diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ad5f01cf..416c07b5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@ For a list of breaking changes, check [here](#breaking-changes).
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### New
+
+- [#1187](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1187) tasks: Add `:result` key to `(current-task)` map that can be used in `:leave` task hook
+
 ### Enhancements
 
-- [#1190](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1190): task dependencies resolve as core.async channels
+- [#1190](https://github.com/babashka/babashka/issues/1190) tasks: task dependencies resolve as core.async channels
 
 ## 0.7.6 (2022-02-24)
 
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
index 253314d5..2b376f0d 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
@@ -192,9 +192,11 @@
        (if leave
          (format "
 (let [%s %s]
-  %s
+  (binding [babashka.tasks/*task*
+            (assoc babashka.tasks/*task* :result %s)]
+    %s)
   %s)"
-                 task-name prog (pr-str leave) task-name)
+                 task-name prog task-name (pr-str leave) task-name)
          prog)))
 
 (defn wrap-depends [prog depends parallel?]
diff --git a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
index 3bbfd839..66fda96b 100644
--- a/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/bb_edn_test.clj
@@ -416,3 +416,12 @@ even more stuff here\"
                       d {:depends [a b c]
                          :task (prn [a b c])}}})
     (is (= [nil nil nil] (bb "run" "--parallel" "d")))))
+
+(deftest current-task-result-test
+  (test-utils/with-config
+    (pr-str '{:tasks {:leave (prn [(:name (current-task)) (:result (current-task))])
+                      a 1
+                      b 2
+                      c {:depends [a b]
+                         :task [a b]}}})
+    (is (= ["[a 1]" "[b 2]" "[c [1 2]]"] (str/split-lines (test-utils/bb nil "run" "c"))))))