diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d24bb13..4e4248fa 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1032,6 +1032,7 @@ foo:
 | `export` | boolean | `false` | Export all variables as environment variables. |
 | `fallback` | boolean | `false` | Search `justfile` in parent directory if the first recipe on the command line is not found. |
 | `ignore-comments` | boolean | `false` | Ignore recipe lines beginning with `#`. |
+| `named-parameters` | boolean | `false` | Using named-parameters feature for all recipes in `justfile`. |
 | `positional-arguments` | boolean | `false` | Pass positional arguments. |
 | `quiet` | boolean | `false` | Disable echoing recipe lines before executing. |
 | `script-interpreter`<sup>1.33.0</sup> | `[COMMAND, ARGS…]` | `['sh', '-eu']` | Set command used to invoke recipes with empty `[script]` attribute. |
@@ -2151,6 +2152,7 @@ change their behavior.
 | `[linux]`<sup>1.8.0</sup> | recipe | Enable recipe on Linux. |
 | `[macos]`<sup>1.8.0</sup> | recipe | Enable recipe on MacOS. |
 | `[metadata(METADATA)]`<sup>1.42.0</sup> | recipe | Attach `METADATA` to recipe. |
+| `[named-parameters]`<sup>1.44.0<sup> | recipe | Turn on [named_parameters](#named_parameters) for this recipe. |
 | `[no-cd]`<sup>1.9.0</sup> | recipe | Don't change directory before executing recipe. |
 | `[no-exit-message]`<sup>1.7.0</sup> | recipe | Don't print an error message if recipe fails. |
 | `[no-quiet]`<sup>1.23.0</sup> | recipe | Override globally quiet recipes and always echo out the recipe. |
@@ -4013,6 +4015,29 @@ This preserves `just`'s ability to catch variable name typos before running,
 for example if you were to write `{{argument}}`, but will not do what you want
 if the value of `argument` contains single quotes.
 
+#### Named Parameters
+
+The `named-arguments` setting enables python like keyword arguments for recipe calls.
+Take for instance the following 
+
+``` just
+set named-parameters
+
+foo default1="changes_often" default2="changes_sometimes" default3="changes_rarely":
+   echo {{ default1 }} {{ default2 }} {{ default3 }}
+```
+
+Calling `just foo default2="x"` would normally result in stdout of 
+`default2=x changes_sometimes changes_rarely`. while with `named-arguments`
+one would get `changes_often x changes_rarely`. Notice it is still possible
+to have positional parameters such as the recipe:
+
+``` just
+foo a b="default" c=b:
+   echo {{ a }} {{ b }} {{ c }}
+```
+
+
 #### Positional Arguments
 
