diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cc7155adf..bc5fc3e8e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.0.0
   - New 'avoidlastcolumn' support for Cygwin users.
   - New 'patterns' enables/disables command line pattern support.
   - New 'expressions' enables/disables command line expression support.
+  - New 'dom' enables/disables DOM support for the command line.
   - New 'json.array' determines whether 'query' command output is enclosed by
     '[...]'.
   - New 'regex' control determines whether substitutions use Regular Expressions
diff --git a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
index e1a2f70a0..e26eabbf1 100644
--- a/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
+++ b/doc/man/taskrc.5.in
@@ -315,6 +315,11 @@ Defaults to on.
 Enables or disables algebraic expression support on the command line, such as
 "due<eom and (pri=H or pri=M)".  Defaults to on.
 
+.TP
+.B dom=on
+Enables or disables access to taskwarrior internals and task metadata on the
+command line.  Defaults to on.
+
 .TP
 .B json.array=off
 Determines whether the query command encloses the JSON output in '[...]' to
diff --git a/src/Config.cpp b/src/Config.cpp
index 570f3d166..97848d116 100644
--- a/src/Config.cpp
+++ b/src/Config.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ std::string Config::defaults =
   "xterm.title=no                                 # Sets xterm title for some commands\n"
   "expressions=on                                 # Support for algebraic expressions\n"
   "patterns=on                                    # Support for regex patterns\n"
+  "dom=on                                         # Support DOM access\n"
   "json.array=off                                 # Enclose JSON output in [ ]\n"
   "abbreviation.minimum=2                         # Shortest allowed abbreviation\n"
   "\n"
diff --git a/src/E9.cpp b/src/E9.cpp
index 67fc08a99..e46d1db22 100644
--- a/src/E9.cpp
+++ b/src/E9.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,11 @@ void E9::eval (const Task& task, std::vector <Term>& value_stack)
 
         if (right._category == "dom")
         {
-          right._value = context.dom.get (right._raw, task);
+          if (context.config.getBoolean ("dom"))
+            right._value = context.dom.get (right._raw, task);
+          else
+            right._value = right._raw;
+
           right._category = "string";
         }
 
@@ -116,7 +120,11 @@ void E9::eval (const Task& task, std::vector <Term>& value_stack)
 
         if (right._category == "dom")
         {
-          right._value = context.dom.get (right._raw, task);
+          if (context.config.getBoolean ("dom"))
+            right._value = context.dom.get (right._raw, task);
+          else
+            right._value = right._raw;
+
           right._category = "string";
         }
 
@@ -125,7 +133,11 @@ void E9::eval (const Task& task, std::vector <Term>& value_stack)
 
         if (left._category == "dom")
         {
-          left._value = context.dom.get (left._raw, task);
+          if (context.config.getBoolean ("dom"))
+            left._value = context.dom.get (left._raw, task);
+          else
+            left._value = left._raw;
+
           left._category = "string";
         }
 
diff --git a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
index 31ae4b03e..275ab65d6 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdShow.cpp
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ int CmdShow::execute (std::string& output)
     " dependency.reminder"
     " detection"
     " displayweeknumber"
+    " dom"
     " due"
     " echo.command"
     " edit.verbose"