diff --git a/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/DefaultSummaryConfig.java b/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/DefaultSummaryConfig.java
index 322a86766..db9bcfe35 100644
--- a/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/DefaultSummaryConfig.java
+++ b/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/DefaultSummaryConfig.java
@@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ public void setSootOptions(Options options, InfoflowConfiguration config) {
 		options.set_no_bodies_for_excluded(true);
 		options.set_allow_phantom_refs(true);
 		options.set_include(includeList);
-		options.set_output_format(Options.output_format_none);
+		if (summaryConfig.getWriteOutputFiles())
+			options.set_output_format(Options.output_format_jimple);
+		else
+			options.set_output_format(Options.output_format_none);
+
 		options.setPhaseOption("jb", "use-original-names:true");
 		options.set_ignore_classpath_errors(true);
 
diff --git a/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/Main.java b/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/Main.java
index 045d35367..732900226 100644
--- a/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/Main.java
+++ b/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/Main.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class Main {
 	private static final String OPTION_CLASS_TIMEOUT = "ct";
 	private static final String OPTION_ANALYZE_HASHCODE_EQUALS = "he";
 	private static final String OPTION_ANDROID_PLATFORMS = "p";
+	private static final String OPTION_WRITE_JIMPLE_FILES = "wj";
 
 	public static void main(final String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, XMLStreamException {
 		Main main = new Main();
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ private void initializeCommandLineOptions() {
 				"Also analyze hashCode() and equals() methods");
 		options.addOption(OPTION_ANDROID_PLATFORMS, "platformsdir", true,
 				"Path to the platforms directory from the Android SDK");
+		options.addOption(OPTION_WRITE_JIMPLE_FILES, "writejimplefiles", false, "Write out the Jimple files");
 	}
 
 	public void run(final String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, XMLStreamException {
@@ -201,6 +203,11 @@ protected void configureOptionalSettings(CommandLine cmd, SummaryGenerator gener
 			String platformsDir = cmd.getOptionValue(OPTION_ANDROID_PLATFORMS);
 			generator.getConfig().setAndroidPlatformDir(platformsDir);
 		}
+		{
+			boolean writeJimpleFiles = cmd.hasOption(OPTION_WRITE_JIMPLE_FILES);
+			if (writeJimpleFiles)
+				generator.getConfig().setWriteOutputFiles(true);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/generator/SummaryGenerator.java b/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/generator/SummaryGenerator.java
index 8cc5670a8..793bda75a 100644
--- a/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/generator/SummaryGenerator.java
+++ b/soot-infoflow-summaries/src/soot/jimple/infoflow/methodSummary/generator/SummaryGenerator.java
@@ -267,7 +267,10 @@ public ClassSummaries createMethodSummaries(String classpath, Collection<String>
 			}
 		}
 
-		Options.v().set_output_format(Options.output_format_none);
+		if (config.getWriteOutputFiles())
+			Options.v().set_output_format(Options.output_format_jimple);
+		else
+			Options.v().set_output_format(Options.output_format_none);
 		if (hasWildcard || config.getLoadFullJAR() || config.getSummarizeFullJAR())
 			Options.v().set_process_dir(Arrays.asList(classpath.split(File.pathSeparator)));
 		else