diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
index 07a52d32a778..bcd80977efd5 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class ScalaSettings extends Settings.SettingGroup {
   val YprintDebug: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Yprint-debug", "when printing trees, print some extra information useful for debugging.")
   val YprintDebugOwners: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Yprint-debug-owners", "when printing trees, print owners of definitions.")
   val YshowPrintErrors: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Yshow-print-errors", "don't suppress exceptions thrown during tree printing.")
+  val YshowRawQuoteTrees: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Yshow-raw-tree", "don't remove quote artifacts")
   val YtestPickler: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Ytest-pickler", "self-test for pickling functionality; should be used with -Ystop-after:pickler")
   val YcheckReentrant: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Ycheck-reentrant", "check that compiled program does not contain vars that can be accessed from a global root.")
   val YdropComments: Setting[Boolean] = BooleanSetting("-Ydrop-comments", "Drop comments when scanning source files.")
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteDriver.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteDriver.scala
index bc02a840a886..ccc2a33aa43d 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteDriver.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/quoted/QuoteDriver.scala
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class QuoteDriver extends Driver {
     }
 
     val (_, ctx0: Context) = setup(settings.compilerArgs.toArray :+ "dummy.scala", initCtx.fresh)
-    val ctx = setColor(ctx0.fresh.setSetting(ctx0.settings.outputDir, outDir), settings)
+    val ctx = setToolboxSettings(ctx0.fresh.setSetting(ctx0.settings.outputDir, outDir), settings)
 
     val driver = new QuoteCompiler
     driver.newRun(ctx).compileExpr(expr)
@@ -43,14 +43,17 @@ class QuoteDriver extends Driver {
 
   def show(expr: Expr[_], settings: Toolbox.Settings): String = {
     def show(tree: Tree, ctx: Context): String = {
-      val tree1 = if (settings.showRawTree) tree else (new TreeCleaner).transform(tree)(ctx)
-      new TastyImpl(ctx).showSourceCode.showTree(tree1)(ctx)
+      implicit val c: Context = ctx
+      val tree1 =
+        if (ctx.settings.YshowRawQuoteTrees.value) tree
+        else (new TreeCleaner).transform(tree)
+      new TastyImpl(ctx).showSourceCode.showTree(tree1)
     }
     withTree(expr, show, settings)
   }
 
   def withTree[T](expr: Expr[_], f: (Tree, Context) => T, settings: Toolbox.Settings): T = {
-    val ctx = setColor(setup(settings.compilerArgs.toArray :+ "dummy.scala", initCtx.fresh)._2.fresh, settings)
+    val ctx = setToolboxSettings(setup(settings.compilerArgs.toArray :+ "dummy.scala", initCtx.fresh)._2.fresh, settings)
 
     var output: Option[T] = None
     def registerTree(tree: tpd.Tree)(ctx: Context): Unit = {
@@ -79,9 +82,10 @@ class QuoteDriver extends Driver {
     ictx
   }
 
-  private def setColor(ctx: FreshContext, settings: Toolbox.Settings): FreshContext =
+  private def setToolboxSettings(ctx: FreshContext, settings: Toolbox.Settings): ctx.type = {
     ctx.setSetting(ctx.settings.color, if (settings.color) "always" else "never")
-
+    ctx.setSetting(ctx.settings.YshowRawQuoteTrees, settings.showRawTree)
+  }
 }
 
 object QuoteDriver {