 The `positional-arguments` setting causes all arguments to be passed as
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6102ae95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+let
+  rust-overlay = builtins.fetchTarball "https://github.com/oxalica/rust-overlay/archive/master.tar.gz";
+  pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {
+    overlays = [(import rust-overlay)];
+  };
+  env = {
+  };
+  toolchain = pkgs.rust-bin.fromRustupToolchainFile ./toolchain.toml;
+in
+  pkgs.mkShell {
+    packages = [
+      toolchain
+    # If the dependencies need system libs, you usually need pkg-config + the lib
+    pkgs.pkg-config
+    pkgs.openssl
+    ];
+
+    RUST_BACKTRACE = "full";
+    TMPDIR = "/tmp";
+}
diff --git a/src/attribute.rs b/src/attribute.rs
index 2099f650..ef26f122 100644
--- a/src/attribute.rs
+++ b/src/attribute.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Attribute<'src> {
   Linux,
   Macos,
   Metadata(Vec<StringLiteral<'src>>),
+  NamedParameters,
   NoCd,
   NoExitMessage,
   NoQuiet,
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ impl AttributeDiscriminant {
       | Self::ExitMessage
       | Self::Linux
       | Self::Macos
+      | Self::NamedParameters
       | Self::NoCd
       | Self::NoExitMessage
       | Self::NoQuiet
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ impl<'src> Attribute<'src> {
       AttributeDiscriminant::Linux => Self::Linux,
       AttributeDiscriminant::Macos => Self::Macos,
       AttributeDiscriminant::Metadata => Self::Metadata(arguments),
+      AttributeDiscriminant::NamedParameters => Self::NamedParameters,
       AttributeDiscriminant::NoCd => Self::NoCd,
       AttributeDiscriminant::NoExitMessage => Self::NoExitMessage,
       AttributeDiscriminant::NoQuiet => Self::NoQuiet,
@@ -186,6 +189,7 @@ impl Display for Attribute<'_> {
       | Self::ExitMessage
       | Self::Linux
       | Self::Macos
+      | Self::NamedParameters
       | Self::NoCd
       | Self::NoExitMessage
       | Self::NoQuiet
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index a4037f7d..303a0410 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,13 @@ pub(crate) enum Error<'src> {
     editor: OsString,
     status: ExitStatus,
   },
+  EvalNamedParameterDuplicate {
+    parameter: String,
+  },
+  EvalUnknownNamedParameter {
+    parameter: String,
+    suggestion: Option<Suggestion<'src>>,
+  },
   EvalUnknownVariable {
     variable: String,
     suggestion: Option<Suggestion<'src>>,
@@ -424,6 +431,15 @@ impl ColorDisplay for Error<'_> {
         let editor = editor.to_string_lossy();
         write!(f, "Editor `{editor}` failed: {status}")?;
       }
+      EvalNamedParameterDuplicate { parameter } => {
+        write!(f, "`{parameter}` defined multiple times.")?;
+      }
+      EvalUnknownNamedParameter { parameter, suggestion} => {
+        write!(f, "Recipe does not contain parameter `{parameter}`.")?;
+        if let Some(suggestion) = suggestion {
+          write!(f, "\n{suggestion}")?;
+        }
+      }
       EvalUnknownVariable { variable, suggestion} => {
         write!(f, "Justfile does not contain variable `{variable}`.")?;
         if let Some(suggestion) = suggestion {
diff --git a/src/evaluator.rs b/src/evaluator.rs
index d01b2769..bd384015 100644
--- a/src/evaluator.rs
+++ b/src/evaluator.rs
@@ -342,12 +342,20 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
     parameters: &[Parameter<'src>],
     recipe: &Recipe<'src>,
     scope: &'run Scope<'src, 'run>,
+    use_named_parameters: bool,
   ) -> RunResult<'src, (Scope<'src, 'run>, Vec<String>)> {
     let mut evaluator = Self::new(context, is_dependency, scope);
 
     let mut positional = Vec::new();
 
     let mut rest = arguments;
+    let mut defaults = Table::new();
+    for parameter in parameters {
+      if parameter.default.is_some() {
+        defaults.insert(parameter);
+      }
+    }
+
     for parameter in parameters {
       let value = if rest.is_empty() {
         if let Some(ref default) = parameter.default {
@@ -369,9 +377,24 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
         rest = &[];
         value
       } else {
-        let value = rest[0].clone();
+        let mut value = rest[0].clone();
+        if use_named_parameters {
+          // We stop handling of positional parameters once we hit a named parameter
+          // if it is escaped we continue treating it as positional but unescape it
+          if value.starts_with(|c| c == '\'' || c == '"') {
+            let quote = value.chars().next().unwrap();
+            if value.ends_with(quote) && value.len() >= 2 {
+              value = value[1..value.len() - 1].to_string();
+            } else if value.contains('=') {
+              break;
+            }
+          } else if value.contains('=') {
+            break;
+          }
+        }
         positional.push(value.clone());
         rest = &rest[1..];
+        defaults.remove(parameter.name.lexeme());
         value
       };
 
@@ -383,10 +406,71 @@ impl<'src, 'run> Evaluator<'src, 'run> {
         file_depth: 0,
         name: parameter.name,
         private: false,
-        value,
+        value: value.clone(),
       });
     }
 
