diff --git a/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py b/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py
index 659131e902b..1a60c7131c7 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/script/__init__.py
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ from homeassistant.const import (
     SERVICE_TURN_ON,
     STATE_ON,
 )
-from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, ServiceCall, callback
+from homeassistant.core import (
+    Context,
+    HomeAssistant,
+    ServiceCall,
+    ServiceResponse,
+    SupportsResponse,
+    callback,
+)
 from homeassistant.helpers import entity_registry as er
 import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
 from homeassistant.helpers.config_validation import make_entity_service_schema
@@ -436,6 +443,12 @@ class ScriptEntity(ToggleEntity, RestoreEntity):
         variables = kwargs.get("variables")
         context = kwargs.get("context")
         wait = kwargs.get("wait", True)
+        await self._async_start_run(variables, context, wait)
+
+    async def _async_start_run(
+        self, variables: dict, context: Context, wait: bool
+    ) -> ServiceResponse:
+        """Start the run of a script."""
         self.async_set_context(context)
         self.hass.bus.async_fire(
             EVENT_SCRIPT_STARTED,
@@ -444,8 +457,7 @@ class ScriptEntity(ToggleEntity, RestoreEntity):
         )
         coro = self._async_run(variables, context)
         if wait:
-            await coro
-            return
+            return await coro
 
         # Caller does not want to wait for called script to finish so let script run in
         # separate Task. Make a new empty script stack; scripts are allowed to
@@ -457,6 +469,7 @@ class ScriptEntity(ToggleEntity, RestoreEntity):
         # Wait for first state change so we can guarantee that
         # it is written to the State Machine before we return.
         await self._changed.wait()
+        return None
 
     async def _async_run(self, variables, context):
         with trace_script(
@@ -483,16 +496,25 @@ class ScriptEntity(ToggleEntity, RestoreEntity):
         """
         await self.script.async_stop()
 
-    async def _service_handler(self, service: ServiceCall) -> None:
+    async def _service_handler(self, service: ServiceCall) -> ServiceResponse:
         """Execute a service call to script.<script name>."""
-        await self.async_turn_on(variables=service.data, context=service.context)
+        response = await self._async_start_run(
+            variables=service.data, context=service.context, wait=True
+        )
+        if service.return_response:
+            return response
+        return None
 
     async def async_added_to_hass(self) -> None:
         """Restore last triggered on startup and register service."""
 
         unique_id = cast(str, self.unique_id)
         self.hass.services.async_register(
-            DOMAIN, unique_id, self._service_handler, schema=SCRIPT_SERVICE_SCHEMA
+            DOMAIN,
+            unique_id,
+            self._service_handler,
+            schema=SCRIPT_SERVICE_SCHEMA,
+            supports_response=SupportsResponse.OPTIONAL,
         )
 
         # Register the service description
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py
index bdb087069f8..ee76ec17ba4 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py
@@ -675,8 +675,14 @@ async def handle_execute_script(
 
     context = connection.context(msg)
     script_obj = Script(hass, msg["sequence"], f"{const.DOMAIN} script", const.DOMAIN)
-    await script_obj.async_run(msg.get("variables"), context=context)
-    connection.send_result(msg["id"], {"context": context})
+    response = await script_obj.async_run(msg.get("variables"), context=context)
+    connection.send_result(
+        msg["id"],
+        {
+            "context": context,
+            "response": response,
+        },
+    )
 
