diff --git a/dnf-json b/dnf-json
index 6b3a1b971..2f65cd747 100644
--- a/dnf-json
+++ b/dnf-json
@@ -11,16 +11,9 @@ def timestamp_to_rfc3339(timestamp):
     return d.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
 
 
-# base.sack.query().filter(provides=str(reldep))
-
-
-try:
-    command = sys.argv[1]
-    arguments = sys.argv[2:]
-except IndexError:
-    command = "list"
-    arguments = []
-
+call = json.load(sys.stdin)
+command = call["command"]
+arguments = call.get("arguments", {})
 
 base = dnf.Base()
 
diff --git a/internal/rpmmd/repository.go b/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
index 72817069b..e117a5028 100644
--- a/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
+++ b/internal/rpmmd/repository.go
@@ -39,10 +39,22 @@ type PackageSpec struct {
 	Arch    string `json:"arch,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func runDNF(command string, arguments []string, result interface{}) error {
-	argv := append([]string{"dnf-json", command}, arguments...)
+func runDNF(command string, arguments interface{}, result interface{}) error {
+	var call = struct {
+		Command   string      `json:"command"`
+		Arguments interface{} `json:"arguments,omitempty"`
+	}{
+		command,
+		arguments,
+	}
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("python3", "dnf-json")
+
+	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("python3", argv...)
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -54,6 +66,12 @@ func runDNF(command string, arguments []string, result interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	err = json.NewEncoder(stdin).Encode(call)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	stdin.Close()
+
 	err = json.NewDecoder(stdout).Decode(result)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -69,8 +87,11 @@ func FetchPackageList(repo RepoConfig) (PackageList, error) {
 }
 
 func Depsolve(specs ...string) ([]PackageSpec, error) {
+	var arguments = struct {
+		PackageSpecs []string `json:"package-specs"`
+	}{ specs }
 	var dependencies []PackageSpec
-	err := runDNF("depsolve", specs, &dependencies)
+	err := runDNF("depsolve", arguments, &dependencies)
 	return dependencies, err
 }