diff --git a/workflows/quickstart/index.js b/workflows/quickstart/index.js
index 9c8faf5e39..490622da05 100644
--- a/workflows/quickstart/index.js
+++ b/workflows/quickstart/index.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 const projectId = process.argv[2] || process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT;
 const location = process.argv[3] || 'us-central1';
 const workflowName = process.argv[4] || 'myFirstWorkflow';
+const searchTerm = process.argv[5] || null;
 
 // [START workflows_api_quickstart]
 const {ExecutionsClient} = require('@google-cloud/workflows');
@@ -30,12 +31,14 @@ const client = new ExecutionsClient();
 // const projectId = 'my-project';
 // const location = 'us-central1';
 // const workflow = 'myFirstWorkflow';
+// const searchTerm = null;
 
 /**
  * Executes a Workflow and waits for the results with exponential backoff.
  * @param {string} projectId The Google Cloud Project containing the workflow
  * @param {string} location The workflow location
  * @param {string} workflow The workflow name
+ * @param {string} searchTerm Optional search term to pass as runtime argument to Workflow
  */
 async function executeWorkflow(projectId, location, workflow) {
   /**
@@ -50,10 +53,12 @@ async function executeWorkflow(projectId, location, workflow) {
 
   // Execute workflow
   try {
+    const runtimeArgs = searchTerm ? {searchTerm: searchTerm} : {};
     const createExecutionRes = await client.createExecution({
       parent: client.workflowPath(projectId, location, workflow),
       execution: {
-        argument: JSON.stringify({}),
+        // Provide runtime arguments as a JSON string
+        argument: JSON.stringify(runtimeArgs),
       },
     });
     const executionName = createExecutionRes[0].name;
diff --git a/workflows/quickstart/index.ts b/workflows/quickstart/index.ts
index 89c007d121..d82725a439 100644
--- a/workflows/quickstart/index.ts
+++ b/workflows/quickstart/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const projectId =
   process.argv[2] || (process.env.GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT as string);
 const location = process.argv[3] || 'us-central1';
 const workflowName = process.argv[4] || 'myFirstWorkflow';
+const searchTerm = process.argv[5] || null;
 
 // [START workflows_api_quickstart]
 import {ExecutionsClient} from '@google-cloud/workflows';
@@ -27,12 +28,14 @@ const client: ExecutionsClient = new ExecutionsClient();
 // const projectId = 'my-project';
 // const location = 'us-central1';
 // const workflow = 'myFirstWorkflow';
+// const searchTerm = null;
 
 /**
  * Executes a Workflow and waits for the results with exponential backoff.
  * @param {string} projectId The Google Cloud Project containing the workflow
  * @param {string} location The workflow location
  * @param {string} workflow The workflow name
+ * @param {string} searchTerm Optional search term to pass as runtime argument to Workflow
  */
 async function executeWorkflow(
   projectId: string,
@@ -51,10 +54,12 @@ async function executeWorkflow(
 
   // Execute workflow
   try {
+    const runtimeArgs = searchTerm ? {searchTerm: searchTerm} : {};
     const createExecutionRes = await client.createExecution({
       parent: client.workflowPath(projectId, location, workflow),
       execution: {
-        argument: JSON.stringify({}),
+        // Provide runtime arguments as a JSON string
+        argument: JSON.stringify(runtimeArgs),
       },
     });
     const executionName = createExecutionRes[0].name;