+      // invariantly rest is only non-empty if we have named parameters
+    if !rest.is_empty() {
+      assert!(use_named_parameters);
+      for arg in rest {
+        let mut split = arg.splitn(2, '=');
+        // name and value should always be present. Earlier static analysis
+        // ensures once we hit default values no more positional parameters exist
+        let name = split.next().ok_or_else(||
+            Error::Internal {
+            message: "named parameter missing name".to_string(),
+          })?;
+        let value = split.next().ok_or_else(|| Error::Internal {
+            message: "named parameter missing value".to_string(),
+          })?;
+        match defaults.remove(name) {
+          None => {
+            if parameters.iter().any(|p| p.name.lexeme() == name) {
+              return Err(Error::EvalNamedParameterDuplicate {
+                parameter: name.to_string(),
+              });
+            }
+            let candidates = parameters
+              .iter()
+              .filter(|p| p.default.is_some())
+              .map(|p| Suggestion {
+                name: p.name.lexeme(),
+                target: None,
+              });
+            let suggestion = Suggestion::find_suggestion(name, candidates);
+            return Err(Error::EvalUnknownNamedParameter {
+              parameter: name.to_string(),
+              suggestion,
+            });
+          },
+          Some(parameter) => {
+            evaluator.scope.bind(Binding {
+              constant: false,
+              export: parameter.export,
+              file_depth: 0,
+              name: parameter.name,
+              private: false,
+              value: value.to_string(),
+            });
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      for parameter in defaults.values() {
+        let default = parameter.default.as_ref().expect("Default value expected for parameter");
+        let value = evaluator.evaluate_expression(default)?;
+        evaluator.scope.bind(Binding {
+          constant: false,
+          export: parameter.export,
+          file_depth: 0,
+          name: parameter.name,
+          private: false,
+          value: value,
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     Ok((evaluator.scope, positional))
   }
 
diff --git a/src/justfile.rs b/src/justfile.rs
index 52e91bce..5094bdfb 100644
--- a/src/justfile.rs
+++ b/src/justfile.rs
@@ -33,19 +33,8 @@ pub(crate) struct Justfile<'src> {
 }
 
 impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
-  fn find_suggestion(
-    input: &str,
-    candidates: impl Iterator<Item = Suggestion<'src>>,
-  ) -> Option<Suggestion<'src>> {
-    candidates
-      .map(|suggestion| (edit_distance(input, suggestion.name), suggestion))
-      .filter(|(distance, _suggestion)| *distance < 3)
-      .min_by_key(|(distance, _suggestion)| *distance)
-      .map(|(_distance, suggestion)| suggestion)
-  }
-
   pub(crate) fn suggest_recipe(&self, input: &str) -> Option<Suggestion<'src>> {
-    Self::find_suggestion(
+    Suggestion::find_suggestion(
       input,
       self
         .recipes
@@ -69,7 +58,7 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
   }
 
   pub(crate) fn suggest_variable(&self, input: &str) -> Option<Suggestion<'src>> {
-    Self::find_suggestion(
+    Suggestion::find_suggestion(
       input,
       self
         .assignments
@@ -343,6 +332,11 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
       search,
     };
 
+    let use_named_parameters = recipe
+      .attributes
+      .contains(AttributeDiscriminant::NamedParameters)
+      || module.settings.named_parameters;
+
     let (outer, positional) = Evaluator::evaluate_parameters(
       arguments,
       &context,
@@ -350,6 +344,7 @@ impl<'src> Justfile<'src> {
       &recipe.parameters,
       recipe,
       scope,
+      use_named_parameters,
     )?;
 
     let scope = outer.child();
diff --git a/src/keyword.rs b/src/keyword.rs
index 1f0d9186..7efd7a9e 100644
--- a/src/keyword.rs
+++ b/src/keyword.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Keyword {
   IgnoreComments,
   Import,
   Mod,
+  NamedParameters,
   NoExitMessage,
   PositionalArguments,
   Quiet,
diff --git a/src/node.rs b/src/node.rs
index e57eb123..43f3af12 100644
--- a/src/node.rs
+++ b/src/node.rs
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ impl<'src> Node<'src> for Set<'src> {
       | Setting::Export(value)
       | Setting::Fallback(value)
       | Setting::NoExitMessage(value)
+      | Setting::NamedParameters(value)
       | Setting::PositionalArguments(value)
       | Setting::Quiet(value)
       | Setting::Unstable(value)
diff --git a/src/parameter.rs b/src/parameter.rs
index b0ce0a75..43eafae0 100644
--- a/src/parameter.rs
+++ b/src/parameter.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ impl<'src> Parameter<'src> {
   }
 }
 