 
 @callback
diff --git a/homeassistant/const.py b/homeassistant/const.py
index 262457de436..6e9954578b2 100644
--- a/homeassistant/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/const.py
@@ -221,9 +221,10 @@ CONF_RECIPIENT: Final = "recipient"
 CONF_REGION: Final = "region"
 CONF_REPEAT: Final = "repeat"
 CONF_RESOURCE: Final = "resource"
-CONF_RESOURCES: Final = "resources"
 CONF_RESOURCE_TEMPLATE: Final = "resource_template"
+CONF_RESOURCES: Final = "resources"
 CONF_RESPONSE_VARIABLE: Final = "response_variable"
+CONF_RESPONSE: Final = "response"
 CONF_RGB: Final = "rgb"
 CONF_ROOM: Final = "room"
 CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL: Final = "scan_interval"
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py b/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py
index db6a2fc5a8d..393e11d9bbd 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/config_validation.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ from homeassistant.const import (
     CONF_PARALLEL,
     CONF_PLATFORM,
     CONF_REPEAT,
+    CONF_RESPONSE,
     CONF_RESPONSE_VARIABLE,
     CONF_SCAN_INTERVAL,
     CONF_SCENE,
@@ -1689,7 +1690,11 @@ _SCRIPT_STOP_SCHEMA = vol.Schema(
     {
         **SCRIPT_ACTION_BASE_SCHEMA,
         vol.Required(CONF_STOP): vol.Any(None, string),
-        vol.Optional(CONF_ERROR, default=False): boolean,
+        vol.Exclusive(CONF_ERROR, "error_or_response"): boolean,
+        vol.Exclusive(CONF_RESPONSE, "error_or_response"): vol.Any(
+            vol.All(dict, template_complex),
+            vol.All(str, template),
+        ),
     }
 )
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/script.py b/homeassistant/helpers/script.py
index f39d358dc6d..13f29a96f78 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/script.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/script.py
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ from homeassistant.const import (
     CONF_MODE,
     CONF_PARALLEL,
     CONF_REPEAT,
+    CONF_RESPONSE,
     CONF_RESPONSE_VARIABLE,
     CONF_SCENE,
     CONF_SEQUENCE,
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ from homeassistant.core import (
     Event,
     HassJob,
     HomeAssistant,
+    ServiceResponse,
     SupportsResponse,
     callback,
 )
@@ -352,6 +354,11 @@ class _ConditionFail(_HaltScript):
 class _StopScript(_HaltScript):
     """Throw if script needs to stop."""
 
+    def __init__(self, message: str, response: Any) -> None:
+        """Initialize a halt exception."""
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.response = response
+
 
 class _ScriptRun:
     """Manage Script sequence run."""
@@ -396,13 +403,14 @@ class _ScriptRun:
         )
         self._log("Executing step %s%s", self._script.last_action, _timeout)
 
-    async def async_run(self) -> None:
+    async def async_run(self) -> ServiceResponse:
         """Run script."""
         # Push the script to the script execution stack
         if (script_stack := script_stack_cv.get()) is None:
             script_stack = []
             script_stack_cv.set(script_stack)
         script_stack.append(id(self._script))
+        response = None
 
         try:
             self._log("Running %s", self._script.running_description)
@@ -420,11 +428,15 @@ class _ScriptRun:
                 raise
         except _ConditionFail:
             script_execution_set("aborted")
-        except _StopScript:
-            script_execution_set("finished")
+        except _StopScript as err:
+            script_execution_set("finished", err.response)
+            response = err.response
+
             # Let the _StopScript bubble up if this is a sub-script
             if not self._script.top_level:
-                raise
+                # We already consumed the response, do not pass it on
+                err.response = None
+                raise err
         except Exception:
             script_execution_set("error")
             raise
@@ -433,6 +445,8 @@ class _ScriptRun:
             script_stack.pop()
             self._finish()
 
+        return response
+
     async def _async_step(self, log_exceptions):
         continue_on_error = self._action.get(CONF_CONTINUE_ON_ERROR, False)
 
@@ -1010,13 +1024,20 @@ class _ScriptRun:
     async def _async_stop_step(self):
         """Stop script execution."""
         stop = self._action[CONF_STOP]
-        error = self._action[CONF_ERROR]
+        error = self._action.get(CONF_ERROR, False)
         trace_set_result(stop=stop, error=error)
         if error:
             self._log("Error script sequence: %s", stop)
             raise _AbortScript(stop)
+
         self._log("Stop script sequence: %s", stop)
-        raise _StopScript(stop)
+        if CONF_RESPONSE in self._action:
+            response = template.render_complex(
+                self._action[CONF_RESPONSE], self._variables
+            )
+        else:
+            response = None
+        raise _StopScript(stop, response)
 
