diff --git a/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/api-slice-utils.mdx b/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/api-slice-utils.mdx
index 7698b0c7f9..fb65a6bc2e 100644
--- a/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/api-slice-utils.mdx
+++ b/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/api-slice-utils.mdx
@@ -268,14 +268,12 @@ It returns an array that contains
 #### Example
 
 ```ts no-transpile
-dispatch(api.util.selectInvalidatedBy(state, ['Post']))
-dispatch(api.util.selectInvalidatedBy(state, [{ type: 'Post', id: 1 }]))
-dispatch(
-  api.util.selectInvalidatedBy(state, [
-    { type: 'Post', id: 1 },
-    { type: 'Post', id: 4 },
-  ])
-)
+const entries = api.util.selectInvalidatedBy(state, ['Post'])
+const entries = api.util.selectInvalidatedBy(state, [{ type: 'Post', id: 1 }])
+const entries = api.util.selectInvalidatedBy(state, [
+  { type: 'Post', id: 1 },
+  { type: 'Post', id: 4 },
+])
 ```
 
 ### `invalidateTags`
@@ -318,6 +316,39 @@ dispatch(
 )
 ```
 
+### `selectCachedArgsForQuery`
+
+#### Signature
+
+```ts no-transpile
+function selectCachedArgsForQuery(
+  state: RootState,
+  queryName: QueryName
+): Array<QueryArg>
+```
+
+- **Parameters**
+  - `state`: the root state
+  - `queryName`: a string matching an existing query endpoint name
+
+#### Description
+
+A function that can select arguments for currently cached queries.
+
+The function accepts two arguments
+
+- the root state and
+
+- the name of the query
+
+It returns an array that contains arguments used for each entry.
+
+#### Example
+
+```ts no-transpile
+const args = api.util.selectCachedArgsForQuery(state, 'getPosts')
+```
+
 ### `resetApiState`
 
 #### Signature
diff --git a/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/overview.mdx b/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/overview.mdx
index c64dd64b72..b515a2f5c8 100644
--- a/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/overview.mdx
+++ b/docs/rtk-query/api/created-api/overview.mdx
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ type Api = {
       originalArgs: any
       queryCacheKey: string
     }>
+    selectCachedArgsForQuery: (
+      state: FullState,
+      endpointName: EndpointName
+    ) => Array<QueryArg>
     resetApiState: ActionCreator<ResetAction>
     getRunningQueryThunk(
       endpointName: EndpointName,
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSelectors.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSelectors.ts
index d3a7361c70..58967bb6b1 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSelectors.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/buildSelectors.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import type {
   RootState as _RootState,
   RequestStatusFlags,
   QueryCacheKey,
+  QueryKeys,
+  QueryState,
 } from './apiState'
 import { QueryStatus, getRequestStatusFlags } from './apiState'
 import type {
@@ -130,7 +132,12 @@ export function buildSelectors<
   const selectSkippedQuery = (state: RootState) => defaultQuerySubState
   const selectSkippedMutation = (state: RootState) => defaultMutationSubState
 
-  return { buildQuerySelector, buildMutationSelector, selectInvalidatedBy }
+  return {
+    buildQuerySelector,
+    buildMutationSelector,
+    selectInvalidatedBy,
+    selectCachedArgsForQuery,
+  }
 
   function withRequestFlags<T extends { status: QueryStatus }>(
     substate: T
@@ -238,4 +245,22 @@ export function buildSelectors<
       })
     )
   }
+
+  function selectCachedArgsForQuery<QueryName extends QueryKeys<Definitions>>(
+    state: RootState,
+    queryName: QueryName
+  ): Array<QueryArgFrom<Definitions[QueryName]>> {
+    return Object.values(state[reducerPath].queries as QueryState<any>)
+      .filter(
+        (
+          entry
+        ): entry is Exclude<
+          QuerySubState<Definitions[QueryName]>,
+          { status: QueryStatus.uninitialized }
+        > =>
+          entry?.endpointName === queryName &&
+          entry.status !== QueryStatus.uninitialized
+      )
+      .map((entry) => entry.originalArgs)
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts
index 0b7d85b582..71be69936d 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/core/module.ts
@@ -356,6 +356,16 @@ declare module '../apiTypes' {
           originalArgs: any
           queryCacheKey: string
         }>
+
+        /**
+         * A function to select all arguments currently cached for a given endpoint.
+         *
+         * Can be used for mutations that want to do optimistic updates instead of invalidating a set of tags, but don't know exactly what they need to update.
+         */
+        selectCachedArgsForQuery: <QueryName extends QueryKeys<Definitions>>(
+          state: RootState<Definitions, string, ReducerPath>,
+          queryName: QueryName
+        ) => Array<QueryArgFrom<Definitions[QueryName]>>
       }
       /**
        * Endpoints based on the input endpoints provided to `createApi`, containing `select` and `action matchers`.
@@ -527,13 +537,17 @@ export const coreModule = (): Module<CoreModule> => ({
 
     safeAssign(api, { reducer: reducer as any, middleware })
 
-    const { buildQuerySelector, buildMutationSelector, selectInvalidatedBy } =
-      buildSelectors({
-        serializeQueryArgs: serializeQueryArgs as any,
-        reducerPath,
-      })
+    const {
+      buildQuerySelector,
+      buildMutationSelector,
+      selectInvalidatedBy,
+      selectCachedArgsForQuery,
+    } = buildSelectors({
+      serializeQueryArgs: serializeQueryArgs as any,
+      reducerPath,
+    })
 
-    safeAssign(api.util, { selectInvalidatedBy })
+    safeAssign(api.util, { selectInvalidatedBy, selectCachedArgsForQuery })
 
     const {
       buildInitiateQuery,
diff --git a/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/buildSelector.test.ts b/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/buildSelector.test.ts
index 5248dfcd29..5a62a1320d 100644
--- a/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/buildSelector.test.ts
+++ b/packages/toolkit/src/query/tests/buildSelector.test.ts
@@ -52,4 +52,37 @@ describe('buildSelector', () => {
     const upperTitle = todoTitle.toUpperCase()
     expectExactType<string>(upperTitle)
   })
+  test.skip('selectCachedArgsForQuery typetest', () => {
+    interface Todo {
+      userId: number
+      id: number
+      title: string
+      completed: boolean
+    }
+
+    type Todos = Array<Todo>
+
+    const exampleApi = createApi({
+      reducerPath: 'api',
+      baseQuery: fetchBaseQuery({
+        baseUrl: 'https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com',
+      }),
+      endpoints: (build) => ({
+        getTodos: build.query<Todos, string>({
+          query: () => '/todos',
+        }),
+      }),
+    })
+
+    const store = configureStore({
+      reducer: {
+        [exampleApi.reducerPath]: exampleApi.reducer,
+        other: () => 1,
+      },
+    })
+
+    expectExactType<string[]>(
+      exampleApi.util.selectCachedArgsForQuery(store.getState(), 'getTodos')
+    )
+  })
 })