+impl<'src> Keyed<'src> for Parameter<'src> {
+  fn key(&self) -> &'src str {
+    self.name.lexeme()
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'src> Keyed<'src> for &Parameter<'src> {
+  fn key(&self) -> &'src str {
+    self.name.lexeme()
+  }
+}
+
 impl ColorDisplay for Parameter<'_> {
   fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter, color: Color) -> fmt::Result {
     if let Some(prefix) = self.kind.prefix() {
diff --git a/src/parser.rs b/src/parser.rs
index f0cdb4ea..739cf32b 100644
--- a/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/parser.rs
@@ -1275,6 +1275,9 @@ impl<'run, 'src> Parser<'run, 'src> {
       Keyword::Quiet => Some(Setting::Quiet(self.parse_set_bool()?)),
       Keyword::Unstable => Some(Setting::Unstable(self.parse_set_bool()?)),
       Keyword::WindowsPowershell => Some(Setting::WindowsPowerShell(self.parse_set_bool()?)),
+      Keyword::NamedParameters => {
+        Some(Setting::NamedParameters(self.parse_set_bool()?))
+      }
       _ => None,
     };
 
diff --git a/src/setting.rs b/src/setting.rs
index 211ba9d3..039db5a1 100644
--- a/src/setting.rs
+++ b/src/setting.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Setting<'src> {
   Export(bool),
   Fallback(bool),
   IgnoreComments(bool),
+  NamedParameters(bool),
   NoExitMessage(bool),
   PositionalArguments(bool),
   Quiet(bool),
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ impl Display for Setting<'_> {
       | Self::Export(value)
       | Self::Fallback(value)
       | Self::IgnoreComments(value)
+      | Self::NamedParameters(value)
       | Self::NoExitMessage(value)
       | Self::PositionalArguments(value)
       | Self::Quiet(value)
diff --git a/src/settings.rs b/src/settings.rs
index 78240ca5..355dcaa8 100644
--- a/src/settings.rs
+++ b/src/settings.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Settings<'src> {
   pub(crate) export: bool,
   pub(crate) fallback: bool,
   pub(crate) ignore_comments: bool,
+  pub(crate) named_parameters: bool,
   pub(crate) no_exit_message: bool,
   pub(crate) positional_arguments: bool,
   pub(crate) quiet: bool,
@@ -66,6 +67,9 @@ impl<'src> Settings<'src> {
         Setting::IgnoreComments(ignore_comments) => {
           settings.ignore_comments = ignore_comments;
         }
+        Setting::NamedParameters(named_parameters) => {
+          settings.named_parameters = named_parameters;
+        }
         Setting::NoExitMessage(no_exit_message) => {
           settings.no_exit_message = no_exit_message;
         }
diff --git a/src/suggestion.rs b/src/suggestion.rs
index c30c23ea..0fef73b3 100644
--- a/src/suggestion.rs
+++ b/src/suggestion.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ pub(crate) struct Suggestion<'src> {
   pub(crate) target: Option<&'src str>,
 }
 
+impl<'src> Suggestion<'src> {
+  pub fn find_suggestion(
+    input: &str,
+    candidates: impl Iterator<Item = Suggestion<'src>>,
+  ) -> Option<Suggestion<'src>> {
+    candidates
+      .map(|suggestion| (edit_distance(input, suggestion.name), suggestion))
+      .filter(|(distance, _suggestion)| *distance < 3)
+      .min_by_key(|(distance, _suggestion)| *distance)
+      .map(|(_distance, suggestion)| suggestion)
+  }
+}
+
 impl Display for Suggestion<'_> {
   fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
     write!(f, "Did you mean `{}`", self.name)?;
diff --git a/tests/json.rs b/tests/json.rs
index 48b58aef..b53ecb32 100644
--- a/tests/json.rs
+++ b/tests/json.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ struct Settings<'a> {
   windows_powershell: bool,
   windows_shell: Option<&'a str>,
   working_directory: Option<&'a str>,
+  named_parameters: bool,
 }
 
