ -137,10 +143,14 @@ async function main() {
   }
 
   const ductTapeCompilerLanguagePlugin = await pluginFactory(argv);
+  const ductTapeCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts = withArtifacts(
+    ductTapeCompilerLanguagePlugin,
+    argv,
+  );
 
-  return relayCompiler({
+  const result = await relayCompiler({
     ...argv,
-    language: ductTapeCompilerLanguagePlugin,
+    language: ductTapeCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts,
     extensions: ["ts", "tsx"], // FIXME: Why is this not taken from the language plugin?
     include: argv.include || ["**"],
     exclude: [
@@ -154,6 +164,10 @@ async function main() {
     noFutureProofEnums: true,
     customScalars: {},
   });
+  const now = performance.now();
+  await ductTapeCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts.flush();
+  console.debug("GraphQL files flushing time (ms): ", performance.now() - now);
+  return result;
 }
 
 main().catch((error) => {
diff --git a/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/relayCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts.ts b/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/relayCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ebe7f4e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler/src/relayCompilerLanguagePluginWithArtifacts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+import {
+  FormatModule,
+  PluginInitializer,
+} from "relay-compiler/lib/language/RelayLanguagePluginInterface";
+import { writeFile } from "fs/promises";
+import { existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
+import { dirname, isAbsolute, join } from "path";
+import invariant from "invariant";
+
+type Options = {
+  graphQLFilesOutputDir: string;
+};
+
+type PluginWithArtifactsInitializer = PluginInitializer & {
+  flush: () => Promise<void>;
+};
+
+type EmitArtifactState = {
+  options: Options;
+  buffer: { file: string; data: string }[];
+  activeFlushes: Set<Promise<unknown>>;
+  ensuredDirs: Set<string>;
+};
+
+const READ_BATCH_SIZE = 8; // How many operations to read before flushing writes
+const WRITE_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS = 1000;
+
+/**
+ * Allows extracting additional artefacts as a side effect of language plugin work
+ */
+export function withArtifacts(
+  plugin: PluginInitializer,
+  options: Options,
+): PluginWithArtifactsInitializer {
+  if (!options.graphQLFilesOutputDir) {
+    const init = () => plugin();
+    init.flush = async () => {};
+    return init;
+  }
+  const state: EmitArtifactState = {
+    options,
+    buffer: [],
+    activeFlushes: new Set(),
+    ensuredDirs: new Set(),
+  };
+  const initializer: PluginWithArtifactsInitializer = () => {
+    const pluginWithoutArtifacts = plugin();
+    return {
+      ...pluginWithoutArtifacts,
+      formatModule: (entry) => {
+        processEntry(state, entry);
+        return pluginWithoutArtifacts.formatModule(entry);
+      },
+      isGeneratedFile: () => true,
+    };
+  };
+  initializer.flush = async () => {
+    flushBuffer(state);
+    await Promise.all(state.activeFlushes);
+    // state.activeFlushes.clear();
+    invariant(state.buffer.length === 0, "Buffer must be empty");
+    invariant(state.activeFlushes.size === 0, "Active flushes must be empty");
+  };
+  return initializer;
+}
+
+type FormatModuleOptions = Parameters<FormatModule>[0];
+
+function processEntry(
+  state: EmitArtifactState,
+  { moduleName, kind, docText, definition }: FormatModuleOptions,
+) {
+  const { options, buffer } = state;
+  if (options.graphQLFilesOutputDir && kind === "Request" && docText) {
+    invariant(definition.loc.kind === "Source", "Expecting source operation");
+    const sourcePath = definition.loc.source.name;
+    invariant(sourcePath, "Expecting source file path");
+
+    buffer.push({
+      file: resolvePath(sourcePath, moduleName, state.options),
+      data:
+        `# Extracted by @graphitation/apollo-react-relay-duct-tape-compiler from:\n#   ${sourcePath}\n` +
+        docText,
+    });
+  }
+  if (buffer.length >= READ_BATCH_SIZE) {
+    flushBuffer(state);
+  }
+}
+
+function resolvePath(
+  sourcePath: string,
+  moduleName: string,
+  options: Options,
+): string {
+  const dir = options.graphQLFilesOutputDir;
+  if (isAbsolute(dir)) {
+    // Assuming all moduleNames are unique (Relay enforces this)
+    return join(dir, moduleName);
+  }
+  if (dir.startsWith(".")) {
+    // Rely on CWD
+    return join(dir, moduleName);
+  }
+  if (dir === "__generated__") {
+    throw new Error(
+      `Option --graphQLFilesOutputDir cannot be equal to __generated__. This directory is expected to contain runtime artifacts only`,
+    );
+  }
+  return join(dirname(sourcePath), dir, moduleName + ".extracted");
+}
+
+async function flushBuffer(state: EmitArtifactState) {
+  const promises = state.buffer.map((entry) => writeWithRetry(state, entry));
+  state.buffer.length = 0;
+  const promise = Promise.all(promises);
+  state.activeFlushes.add(promise);
+  await promise;
+  state.activeFlushes.delete(promise);
+}
+
+async function writeWithRetry(
+  state: EmitArtifactState,
+  { file, data }: { file: string; data: string },
+) {
+  // Ensure dir exists once per session
+  const dir = dirname(file);
+  if (!state.ensuredDirs.has(dir)) {
+    if (!existsSync(dir)) {
+      mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+    }
+    state.ensuredDirs.add(dir);
+  }
+  try {
+    await writeFile(file, data);
+  } catch (e) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      setTimeout(resolve, WRITE_RETRY_TIMEOUT_MS);
+    });
+    await writeFile(file, data);
+  }
+}