diff --git a/source/dub/commandline.d b/source/dub/commandline.d
index 0aa07b3..cf789b6 100644
--- a/source/dub/commandline.d
+++ b/source/dub/commandline.d
@@ -1810,6 +1810,7 @@
 class ConvertCommand : Command {
 	private {
 		string m_format;
+		bool m_stdout;
 	}
 
 	this()
@@ -1827,6 +1828,7 @@
 	override void prepare(scope CommandArgs args)
 	{
 		args.getopt("f|format", &m_format, ["Specifies the target package recipe format. Possible values:", "  json, sdl"]);
+		args.getopt("s|stdout", &m_stdout, ["Outputs the converted package recipe to stdout instead of writing to disk."]);
 	}
 
 	override int execute(Dub dub, string[] free_args, string[] app_args)
@@ -1835,7 +1837,7 @@
 		enforceUsage(free_args.length == 0, "Unexpected arguments: "~free_args.join(" "));
 		enforceUsage(m_format.length > 0, "Missing target format file extension (--format=...).");
 		if (!loadCwdPackage(dub, true)) return 1;
-		dub.convertRecipe(m_format);
+		dub.convertRecipe(m_format, m_stdout);
 		return 0;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 8fc1f88..2d31988 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -986,11 +986,19 @@
 		Params:
 			destination_file_ext = The file extension matching the desired
 				format. Possible values are "json" or "sdl".
+			print_only = Print the converted recipe instead of writing to disk
 	*/
-	void convertRecipe(string destination_file_ext)
+	void convertRecipe(string destination_file_ext, bool print_only = false)
 	{
 		import std.path : extension;
-		import dub.recipe.io : writePackageRecipe;
+		import std.stdio : stdout;
+		import dub.recipe.io : serializePackageRecipe, writePackageRecipe;
+
+		if (print_only) {
+			auto dst = stdout.lockingTextWriter;
+			serializePackageRecipe(dst, m_project.rootPackage.rawRecipe, "dub."~destination_file_ext);
+			return;
+		}
 
 		auto srcfile = m_project.rootPackage.recipePath;
 		auto srcext = srcfile[$-1].toString().extension;