diff --git a/src/commands/schema/diff.ts b/src/commands/schema/diff.ts
index 69736bfc..8bad3f0c 100644
--- a/src/commands/schema/diff.ts
+++ b/src/commands/schema/diff.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export default class DiffSchemaCommand extends SchemaCommand {
       description: "Compare the local schema to the active schema.",
       default: false,
     }),
+    text: Flags.boolean({
+      description: "Display the text diff instead of the semantic diff.",
+      default: false,
+    }),
   };
 
   static description = "Print the diff between local and remote schema.";
@@ -57,6 +61,7 @@ export default class DiffSchemaCommand extends SchemaCommand {
         ...(hasColor() ? { color: colorParam() } : {}),
         staged: this.flags?.active ? "false" : "true",
         ...(version !== undefined ? { version } : { force: "true" }),
+        text_diff: this.flags?.text ? "true" : "false",
       });
       const res = await fetch(new URL(`/schema/1/validate?${params}`, url), {
         method: "POST",
@@ -85,7 +90,11 @@ export default class DiffSchemaCommand extends SchemaCommand {
           `Differences between the ${bold()}local${reset()} schema and the ${bold()}remote${reset()} schema:`
         );
       }
-      this.log(json.diff ? json.diff : "No schema differences");
+      if (this.flags?.text) {
+        this.log(json.text_diff ? json.text_diff : "No schema differences");
+      } else {
+        this.log(json.diff ? json.diff : "No schema differences");
+      }
     } catch (err) {
       this.error(err);
     }