diff --git a/src/__tests__/starWarsIntrospection-test.ts b/src/__tests__/starWarsIntrospection-test.ts
index 224c506c19..ce08f208ee 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/starWarsIntrospection-test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/starWarsIntrospection-test.ts
@@ -362,5 +362,47 @@ describe('Star Wars Introspection Tests', () => {
         },
       });
     });
+
+    it('Allows querying the schema for directives', () => {
+      const data = queryStarWars(`
+        {
+          __directive(name: "skip") {
+            name
+            args {
+              name
+              type {
+                kind
+                name
+                ofType {
+                  kind
+                  name
+                }
+              }
+              defaultValue
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      `);
+
+      expect(data).to.deep.equal({
+        __directive: {
+          name: 'skip',
+          args: [
+            {
+              name: 'if',
+              type: {
+                kind: 'NON_NULL',
+                name: null,
+                ofType: {
+                  kind: 'SCALAR',
+                  name: 'Boolean',
+                },
+              },
+              defaultValue: null,
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 27ec4301d5..f3be80c809 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export {
   // Meta-field definitions.
   SchemaMetaFieldDef,
   TypeMetaFieldDef,
+  DirectiveMetaFieldDef,
   TypeNameMetaFieldDef,
   // Predicates
   isSchema,
diff --git a/src/type/__tests__/introspection-test.ts b/src/type/__tests__/introspection-test.ts
index c914570713..c1d75208ab 100644
--- a/src/type/__tests__/introspection-test.ts
+++ b/src/type/__tests__/introspection-test.ts
@@ -1656,6 +1656,32 @@ describe('Introspection', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('fails as expected on the __directive root field without an arg', () => {
+    const schema = buildSchema(`
+      type Query {
+        someField: String
+      }
+    `);
+
+    const source = `
+      {
+        __directive {
+          name
+        }
+      }
+    `;
+
+    expectJSON(graphqlSync({ schema, source })).toDeepEqual({
+      errors: [
+        {
+          message:
+            'Argument "<meta>.__directive(name:)" of type "String!" is required, but it was not provided.',
+          locations: [{ line: 3, column: 9 }],
+        },
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('exposes descriptions', () => {
     const schema = buildSchema(`
       """Enum description"""
diff --git a/src/type/__tests__/schema-test.ts b/src/type/__tests__/schema-test.ts
index 5bd86e030a..6dc4409d07 100644
--- a/src/type/__tests__/schema-test.ts
+++ b/src/type/__tests__/schema-test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 } from '../definition.js';
 import { GraphQLDirective } from '../directives.js';
 import {
+  DirectiveMetaFieldDef,
   SchemaMetaFieldDef,
   TypeMetaFieldDef,
   TypeNameMetaFieldDef,
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ describe('Type System: Schema', () => {
       expectField(catOrDog, '__typename').to.equal(TypeNameMetaFieldDef);
 
       expectField(queryType, '__type').to.equal(TypeMetaFieldDef);
+      expectField(queryType, '__directive').to.equal(DirectiveMetaFieldDef);
       expectField(queryType, '__schema').to.equal(SchemaMetaFieldDef);
     });
 
diff --git a/src/type/index.ts b/src/type/index.ts
index dfbca75ad0..e9042d19ab 100644
--- a/src/type/index.ts
+++ b/src/type/index.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ export {
   // Meta-field definitions.
   SchemaMetaFieldDef,
   TypeMetaFieldDef,
+  DirectiveMetaFieldDef,
   TypeNameMetaFieldDef,
 } from './introspection.js';
 
diff --git a/src/type/introspection.ts b/src/type/introspection.ts
index b72b162cbb..998717df6d 100644
--- a/src/type/introspection.ts
+++ b/src/type/introspection.ts
@@ -546,6 +546,28 @@ export const TypeMetaFieldDef: GraphQLField<unknown, unknown> = {
   astNode: undefined,
 };
 