 #[track_caller]
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 363c8730..b1d1e8f4 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ mod man;
 mod misc;
 mod modules;
 mod multibyte_char;
+mod named_parameters;
 mod newline_escape;
 mod no_aliases;
 mod no_cd;
diff --git a/tests/named_parameters.rs b/tests/named_parameters.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db912132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/named_parameters.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+use super::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn only_named_parameters_original_order() {
+    Test::new()
+      .arg("foo")
+      .arg("a=1")
+      .arg("b=2")
+      .arg("c=3")
+      .justfile(
+        r#"
+      [named-parameters]
+      foo a="a" b="b" c="c":
+        echo {{ a }}
+        echo {{ b }}
+        echo {{ c }}
+    "#,
+      )
+      .stdout(
+        "
+      1
+      2
+      3
+    ",
+      )
+      .stderr(
+        r#"
+      echo 1
+      echo 2
+      echo 3
+    "#,
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn only_named_parameters_mixed_order() {
+    Test::new()
+      .arg("foo")
+      .arg("c=3")
+      .arg("b=2")
+      .arg("a=1")
+      .justfile(
+        r#"
+      [named-parameters]
+      foo a="a" b="b" c="c":
+        echo {{ a }}
+        echo {{ b }}
+        echo {{ c }}
+    "#,
+      )
+      .stdout(
+        "
+      1
+      2
+      3
+    ",
+      )
+      .stderr(
+        r#"
+      echo 1
+      echo 2
+      echo 3
+    "#,
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn positional_and_named_parameters() {
+    Test::new()
+      .arg("foo")
+      .arg("\"a=1\"")
+      .arg("c=3")
+      .arg("b=2")
+      .justfile(
+        r#"
+      [named-parameters]
+      foo a b="b" c="c":
+        echo {{ a }}
+        echo {{ b }}
+        echo {{ c }}
+    "#,
+      )
+      .stdout(
+        "
+      a=1
+      2
+      3
+    ",
+      )
+      .stderr(
+        r#"
+      echo a=1
+      echo 2
+      echo 3
+    "#,
+    )
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn fail_on_duplicate_assignment_of_named_param() {
+    Test::new()
+      .arg("foo")
+      .arg("b=2")
+      .arg("b=2")
+      .justfile(
+        r#"
+      [named-parameters]
+      foo a="1" b="b":
+        echo {{ a }}
+        echo {{ b }}
+    "#,
+      )
+      .stderr(
+        r#"
+        error: `b` defined multiple times.
+    "#,
+    )
+    .status(EXIT_FAILURE)
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn fail_on_unknown_named_param() {
+    Test::new()
+      .arg("foo")
+      .arg("c=2")
+      .justfile(
+        r#"
+      [named-parameters]
+      foo a="1" b="b":
+        echo {{ a }}
+        echo {{ b }}
+    "#,
+      )
+      .stderr(
+        r#"
+      error: Recipe does not contain parameter `c`.
+      Did you mean `a`?
+    "#,
+    )
+    .status(EXIT_FAILURE)
+    .run();
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn named_parameters_setting() {
+    Test::new()
+      .arg("foo")
+      .arg("a=1")
+      .arg("c=3")
+      .justfile(
+        r#"
+      set named-parameters
+
+      foo a="a" b="b" c="c":
+        echo {{ a }}
+        echo {{ b }}
+        echo {{ c }}
+    "#,
+      )
+      .stdout(
+        "
+      1
+      b
+      3
+    ",
+      )
+      .stderr(
+        r#"
+      echo 1
+      echo b
+      echo 3
+    "#,
+    )
+    .run();
+}
diff --git a/toolchain.toml b/toolchain.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c5c81fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toolchain.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[toolchain]
+channel = "stable"
+components = ["clippy", "rust-analyzer"]
\ No newline at end of file