diff --git a/input/cmd_list.c b/input/cmd_list.c
index c5bfbc34aa..982d4f366c 100644
--- a/input/cmd_list.c
+++ b/input/cmd_list.c
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ const struct mp_cmd_def mp_cmds[] = {
       ARG_STRING,
       OARG_CHOICE(0, ({"replace", 0},          {"0", 0},
                       {"append", 1},           {"1", 1})),
+      OPT_KEYVALUELIST(ARG(str_list), 0),
   }},
   { MP_CMD_LOADLIST, "loadlist", {
       ARG_STRING,
diff --git a/input/input.h b/input/input.h
index ee66ff6f8a..6e2e0f7046 100644
--- a/input/input.h
+++ b/input/input.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ struct mp_cmd_arg {
         float f;
         double d;
         char *s;
+        char **str_list;
         void *p;
     } v;
 };
diff --git a/player/command.c b/player/command.c
index 2a40132a70..5f39817d46 100644
--- a/player/command.c
+++ b/player/command.c
@@ -2973,7 +2973,15 @@ void run_command(MPContext *mpctx, mp_cmd_t *cmd)
         if (!append)
             playlist_clear(mpctx->playlist);
 
-        playlist_add(mpctx->playlist, playlist_entry_new(filename));
+        struct playlist_entry *entry = playlist_entry_new(filename);
+        if (cmd->args[2].v.str_list) {
+            char **pairs = cmd->args[2].v.str_list;
+            for (int i = 0; pairs[i] && pairs[i + 1]; i += 2) {
+                playlist_entry_add_param(entry, bstr0(pairs[i]),
+                                         bstr0(pairs[i + 1]));
+            }
+        }
+        playlist_add(mpctx->playlist, entry);
 
         if (!append)
             mp_set_playlist_entry(mpctx, mpctx->playlist->first);