     @async_trace_path("parallel")
     async def _async_parallel_step(self) -> None:
@@ -1455,7 +1476,7 @@ class Script:
         run_variables: _VarsType | None = None,
         context: Context | None = None,
         started_action: Callable[..., Any] | None = None,
-    ) -> None:
+    ) -> ServiceResponse:
         """Run script."""
         if context is None:
             self._log(
@@ -1466,7 +1487,7 @@ class Script:
         # Prevent spawning new script runs when Home Assistant is shutting down
         if DATA_NEW_SCRIPT_RUNS_NOT_ALLOWED in self._hass.data:
             self._log("Home Assistant is shutting down, starting script blocked")
-            return
+            return None
 
         # Prevent spawning new script runs if not allowed by script mode
         if self.is_running:
@@ -1474,7 +1495,7 @@ class Script:
                 if self._max_exceeded != "SILENT":
                     self._log("Already running", level=LOGSEVERITY[self._max_exceeded])
                 script_execution_set("failed_single")
-                return
+                return None
             if self.script_mode != SCRIPT_MODE_RESTART and self.runs == self.max_runs:
                 if self._max_exceeded != "SILENT":
                     self._log(
@@ -1482,7 +1503,7 @@ class Script:
                         level=LOGSEVERITY[self._max_exceeded],
                     )
                 script_execution_set("failed_max_runs")
-                return
+                return None
 
         # If this is a top level Script then make a copy of the variables in case they
         # are read-only, but more importantly, so as not to leak any variables created
@@ -1519,7 +1540,7 @@ class Script:
         ):
             script_execution_set("disallowed_recursion_detected")
             self._log("Disallowed recursion detected", level=logging.WARNING)
-            return
+            return None
 
         if self.script_mode != SCRIPT_MODE_QUEUED:
             cls = _ScriptRun
@@ -1543,7 +1564,7 @@ class Script:
         self._changed()
 
         try:
-            await asyncio.shield(run.async_run())
+            return await asyncio.shield(run.async_run())
         except asyncio.CancelledError:
             await run.async_stop()
             self._changed()
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/template_entity.py b/homeassistant/helpers/template_entity.py
index 92ea55eb642..42d578555ab 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/template_entity.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/template_entity.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ class TemplateEntity(Entity):
         """Run an action script."""
         if run_variables is None:
             run_variables = {}
-        return await script.async_run(
+        await script.async_run(
             run_variables={
                 "this": TemplateStateFromEntityId(self.hass, self.entity_id),
                 **run_variables,
diff --git a/homeassistant/helpers/trace.py b/homeassistant/helpers/trace.py
index 3a5fb83395a..c1d22157a31 100644
--- a/homeassistant/helpers/trace.py
+++ b/homeassistant/helpers/trace.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from contextvars import ContextVar
 from functools import wraps
 from typing import Any, cast
 
+from homeassistant.core import ServiceResponse
 import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
 
 from .typing import TemplateVarsType
@@ -207,13 +208,15 @@ class StopReason:
     """Mutable container class for script_execution."""
 
