diff --git a/plugins/exporter-curl/src/index.ts b/plugins/exporter-curl/src/index.ts
index 97814c82..5fdbdaf7 100644
--- a/plugins/exporter-curl/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/exporter-curl/src/index.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ export async function pluginHookExport(_ctx: Context, request: Partial<HttpReque
       }
       xs.push(NEWLINE);
     }
+  } else if (typeof request.body?.query === 'string') {
+    const body = { query: request.body.query, variables: request.body.variables ?? undefined };
+    xs.push('--data-raw', `${quote(JSON.stringify(body))}`);
+    xs.push(NEWLINE);
   } else if (typeof request.body?.text === 'string') {
-    // --data-raw $'...' to do special ANSI C quoting
-    xs.push('--data-raw', `$${quote(request.body.text)}`);
+    xs.push('--data-raw', `${quote(request.body.text)}`);
     xs.push(NEWLINE);
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/exporter-curl/tests/index.test.ts b/plugins/exporter-curl/tests/index.test.ts
index 6d334e0a..c2fcb318 100644
--- a/plugins/exporter-curl/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/exporter-curl/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,22 @@ describe('exporter-curl', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  test('Exports POST with GraphQL data', async () => {
+    expect(
+      await pluginHookExport(ctx, {
+        url: 'https://yaak.app',
+        method: 'POST',
+        bodyType: 'graphql',
+        body: {
+          query : '{foo,bar}',
+          variables: {a: 'aaa', b: 'bbb'},
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toEqual(
+      [`curl -X POST 'https://yaak.app'`, `--data-raw '{"query":"{foo,bar}","variables":{"a":"aaa","b":"bbb"}}'`].join(` \\\n  `),
+    );
+  });
+
   test('Exports PUT with multipart form', async () => {
     expect(
       await pluginHookExport(ctx, {
@@ -78,7 +94,7 @@ describe('exporter-curl', () => {
       [
         `curl -X POST 'https://yaak.app'`,
         `--header 'Content-Type: application/json'`,
-        `--data-raw $'{"foo":"bar\\'s"}'`,
+        `--data-raw '{"foo":"bar\\'s"}'`,
       ].join(` \\\n  `),
     );
   });
@@ -98,7 +114,7 @@ describe('exporter-curl', () => {
       [
         `curl -X POST 'https://yaak.app'`,
         `--header 'Content-Type: application/json'`,
-        `--data-raw $'{"foo":"bar",\n"baz":"qux"}'`,
+        `--data-raw '{"foo":"bar",\n"baz":"qux"}'`,
       ].join(` \\\n  `),
     );
   });