+export const DirectiveMetaFieldDef: GraphQLField<unknown, unknown> = {
+  name: '__directive',
+  type: __Directive,
+  description: 'Request information for a single directive.',
+  args: [
+    {
+      name: 'name',
+      description: undefined,
+      type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString),
+      defaultValue: undefined,
+      deprecationReason: undefined,
+      extensions: Object.create(null),
+      astNode: undefined,
+    },
+  ],
+  resolve: (_source, { name }, _context, { schema }) =>
+    schema.getDirective(name),
+  deprecationReason: undefined,
+  extensions: Object.create(null),
+  astNode: undefined,
+};
+
 export const TypeNameMetaFieldDef: GraphQLField<unknown, unknown> = {
   name: '__typename',
   type: new GraphQLNonNull(GraphQLString),
diff --git a/src/type/schema.ts b/src/type/schema.ts
index 694454fae5..abc95ae19b 100644
--- a/src/type/schema.ts
+++ b/src/type/schema.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type { GraphQLDirective } from './directives.js';
 import { isDirective, specifiedDirectives } from './directives.js';
 import {
   __Schema,
+  DirectiveMetaFieldDef,
   SchemaMetaFieldDef,
   TypeMetaFieldDef,
   TypeNameMetaFieldDef,
@@ -340,13 +341,14 @@ export class GraphQLSchema {
   /**
    * This method looks up the field on the given type definition.
    * It has special casing for the three introspection fields, `__schema`,
-   * `__type` and `__typename`.
+   * `__type`, `__directive` and `__typename`.
    *
    * `__typename` is special because it can always be queried as a field, even
    * in situations where no other fields are allowed, like on a Union.
    *
-   * `__schema` and `__type` could get automatically added to the query type,
-   * but that would require mutating type definitions, which would cause issues.
+   * `__schema`, `__type`, and `__directive` could get automatically added to the
+   * query type, but that would require mutating type definitions, which would
+   * cause issues.
    */
   getField(
     parentType: GraphQLCompositeType,
@@ -361,6 +363,10 @@ export class GraphQLSchema {
         return this.getQueryType() === parentType
           ? TypeMetaFieldDef
           : undefined;
+      case DirectiveMetaFieldDef.name:
+        return this.getQueryType() === parentType
+          ? DirectiveMetaFieldDef
+          : undefined;
       case TypeNameMetaFieldDef.name:
         return TypeNameMetaFieldDef;
     }
diff --git a/src/utilities/__tests__/TypeInfo-test.ts b/src/utilities/__tests__/TypeInfo-test.ts
index cc129287c3..e2d9c78bd0 100644
--- a/src/utilities/__tests__/TypeInfo-test.ts
+++ b/src/utilities/__tests__/TypeInfo-test.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ describe('visitWithTypeInfo', () => {
       {
         __typename
         __type(name: "Cat") { __typename }
+        __directive(name: "skip") { __typename }
         __schema {
           __typename # in object type
         }
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ describe('visitWithTypeInfo', () => {
         }
         pet {
           __type # unknown
+          __directive # unknown
           __schema # unknown
         }
       }
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ describe('visitWithTypeInfo', () => {
       ['QueryRoot', '__typename'],
       ['QueryRoot', '__type'],
       ['__Type', '__typename'],
+      ['QueryRoot', '__directive'],
+      ['__Directive', '__typename'],
       ['QueryRoot', '__schema'],
       ['__Schema', '__typename'],
       ['QueryRoot', 'humanOrAlien'],
@@ -206,6 +210,7 @@ describe('visitWithTypeInfo', () => {
       ['QueryRoot', 'pet'],
       ['Pet', undefined],
       ['Pet', undefined],
+      ['Pet', undefined],
     ]);
   });
 
diff --git a/src/validation/rules/MaxIntrospectionDepthRule.ts b/src/validation/rules/MaxIntrospectionDepthRule.ts
index 5cde22f130..090b7a99eb 100644
--- a/src/validation/rules/MaxIntrospectionDepthRule.ts
+++ b/src/validation/rules/MaxIntrospectionDepthRule.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ export function MaxIntrospectionDepthRule(
 
   return {
     Field(node) {
-      if (node.name.value === '__schema' || node.name.value === '__type') {
+      if (
+        node.name.value === '__schema' ||
+        node.name.value === '__type' ||
+        node.name.value === '__directive'
+      ) {
         if (checkDepth(node)) {
           context.reportError(
             new GraphQLError('Maximum introspection depth exceeded', {