     script_execution: str | None = None
+    response: ServiceResponse = None
 
 
-def script_execution_set(reason: str) -> None:
+def script_execution_set(reason: str, response: ServiceResponse = None) -> None:
     """Set stop reason."""
     if (data := script_execution_cv.get()) is None:
         return
     data.script_execution = reason
+    data.response = response
 
 
 def script_execution_get() -> str | None:
diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index ae64e8d4aec..4fdccced370 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ from homeassistant.core import (
     Event,
     HomeAssistant,
     ServiceCall,
+    ServiceResponse,
     State,
+    SupportsResponse,
     callback,
 )
 from homeassistant.helpers import (
@@ -285,7 +287,12 @@ async def async_test_home_assistant(event_loop, load_registries=True):
 
 
 def async_mock_service(
-    hass: HomeAssistant, domain: str, service: str, schema: vol.Schema | None = None
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    domain: str,
+    service: str,
+    schema: vol.Schema | None = None,
+    response: ServiceResponse = None,
+    supports_response: SupportsResponse | None = None,
 ) -> list[ServiceCall]:
     """Set up a fake service & return a calls log list to this service."""
     calls = []
@@ -294,8 +301,18 @@ def async_mock_service(
     def mock_service_log(call):  # pylint: disable=unnecessary-lambda
         """Mock service call."""
         calls.append(call)
+        return response
 
-    hass.services.async_register(domain, service, mock_service_log, schema=schema)
+    if supports_response is None and response is not None:
+        supports_response = SupportsResponse.OPTIONAL
+
+    hass.services.async_register(
+        domain,
+        service,
+        mock_service_log,
+        schema=schema,
+        supports_response=supports_response,
+    )
 
     return calls
 
diff --git a/tests/components/script/test_init.py b/tests/components/script/test_init.py
index c64f5a974ba..456eddbdaa7 100644
--- a/tests/components/script/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/script/test_init.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """The tests for the Script component."""
 import asyncio
 from datetime import timedelta
+from typing import Any
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch
 
 import pytest
@@ -1502,3 +1503,34 @@ async def test_blueprint_script_fails_substitution(
         "{'service_to_call': 'test.automation'}: No substitution found for input blah"
         in caplog.text
     )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("response", ({"value": 5}, '{"value": 5}'))
+async def test_responses(hass: HomeAssistant, response: Any) -> None:
+    """Test we can get responses."""
+    mock_restore_cache(hass, ())
+    assert await async_setup_component(
+        hass,
+        "script",
+        {
+            "script": {
+                "test": {
+                    "sequence": {
+                        "stop": "done",
+                        "response": response,
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+    )
+
+    assert await hass.services.async_call(
+        DOMAIN, "test", {"greeting": "world"}, blocking=True, return_response=True
+    ) == {"value": 5}
+    # Validate we can also call it without return_response
+    assert (
+        await hass.services.async_call(
+            DOMAIN, "test", {"greeting": "world"}, blocking=True, return_response=False
+        )
+        is None
+    )
diff --git a/tests/components/websocket_api/test_commands.py b/tests/components/websocket_api/test_commands.py
index 9c2a05e96ca..012199b5e5c 100644
--- a/tests/components/websocket_api/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/components/websocket_api/test_commands.py
@@ -1672,7 +1672,9 @@ async def test_test_condition(hass: HomeAssistant, websocket_client) -> None:
 
 async def test_execute_script(hass: HomeAssistant, websocket_client) -> None:
     """Test testing a condition."""
-    calls = async_mock_service(hass, "domain_test", "test_service")
+    calls = async_mock_service(
+        hass, "domain_test", "test_service", response={"hello": "world"}
+    )
 
     await websocket_client.send_json(
         {
@@ -1682,7 +1684,9 @@ async def test_execute_script(hass: HomeAssistant, websocket_client) -> None:
                 {
                     "service": "domain_test.test_service",
                     "data": {"hello": "world"},
-                }
+                    "response_variable": "service_result",
+                },
+                {"stop": "done", "response": "{{ service_result }}"},
             ],
         }
     )
@@ -1691,6 +1695,7 @@ async def test_execute_script(hass: HomeAssistant, websocket_client) -> None:
     assert msg_no_var["id"] == 5
     assert msg_no_var["type"] == const.TYPE_RESULT
     assert msg_no_var["success"]
+    assert msg_no_var["result"]["response"] == {"hello": "world"}
 
     await websocket_client.send_json(
         {