diff --git a/src/capability-language/workspace-cli.ts b/src/capability-language/workspace-cli.ts
index bad41ce..11b36b0 100644
--- a/src/capability-language/workspace-cli.ts
+++ b/src/capability-language/workspace-cli.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
 } from "../capability-model/index.js";
 
 const usage = `usage: quixos-workspace-compile --root DIRECTORY --checkout-root DIRECTORY
-       [--snapshot-map PATH] [--graph-out PATH] [--workspace-id ID] [--workspace-revision-id ID]
+       [--snapshot-map PATH] [--graph-out PATH] [--plan-out PATH] [--workspace-id ID] [--workspace-revision-id ID]
        [--source-root-commit GIT_REV] [--baseline PLAN_JSON] [--evolution-out PATH]
        [--reviews REVIEW_JSON] [--schemas-out PATH] [--execution-plan-out PATH] [--build-contexts-out PATH]
        [--query-generator BUILD_MODULE_PATH] [--checked-resources NIX_MAP]
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const parseArgs = (args: string[]) => {
     rootDirectory,
     checkoutRoot,
     graphOut: values.get("--graph-out"),
+    planOut: values.get("--plan-out"),
     schemasOut: values.get("--schemas-out"),
     executionPlanOut: values.get("--execution-plan-out"),
     buildContextsOut: values.get("--build-contexts-out"),
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@ const main = async () => {
       `${JSON.stringify(planEvolution(baseline, candidate, { reviews }), null, 2)}\n`,
     );
   }
-  process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(candidate, null, 2)}\n`);
+  if (options.planOut) await writeFile(options.planOut, `${JSON.stringify(candidate)}\n`);
+  else process.stdout.write(`${JSON.stringify(candidate, null, 2)}\n`);
 };
 
 main().catch((error: unknown) => {