diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0ed261e846..e54f3c40f5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ Added
   to pants' use of PEX lockfiles. This is not a user-facing addition. #5713 #5724 #5726 #5725 #5732 #5733 #5737 #5738 #5758 #5751 #5774 #5776 #5777 #5782
   Contributed by @cognifloyd
 
+* Added querytype parameter to linux.dig action to allow specifying the dig 'type' parameter. Fixes #5772
+
+  Contributed by @AmbiguousYeoman
+
 Changed
 ~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py b/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py
index 7eb8518a2a..c20f28259e 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py
+++ b/contrib/linux/actions/dig.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 
 class DigAction(Action):
-    def run(self, rand, count, nameserver, hostname, queryopts):
+    def run(self, rand, count, nameserver, hostname, queryopts, querytype):
         opt_list = []
         output = []
 
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def run(self, rand, count, nameserver, hostname, queryopts):
         cmd_args.extend(["+" + option for option in opt_list])
 
         cmd_args.append(hostname)
+        cmd_args.append(querytype)
 
         try:
             raw_result = subprocess.Popen(
@@ -56,6 +57,10 @@ def run(self, rand, count, nameserver, hostname, queryopts):
             else:
                 result_list_str = str(raw_result)
 
+            # Better format the output when the type is TXT
+            if querytype.lower() == "txt":
+                result_list_str = result_list_str.replace('"', "")
+
             result_list = list(filter(None, result_list_str.split("\n")))
 
         # NOTE: Python3 supports the FileNotFoundError, the errono.ENOENT is for py2 compat
diff --git a/contrib/linux/actions/dig.yaml b/contrib/linux/actions/dig.yaml
index 77a218af90..861f83f8fb 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/actions/dig.yaml
+++ b/contrib/linux/actions/dig.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,7 @@ parameters:
   count:
     type: integer
     default: 0
+  querytype:
+    default: 'A'
+    type: string
 runner_type: "python-script"
diff --git a/contrib/linux/pack.yaml b/contrib/linux/pack.yaml
index e8d84b5bcd..1ca97e01b9 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/pack.yaml
+++ b/contrib/linux/pack.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ keywords:
   - open ports
   - processes
   - ps
-version : 1.1.0
+version : 1.2.0
 python_versions:
   - "2"
   - "3"
diff --git a/contrib/linux/tests/test_action_dig.py b/contrib/linux/tests/test_action_dig.py
index 008cf16e76..faf0373107 100644
--- a/contrib/linux/tests/test_action_dig.py
+++ b/contrib/linux/tests/test_action_dig.py
@@ -45,6 +45,23 @@ def test_run_with_empty_queryopts(self):
             self.assertIsInstance(result, str)
             self.assertGreater(len(result), 0)
 
+    def test_run_with_empty_querytype(self):
+        action = self.get_action_instance()
+
+        results = action.run(
+            rand=False,
+            count=0,
+            nameserver=None,
+            hostname="google.com",
+            queryopts="short",
+            querytype="",
+        )
+        self.assertIsInstance(results, list)
+
+        for result in results:
+            self.assertIsInstance(result, str)
+            self.assertGreater(len(result), 0)
+
     def test_run(self):
         action = self.get_action_instance()
 
@@ -54,6 +71,7 @@ def test_run(self):
             nameserver=None,
             hostname="google.com",
             queryopts="short",
+            querytype="A",
         )
         self.assertIsInstance(results, list)
         self.assertGreater(len(results), 0)