diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/ql-pack-details.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/ql-pack-details.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21b5822bf5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/ql-pack-details.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+/**
+ * Details about the original QL pack that is used for triggering
+ * a variant analysis.
+ */
+export interface QlPackDetails {
+  queryFile: string;
+}
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts
index 62ced7fe4e5..a42bd3b9ed7 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/variant-analysis/run-remote-query.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { tryGetQueryMetadata } from "../codeql-cli/query-metadata";
 import { askForLanguage, findLanguage } from "../codeql-cli/query-language";
 import type { QlPackFile } from "../packaging/qlpack-file";
 import { expandShortPaths } from "../common/short-paths";
+import type { QlPackDetails } from "./ql-pack-details";
 
 /**
  * Well-known names for the query pack used by the server.
@@ -59,9 +60,11 @@ interface GeneratedQueryPack {
  */
 async function generateQueryPack(
   cliServer: CodeQLCliServer,
-  queryFile: string,
+  qlPackDetails: QlPackDetails,
   tmpDir: RemoteQueryTempDir,
 ): Promise<GeneratedQueryPack> {
+  const queryFile = qlPackDetails.queryFile;
+
   const originalPackRoot = await findPackRoot(queryFile);
   const packRelativePath = relative(originalPackRoot, queryFile);
   const workspaceFolders = getOnDiskWorkspaceFolders();
@@ -381,8 +384,12 @@ export async function prepareRemoteQueryRun(
 
   let pack: GeneratedQueryPack;
 
+  const qlPackDetails: QlPackDetails = {
+    queryFile,
+  };
+
   try {
-    pack = await generateQueryPack(cliServer, queryFile, tempDir);
+    pack = await generateQueryPack(cliServer, qlPackDetails, tempDir);
   } finally {
     await tempDir.remoteQueryDir.cleanup();
   }