diff --git a/changelog/+ctl-transform-return-string.md b/changelog/+ctl-transform-return-string.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c9ea917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/+ctl-transform-return-string.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Allows the `infrahubctl transform` to return a regular string that does not get converted to a JSON string.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/infrahub_sdk/ctl/cli_commands.py b/infrahub_sdk/ctl/cli_commands.py
index 7a10f136..633ccd2c 100644
--- a/infrahub_sdk/ctl/cli_commands.py
+++ b/infrahub_sdk/ctl/cli_commands.py
@@ -352,7 +352,11 @@ def transform(
     # Run Transform
     result = asyncio.run(transform.run(data=data))
 
-    json_string = ujson.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+    if isinstance(result, str):
+        json_string = result
+    else:
+        json_string = ujson.dumps(result, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
+
     if out:
         write_to_file(Path(out), json_string)
     else: