diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 529a9ba..7c736b5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ license = "Apache-2.0/MIT"
 name = "cargo-inspect"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/mre/cargo-inspect"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "cargo-inspect"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d788478..ab90c4c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ USAGE:
 
 FLAGS:
     -h, --help       Prints help information
+        --plain      Don't highlight output
     -V, --version    Prints version information
     -v, --verbose    Print the original code as a comment above the desugared code
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index f3c9780..a90f110 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Print the original code as a comment above the desugared code
     #[structopt(short = "v", long = "verbose")]
     pub verbose: bool,
+
+    /// Don't highlight output
+    #[structopt(long = "plain")]
+    pub plain: bool,
 }
 
 /// The structopt enum, which serves as an adapter so that the config options
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 147890d..dc0679f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@ pub fn inspect(config: &Config) -> Result<(), InspectError> {
 
     let formatted = format(hir.output)?;
 
-    let printer = PrettyPrinter::default().language("rust").build()?;
-
-    let header = config.input.to_owned().unwrap_or(env::current_dir()?);
-    printer.string_with_header(formatted, header.to_string_lossy().to_string())?;
+    if config.plain {
+        println!("{}", formatted);
+    } else {
+        let printer = PrettyPrinter::default().language("rust").build()?;
+        let header = config.input.to_owned().unwrap_or(env::current_dir()?);
+        printer.string_with_header(formatted, header.to_string_lossy().to_string())?;
+    }
     Ok(())
 }