diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2fea03a..7ee59c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ During interactive querying, the following shortcuts can be used:
 | `alt + down` | Scroll down full page |
 | `ctrl+r` | Reload input |
 
+
+## gojq support
+
+If you want to use an alternative `jq` implementation, like
+[gojq](https://github.com/itchyny/gojq) then you can override the default jq
+command used by the plugin, by setting the following environment variable:
+```sh
+JQ_REPL_JQ=gojq
+```
+
 ## Demos
 
 ### Interactive jq query construction
diff --git a/bin/jq-paths b/bin/jq-paths
index e3f7145..3d0d51a 100755
--- a/bin/jq-paths
+++ b/bin/jq-paths
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env -S jq -r -f
+#!/bin/sh
 # path logic inspired by https://github.com/stedolan/jq/issues/243
+JQ_REPL_JQ="${JQ_REPL_JQ:-jq}"
+$JQ_REPL_JQ -r '
 [
   path(..) | map(select(type == "string") // "[]")
   | join(".")
 ] | sort | unique | .[] | split(".[]") | join("[]") | "." + .
+'
diff --git a/bin/jq-repl b/bin/jq-repl
index 3131514..2ca6289 100755
--- a/bin/jq-repl
+++ b/bin/jq-repl
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # if 1st arg is anything else, treat it as a file
 set -eu
 
+JQ_REPL_JQ="${JQ_REPL_JQ:-jq}"
+
 if [ -n "${1:-}" ] && [ "$1" != "-" ] && [ "$1" != "--" ]; then
   input="$1"
 else
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ fi
 
 eval "$FZF_JQ_REPL_COMMAND" |
   fzf \
-    --preview "jq --color-output ${JQ_REPL_ARGS:-} {q} \"$input\"" \
+    --preview "$JQ_REPL_JQ --color-output ${JQ_REPL_ARGS:-} {q} \"$input\"" \
     --preview-window="down:90%" \
     --height="99%" \
     --query="." \
diff --git a/jq.plugin.zsh b/jq.plugin.zsh
index 4f81d60..eec2799 100755
--- a/jq.plugin.zsh
+++ b/jq.plugin.zsh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jq-complete() {
     local query="$(__get_query)"
     local ret=$?
     if [ -n "$query" ]; then
-        LBUFFER="${LBUFFER} | jq"
+        LBUFFER="${LBUFFER} | ${JQ_REPL_JQ:-jq}"
         [[ -z "$JQ_REPL_ARGS" ]] || LBUFFER="${LBUFFER} ${JQ_REPL_ARGS}"
         LBUFFER="${LBUFFER} '$query'"
     fi