diff --git a/.changeset/lazy-laws-brake.md b/.changeset/lazy-laws-brake.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c8e4410087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/lazy-laws-brake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@graphql-codegen/visitor-plugin-common': minor
+'@graphql-codegen/typescript-operations': minor
+---
+
+Added allowUndefinedQueryVariables as config option
diff --git a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-documents-visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-documents-visitor.ts
index e9c6410437e..1cc7d3b9dc4 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-documents-visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/other/visitor-plugin-common/src/base-documents-visitor.ts
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ export class BaseDocumentsVisitor<
       .join('\n\n');
   }
 
-  protected applyVariablesWrapper(variablesBlock: string): string {
+  protected applyVariablesWrapper(variablesBlock: string, _operationType?: string): string {
     return variablesBlock;
   }
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ export class BaseDocumentsVisitor<
 
     const operationVariables = new DeclarationBlock({
       ...this._declarationBlockConfig,
-      blockTransformer: t => this.applyVariablesWrapper(t),
+      blockTransformer: t => this.applyVariablesWrapper(t, operationType),
     })
       .export()
       .asKind('type')
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/config.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/config.ts
index 7fb48cdadf6..9e768b01946 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/config.ts
@@ -267,4 +267,29 @@ export interface TypeScriptDocumentsPluginConfig extends RawDocumentsConfig {
    * ```
    */
   maybeValue?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * @description Adds undefined as a possible type for query variables
+   * @default false
+   *
+   * @exampleMarkdown
+   * ```ts filename="codegen.ts"
+   *  import type { CodegenConfig } from '@graphql-codegen/cli';
+   *
+   *  const config: CodegenConfig = {
+   *    // ...
+   *    generates: {
+   *      'path/to/file.ts': {
+   *        plugins: ['typescript'],
+   *        config: {
+   *          allowUndefinedQueryVariables: true
+   *        },
+   *      },
+   *    },
+   *  };
+   *  export default config;
+   * ```
+   */
+
+  allowUndefinedQueryVariables?: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts
index 24c9a71d474..f604a2308d7 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/src/visitor.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export interface TypeScriptDocumentsParsedConfig extends ParsedDocumentsConfig {
   immutableTypes: boolean;
   noExport: boolean;
   maybeValue: string;
+  allowUndefinedQueryVariables: boolean;
 }
 
 export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
         nonOptionalTypename: getConfigValue(config.nonOptionalTypename, false),
         preResolveTypes: getConfigValue(config.preResolveTypes, true),
         mergeFragmentTypes: getConfigValue(config.mergeFragmentTypes, false),
+        allowUndefinedQueryVariables: getConfigValue(config.allowUndefinedQueryVariables, false),
       } as TypeScriptDocumentsParsedConfig,
       schema
     );
@@ -134,9 +136,10 @@ export class TypeScriptDocumentsVisitor extends BaseDocumentsVisitor<
     return ';';
   }
 
-  protected applyVariablesWrapper(variablesBlock: string): string {
+  protected applyVariablesWrapper(variablesBlock: string, operationType: string): string {
     const prefix = this.config.namespacedImportName ? `${this.config.namespacedImportName}.` : '';
+    const extraType = this.config.allowUndefinedQueryVariables && operationType === 'Query' ? ' | undefined' : '';
 
-    return `${prefix}Exact<${variablesBlock === '{}' ? `{ [key: string]: never; }` : variablesBlock}>`;
+    return `${prefix}Exact<${variablesBlock === '{}' ? `{ [key: string]: never; }` : variablesBlock}>${extraType}`;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts
index 65ca1a8a0fe..f37405c3b77 100644
--- a/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/plugins/typescript/operations/tests/ts-documents.spec.ts
@@ -382,6 +382,52 @@ describe('TypeScript Operations Plugin', () => {
       export type UserQuery = { __typename?: 'Query', user: { __typename?: 'User', name: string, age?: number | 'specialType', address?: string, nicknames?: Array<string> | 'specialType', parents?: Array<User> } };
       `);
     });
+
+    it('should add undefined as possible value according to allowUndefinedQueryVariables', async () => {
+      const schema = buildSchema(/* GraphQL */ `
+        type Query {
+          user: User!
+        }
+
+        type User {
+          name: String!
+          age: Int
+          address: String!
+          nicknames: [String!]
+          parents: [User!]!
+        }
+      `);
+
+      const fragment = parse(/* GraphQL */ `
+        query user($showProperty: Boolean!) {
+          user {
+            name
+            age
+            address @include(if: $showProperty)
+            nicknames @include(if: $showProperty)
+            parents @include(if: $showProperty)
+          }
+        }
+      `);
+
+      const { content } = await plugin(
+        schema,
+        [{ location: '', document: fragment }],
+        {
+          preResolveTypes: true,
+          allowUndefinedQueryVariables: true,
+        },
+        {
+          outputFile: 'graphql.ts',
+        }
+      );
+
+      expect(content).toBeSimilarStringTo(`
+        export type UserQueryVariables = Exact<{
+          showProperty: Scalars['Boolean']['input'];
+        }> | undefined;
+      `);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Scalars', () => {