diff --git a/x/params/client/cli/cli_test.go b/x/params/client/cli/cli_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ff487548c599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x/params/client/cli/cli_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package cli_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
+	tmcli "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/libs/cli"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/testutil/network"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/client/cli"
+)
+
+type IntegrationTestSuite struct {
+	suite.Suite
+
+	cfg     network.Config
+	network *network.Network
+}
+
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
+	s.T().Log("setting up integration test suite")
+
+	cfg := network.DefaultConfig()
+	cfg.NumValidators = 1
+
+	s.cfg = cfg
+	s.network = network.New(s.T(), cfg)
+
+	_, err := s.network.WaitForHeight(1)
+	s.Require().NoError(err)
+}
+
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TearDownSuite() {
+	s.T().Log("tearing down integration test suite")
+	s.network.Cleanup()
+}
+
+func (s *IntegrationTestSuite) TestNewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd() {
+	val := s.network.Validators[0]
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		args           []string
+		expectedOutput string
+	}{
+		{
+			"default output",
+			[]string{
+				"staking", "MaxValidators",
+			},
+			`{"Subspace":"staking","Key":"MaxValidators","Value":"100"}`,
+		},
+		{
+			"text output",
+			[]string{
+				"staking", "MaxValidators",
+				fmt.Sprintf("--%s=text", tmcli.OutputFlag),
+			},
+			`Key: MaxValidators
+Subspace: staking
+Value: "100"`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		tc := tc
+
+		s.Run(tc.name, func() {
+			cmd := cli.NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd()
+			_, out := testutil.ApplyMockIO(cmd)
+
+			clientCtx := val.ClientCtx.WithOutput(out)
+
+			ctx := context.Background()
+			ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, client.ClientContextKey, &clientCtx)
+
+			out.Reset()
+			cmd.SetArgs(tc.args)
+
+			s.Require().NoError(cmd.ExecuteContext(ctx))
+			s.Require().Equal(tc.expectedOutput, strings.TrimSpace(out.String()))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestIntegrationTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
+	suite.Run(t, new(IntegrationTestSuite))
+}
diff --git a/x/params/client/cli/query.go b/x/params/client/cli/query.go
index 1d4725b86e9c..687ff74bf4c8 100644
--- a/x/params/client/cli/query.go
+++ b/x/params/client/cli/query.go
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/client/flags"
-	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/codec"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/types"
 )
 
 // NewQueryCmd returns a root CLI command handler for all x/params query commands.
-func NewQueryCmd(m codec.JSONMarshaler) *cobra.Command {
+func NewQueryCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:                        types.ModuleName,
 		Short:                      "Querying commands for the params module",
@@ -21,25 +20,29 @@ func NewQueryCmd(m codec.JSONMarshaler) *cobra.Command {
 		RunE:                       client.ValidateCmd,
 	}
 
-	cmd.AddCommand(NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd(m))
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd())
 
 	return cmd
 }
 
 // NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd returns a CLI command handler for querying subspace
 // parameters managed by the x/params module.
-func NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd(m codec.JSONMarshaler) *cobra.Command {
+func NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "subspace [subspace] [key]",
 		Short: "Query for raw parameters by subspace and key",
 		Args:  cobra.ExactArgs(2),
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			clientCtx := client.NewContext().WithJSONMarshaler(m)
+			clientCtx := client.GetClientContextFromCmd(cmd)
+			clientCtx, err := client.ReadQueryCommandFlags(clientCtx, cmd.Flags())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 
 			params := types.NewQuerySubspaceParams(args[0], args[1])
 			route := fmt.Sprintf("custom/%s/%s", types.QuerierRoute, types.QueryParams)
 
-			bz, err := m.MarshalJSON(params)
+			bz, err := clientCtx.JSONMarshaler.MarshalJSON(params)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshal params: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ func NewQuerySubspaceParamsCmd(m codec.JSONMarshaler) *cobra.Command {
 			}
 
 			var resp types.SubspaceParamsResponse
-			if err := m.UnmarshalJSON(bz, &resp); err != nil {
+			if err := clientCtx.JSONMarshaler.UnmarshalJSON(bz, &resp); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
diff --git a/x/params/module.go b/x/params/module.go
index b1d57cae4bc9..9e4256a2b7aa 100644
--- a/x/params/module.go
+++ b/x/params/module.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/module"
 	simtypes "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types/simulation"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/client/cli"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/keeper"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/simulation"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/params/types"
@@ -56,7 +57,9 @@ func (AppModuleBasic) RegisterRESTRoutes(_ client.Context, _ *mux.Router) {}
 func (AppModuleBasic) GetTxCmd(_ client.Context) *cobra.Command { return nil }
 
 // GetQueryCmd returns no root query command for the params module.
-func (AppModuleBasic) GetQueryCmd(clientCtx client.Context) *cobra.Command { return nil }
+func (AppModuleBasic) GetQueryCmd(_ client.Context) *cobra.Command {
+	return cli.NewQueryCmd()
+}
 
 func (am AppModuleBasic) RegisterInterfaceTypes(registry codectypes.InterfaceRegistry) {
 	proposal.RegisterInterfaces(registry)