diff --git a/crates/tasks_ui/src/lib.rs b/crates/tasks_ui/src/lib.rs
index e0d78da4de295d90c7380675e8090993966ba775..a3fa71bb125bd652917c706c22a15ec36bdf1575 100644
--- a/crates/tasks_ui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/tasks_ui/src/lib.rs
@@ -114,9 +114,12 @@ fn task_context(
                         .map(|worktree| worktree.read(cx).abs_path().to_string_lossy().to_string())
                 });
 
+                let selected_text = buffer.read(cx).chars_for_range(selection_range).collect();
+
                 let mut env = HashMap::from_iter([
                     ("ZED_ROW".into(), row.to_string()),
                     ("ZED_COLUMN".into(), column.to_string()),
+                    ("ZED_SELECTED_TEXT".into(), selected_text),
                 ]);
                 if let Some(path) = current_file {
                     env.insert("ZED_FILE".into(), path);
@@ -321,6 +324,7 @@ mod tests {
                         ("ZED_WORKTREE_ROOT".into(), "/dir".into()),
                         ("ZED_ROW".into(), "1".into()),
                         ("ZED_COLUMN".into(), "1".into()),
+                        ("ZED_SELECTED_TEXT".into(), "".into())
                     ])
                 }
             );
@@ -338,6 +342,7 @@ mod tests {
                         ("ZED_SYMBOL".into(), "this_is_a_rust_file".into()),
                         ("ZED_ROW".into(), "1".into()),
                         ("ZED_COLUMN".into(), "15".into()),
+                        ("ZED_SELECTED_TEXT".into(), "is_i".into()),
                     ])
                 }
             );
@@ -354,6 +359,7 @@ mod tests {
                         ("ZED_SYMBOL".into(), "this_is_a_test".into()),
                         ("ZED_ROW".into(), "1".into()),
                         ("ZED_COLUMN".into(), "1".into()),
+                        ("ZED_SELECTED_TEXT".into(), "".into()),
                     ])
                 }
             );