diff --git a/spec/fixtures/sources/commonjs-params/index.js b/spec/fixtures/sources/commonjs-params/index.js
index 2418d32a9..447990730 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/sources/commonjs-params/index.js
+++ b/spec/fixtures/sources/commonjs-params/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ params.defineInt("ANOTHER_INT", {
   },
 });
 
+params.defineList("LIST_PARAM", {input: { multiSelect: { options: [{ value: "c" }, { value: "d" }, { value: "e" }]}}})
+
 params.defineSecret("SUPER_SECRET_FLAG");
 
 // N.B: invocation of the precanned internal params should not affect the manifest
diff --git a/spec/params/params.spec.ts b/spec/params/params.spec.ts
index fe96a8b91..676d63e1a 100644
--- a/spec/params/params.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/params/params.spec.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ describe("Params value extraction", () => {
     process.env.PI = "3.14159";
     process.env.TRUE = "true";
     process.env.FALSE = "false";
+    process.env.LIST = JSON.stringify(["a", "b", "c"]);
+    process.env.BAD_LIST = JSON.stringify(["a", 22, "c"]);
+    process.env.ESCAPED_LIST = JSON.stringify(["f\to\no"]);
     process.env.A_SECRET_STRING = "123456supersecret";
   });
 
@@ -42,6 +45,9 @@ describe("Params value extraction", () => {
     delete process.env.PI;
     delete process.env.TRUE;
     delete process.env.FALSE;
+    delete process.env.LIST;
+    delete process.env.BAD_LIST;
+    delete process.env.ESCAPED_LIST;
     delete process.env.A_SECRET_STRING;
   });
 
@@ -61,6 +67,11 @@ describe("Params value extraction", () => {
     const falseParam = params.defineBoolean("FALSE");
     expect(falseParam.value()).to.be.false;
 
+    const listParam = params.defineList("LIST");
+    expect(listParam.value()).to.deep.equal(["a", "b", "c"]);
+
+    const listParamWithEscapes = params.defineList("ESCAPED_LIST");
+    expect(listParamWithEscapes.value()).to.deep.equal(["f\to\no"]);
     const secretParam = params.defineSecret("A_SECRET_STRING");
     expect(secretParam.value()).to.equal("123456supersecret");
   });
@@ -97,6 +108,17 @@ describe("Params value extraction", () => {
 
     const stringToBool = params.defineBoolean("A_STRING");
     expect(stringToBool.value()).to.equal(false);
+
+    const listToInt = params.defineInt("LIST");
+    expect(listToInt.value()).to.equal(0);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back on the javascript zero values in case a list param's is unparsable as string[]", () => {
+    const notAllStrings = params.defineList("BAD_LIST");
+    expect(notAllStrings.value()).to.deep.equal([]);
+
+    const intToList = params.defineList("AN_INT");
+    expect(intToList.value()).to.deep.equal([]);
   });
 
   it("returns a boolean value for Comparison expressions", () => {
@@ -177,6 +199,18 @@ describe("Params value extraction", () => {
     expect(trueParam.cmp("<=", false).value()).to.be.false;
   });
 
+  it("can test list params for equality but not < or >", () => {
+    const p1 = params.defineList("LIST");
+    const p2 = params.defineList("ESCAPED_LIST");
+
+    expect(p1.equals(p1).value()).to.be.true;
+    expect(p1.notEquals(p1).value()).to.be.false;
+    expect(p1.equals(p2).value()).to.be.false;
+    expect(p1.notEquals(p2).value()).to.be.true;
+
+    expect(() => p1.greaterThan(p1).value()).to.throw;
+  });
+
   it("can select the output of a ternary expression based on the comparison", () => {
     const trueExpr = params.defineString("A_STRING").equals(params.defineString("SAME_STRING"));
     expect(trueExpr.thenElse(1, 0).value()).to.equal(1);
diff --git a/spec/runtime/loader.spec.ts b/spec/runtime/loader.spec.ts
index 551ab2f70..5ed15687e 100644
--- a/spec/runtime/loader.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/runtime/loader.spec.ts
@@ -365,6 +365,13 @@ describe("loadStack", () => {
                 },
               },
             },
+            {
+              name: "LIST_PARAM",
+              type: "list",
+              input: {
+                multiSelect: { options: [{ value: "c" }, { value: "d" }, { value: "e" }] },
+              },
+            },
             { name: "SUPER_SECRET_FLAG", type: "secret" },
           ],
         },
diff --git a/src/params/index.ts b/src/params/index.ts
index 5fb0b9c35..ee83814b4 100644
--- a/src/params/index.ts
+++ b/src/params/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   ParamOptions,
   SecretParam,
   StringParam,
+  ListParam,
   InternalExpression,
 } from "./types";
 
