diff --git a/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm_jobstep/__init__.py b/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm_jobstep/__init__.py
index ae92e06..3d6e3d8 100644
--- a/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm_jobstep/__init__.py
+++ b/snakemake_executor_plugin_slurm_jobstep/__init__.py
@@ -7,12 +7,17 @@
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.executors.base import SubmittedJobInfo
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.executors.real import RealExecutor
 from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.jobs import (
     JobExecutorInterface,
 )
-from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.settings import ExecMode, CommonSettings
+from snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.settings import (
+    CommonSettings,
+    ExecMode,
+    ExecutorSettingsBase,
+)
 from snakemake_interface_common.exceptions import WorkflowError
 
 
@@ -38,6 +43,25 @@
 )
 
 
+@dataclass
+class ExecutorSettings(ExecutorSettingsBase):
+    """Settings for the SLURM jobstep executor plugin."""
+
+    pass_command_as_script: bool = field(
+        default=False,
+        metadata={
+            "help": (
+                "Pass to srun the command to be executed as a shell script "
+                "(fed through stdin) instead of wrapping it in the command line "
+                "call. Useful when a limit exists on SLURM command line length (ie. "
+                "max_submit_line_size)."
+            ),
+            "env_var": False,
+            "required": False,
+        },
+    )
+
+
 # Required:
 # Implementation of your executor
 class Executor(RealExecutor):
@@ -58,6 +82,7 @@ def run_job(self, job: JobExecutorInterface):
         # snakemake_interface_executor_plugins.executors.base.SubmittedJobInfo.
 
         jobsteps = dict()
+        srun_script = None
         # TODO revisit special handling for group job levels via srun at a later stage
         # if job.is_group():
 
@@ -118,14 +143,29 @@ def run_job(self, job: JobExecutorInterface):
 
             call = "srun -n1 --cpu-bind=q "
             call += f" {get_cpu_setting(job, self.gpu_job)} "
-            call += f" {self.format_job_exec(job)}"
+            if self.workflow.executor_settings.pass_command_as_script:
+                # format the job to execute with all the snakemake parameters
+                # into a script
+                srun_script = self.format_job_exec(job)
+                # the process will read the srun script from stdin
+                call += " sh -s"
+            else:
+                call += f" {self.format_job_exec(job)}"
 
         self.logger.debug(f"This job is a group job: {job.is_group()}")
         self.logger.debug(f"The call for this job is: {call}")
         self.logger.debug(f"Job is running on host: {socket.gethostname()}")
+        if srun_script is not None:
+            self.logger.debug(f"The script for this job is: \n{srun_script}")
         # this dict is to support the to be implemented feature of oversubscription in
         # "ordinary" group jobs.
-        jobsteps[job] = subprocess.Popen(call, shell=True)
+        jobsteps[job] = subprocess.Popen(
+            call, shell=True, text=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE
+        )
+        if srun_script is not None:
+            # pass the srun bash script via stdin
+            jobsteps[job].stdin.write(srun_script)
+            jobsteps[job].stdin.close()
 
         job_info = SubmittedJobInfo(job)
         self.report_job_submission(job_info)