diff --git a/lib/transforms.js b/lib/transforms.js
index e3c5338d..52eb77bd 100644
--- a/lib/transforms.js
+++ b/lib/transforms.js
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ Transforms.prototype.read = function readTransform(name) {
  * @param {string} name - the name of the transform
  * @param {string} format - a value from the javascript|xquery|xslt enumeration
  * @param {object|string} source - the source for the transform
+ * @param {object} [transformParams] - an object mapping parameter names to their
+ * XQuery SequenceType declarations (including cardinality such as *, ?, etc.)
  */
 Transforms.prototype.write = function writeTransform() {
   const args = mlutil.asArray.apply(null, arguments);
@@ -88,24 +90,26 @@ Transforms.prototype.write = function writeTransform() {
     throw new Error('no arguments for writing an extension library');
   }
 
-  let name        = null;
-  let title       = null;
-  let description = null;
-  let provider    = null;
-  let version     = null;
-  let format      = null;
-  let source      = null;
+  let name            = null;
+  let title           = null;
+  let description     = null;
+  let provider        = null;
+  let version         = null;
+  let format          = null;
+  let source          = null;
+  let transformParams = null;
 
   let params      = null;
   if (argLen === 1) {
     params = args[0];
-    name        = params.name;
-    title       = params.title;
-    description = params.description;
-    provider    = params.provider;
-    version     = params.version;
-    format      = params.format;
-    source      = params.source;
+    name            = params.name;
+    title           = params.title;
+    description     = params.description;
+    provider        = params.provider;
+    version         = params.version;
+    format          = params.format;
+    source          = params.source;
+    transformParams = params.transformParams;
   } else if (argLen > 2){
     name   = args[0];
     format = args[1];
@@ -152,6 +156,13 @@ Transforms.prototype.write = function writeTransform() {
     if (sep === '?') {sep = '&';}
   }
 
+  if (transformParams != null) {
+    for (const [paramName, paramType] of Object.entries(transformParams)) {
+      endpoint += sep+'trans:'+encodeURIComponent(paramName)+'='+encodeURIComponent(paramType);
+      if (sep === '?') {sep = '&';}
+    }
+  }
+
   const requestOptions = mlutil.copyProperties(this.client.getConnectionParams());
   requestOptions.method = 'PUT';
   requestOptions.headers = {
diff --git a/test-basic/documents-transform.js b/test-basic/documents-transform.js
index 87b0e510..b01401c8 100644
--- a/test-basic/documents-transform.js
+++ b/test-basic/documents-transform.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should write the transform with named parameters', function(done){
       this.timeout(3000);
       restAdminDB.config.transforms.write({
@@ -35,13 +36,18 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         provider:    'Banner Business',
         version:     0.1,
         format:      'xquery',
-        source:      fs.createReadStream(xqyTransformPath)
+        source:      fs.createReadStream(xqyTransformPath),
+        transformParams: {
+          'flag': 'xs:string?',
+          'count': 'xs:integer*'
+        }
         })
       .result(function(response){
         done();
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should read the transform', function(done){
       restAdminDB.config.transforms.read(xqyTransformName)
       .result(function(source){
@@ -51,19 +57,35 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should list the transform', function(done){
       db.config.transforms.list()
       .result(function(response){
         response.should.have.property('transforms');
         response.transforms.should.have.property('transform');
         response.transforms.transform.length.should.be.greaterThan(0);
-        response.transforms.transform.some(function(item){
+
+        const flagTransform = response.transforms.transform.find(function(item){
           return item.name === xqyTransformName;
-          }).should.equal(true);
+        });
+        should.exist(flagTransform);
+        flagTransform.should.have.property('transform-parameters');
+        flagTransform['transform-parameters'].should.have.property('parameter');
+
+        const params = flagTransform['transform-parameters'].parameter;
+        params.should.be.an.Array();
+        params.length.should.equal(2);
+        params.some(function(p){
+          return p['parameter-name'] === 'flag' && p['parameter-type'] === 'xs:string?';
+        }).should.equal(true);
+        params.some(function(p){
+          return p['parameter-name'] === 'count' && p['parameter-type'] === 'xs:integer*';
+        }).should.equal(true);
         done();
-        })
+      })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should delete the transform', function(done){
       restAdminDB.config.transforms.remove(xqyTransformName)
       .result(function(response){
@@ -83,6 +105,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should modify during write', function(done){
       db.documents.write({
         uri: uri,
@@ -100,6 +123,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should modify during read', function(done){
       db.documents.read({
         uris: uri,
@@ -112,6 +136,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should modify during query', function(done){
       db.documents.query(
           q.where(
@@ -147,6 +172,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
       .then(function(response){done();})
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should modify during write', function(done){
       db.documents.write({
         uri: writeUri,
@@ -166,6 +192,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should modify during read', function(done){
       db.documents.read({
         uris: readUri,
@@ -180,6 +207,7 @@ describe('document transform', function(){
         })
       .catch(done);
     });
+
     it('should modify during query', function(done){
       db.documents.query(
           q.where(