@@ -164,3 +165,16 @@ export function defineFloat(name: string, options: ParamOptions<number> = {}): F
   registerParam(param);
   return param;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Declare a list param.
+ *
+ * @param name The name of the environment variable to use to load the param.
+ * @param options Configuration options for the param.
+ * @returns A Param with a `string[]` return type for `.value`.
+ */
+export function defineList(name: string, options: ParamOptions<string[]> = {}): ListParam {
+  const param = new ListParam(name, options);
+  registerParam(param);
+  return param;
+}
diff --git a/src/params/types.ts b/src/params/types.ts
index ff367e8be..1eaf553f2 100644
--- a/src/params/types.ts
+++ b/src/params/types.ts
@@ -57,16 +57,26 @@ export abstract class Expression<T extends string | number | boolean | string[]>
   }
 }
 
-function quoteIfString<T extends string | number | boolean | string[]>(literal: T): T {
-  // TODO(vsfan@): CEL's string escape semantics are slightly different than Javascript's, what do we do here?
-  return typeof literal === "string" ? (`"${literal}"` as T) : literal;
-}
-
 function valueOf<T extends string | number | boolean | string[]>(arg: T | Expression<T>): T {
   return arg instanceof Expression ? arg.runtimeValue() : arg;
 }
+/**
+ * Returns how an entity (either an Expression or a literal value) should be represented in CEL.
+ * - Expressions delegate to the .toString() method, which is used by the WireManifest
+ * - Strings have to be quoted explicitly
+ * - Arrays are represented as []-delimited, parsable JSON
+ * - Numbers and booleans are not quoted explicitly
+ */
 function refOf<T extends string | number | boolean | string[]>(arg: T | Expression<T>): string {
-  return arg instanceof Expression ? arg.toString() : quoteIfString(arg).toString();
+  if (arg instanceof Expression) {
+    return arg.toString();
+  } else if (typeof arg === "string") {
+    return `"${arg}"`;
+  } else if (Array.isArray(arg)) {
+    return JSON.stringify(arg);
+  } else {
+    return arg.toString();
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -123,9 +133,9 @@ export class CompareExpression<
     const right = valueOf(this.rhs);
     switch (this.cmp) {
       case "==":
-        return left === right;
+        return Array.isArray(left) ? this.arrayEquals(left, right as string[]) : left === right;
       case "!=":
-        return left !== right;
+        return Array.isArray(left) ? !this.arrayEquals(left, right as string[]) : left !== right;
       case ">":
         return left > right;
       case ">=":
@@ -139,6 +149,11 @@ export class CompareExpression<
     }
   }
 
+  /** @internal */
+  arrayEquals(a: string[], b: string[]): boolean {
+    return a.every((item) => b.includes(item)) && b.every((item) => a.includes(item));
+  }
+
   toString() {
     const rhsStr = refOf(this.rhs);
     return `${this.lhs} ${this.cmp} ${rhsStr}`;
@@ -159,6 +174,7 @@ type ParamValueType = "string" | "list" | "boolean" | "int" | "float" | "secret"
 type ParamInput<T> =
   | { text: TextInput<T> }
   | { select: SelectInput<T> }
+  | { multiSelect: MultiSelectInput }
   | { resource: ResourceInput };
 
 /**
@@ -201,6 +217,15 @@ export interface SelectInput<T = unknown> {
   options: Array<SelectOptions<T>>;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Specifies that a Param's value should be determined by having the user select
+ * a subset from a list of pre-canned options interactively at deploy-time.
+ * Will result in errors if used on Params of type other than string[].
+ */
+export interface MultiSelectInput {
+  options: Array<SelectOptions<string>>;
+}
+
 /**
  * One of the options provided to a SelectInput, containing a value and
  * optionally a human-readable label to display in the selection interface.
@@ -464,3 +489,44 @@ export class BooleanParam extends Param<boolean> {
     return new TernaryExpression(this, ifTrue, ifFalse);
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ *  A parametrized value of String[] type that will be read from .env files
+ *  if present, or prompted for by the CLI if missing.
+ */
+export class ListParam extends Param<string[]> {
+  static type: ParamValueType = "list";
+
+  /** @internal */
+  runtimeValue(): string[] {
+    const val = JSON.parse(process.env[this.name]);
+    if (!Array.isArray(val) || !(val as string[]).every((v) => typeof v === "string")) {
+      return [];
+    }
+    return val as string[];
+  }
+
+  /** @hidden */
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  greaterThan(rhs: string[] | Expression<string[]>): CompareExpression<string[]> {
+    throw new Error(">/< comparison operators not supported on params of type List");
+  }
+
+  /** @hidden */
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  greaterThanOrEqualTo(rhs: string[] | Expression<string[]>): CompareExpression<string[]> {
+    throw new Error(">/< comparison operators not supported on params of type List");
+  }
+
+  /** @hidden */
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  lessThan(rhs: string[] | Expression<string[]>): CompareExpression<string[]> {
+    throw new Error(">/< comparison operators not supported on params of type List");
+  }
+
+  /** @hidden */
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
+  lessThanorEqualTo(rhs: string[] | Expression<string[]>): CompareExpression<string[]> {
+    throw new Error(">/< comparison operators not supported on params of type List");
+  }
+}