diff --git a/Command/DumpCommand.php b/Command/DumpCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b86b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Command/DumpCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the NelmioApiDocBundle package.
+ *
+ * (c) Nelmio
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Command;
+
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DumpCommand extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * @var ContainerInterface
+     */
+    private $generatorLocator;
+
+    /**
+     * DumpCommand constructor.
+     *
+     * @param ContainerInterface $generatorLocator
+     */
+    public function __construct(ContainerInterface $generatorLocator)
+    {
+        $this->generatorLocator = $generatorLocator;
+
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Configures the dump command.
+     */
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setDescription('Dumps documentation in OpenAPI JSON format')
+            ->addOption('area', '', InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, '', 'default')
+            ->addOption('no-pretty', '', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Do not pretty format output')
+        ;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param InputInterface  $input
+     * @param OutputInterface $output
+     *
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException If the area to dump is not valid
+     *
+     * @return int|void
+     */
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $area = $input->getOption('area');
+
+        if (!$this->generatorLocator->has($area)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Area "%s" is not supported.', $area));
+        }
+
+        $spec = $this->generatorLocator->get($area)->generate();
+
+        if ($input->hasParameterOption(['--no-pretty'])) {
+            $output->writeln(json_encode($spec));
+        } else {
+            $output->writeln(json_encode($spec, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Resources/config/services.xml b/Resources/config/services.xml
index 91cda00..67a499d 100644
--- a/Resources/config/services.xml
+++ b/Resources/config/services.xml
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd">
 
     <services>
+        <!-- Commands -->
+        <service id="nelmio_api_doc.command.dump" class="Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Command\DumpCommand" public="true">
+            <argument type="service" id="nelmio_api_doc.generator_locator" />
+            <tag name="console.command" command="nelmio:apidoc:dump" />
+        </service>
+
         <!-- Controllers -->
         <service id="nelmio_api_doc.controller.swagger_ui" class="Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Controller\SwaggerUiController" public="true">
             <argument type="service" id="nelmio_api_doc.generator_locator" />
diff --git a/Tests/Command/DumpCommandTest.php b/Tests/Command/DumpCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ccb15e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/Command/DumpCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the NelmioApiDocBundle package.
+ *
+ * (c) Nelmio
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Command;
+
+use Nelmio\ApiDocBundle\Tests\Functional\WebTestCase; // for the creation of the kernel
+use Symfony\Bundle\FrameworkBundle\Console\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Tester\CommandTester;
+
+class DumpCommandTest extends WebTestCase
+{
+    public function testExecute()
+    {
+        $kernel = static::bootKernel();
+        $application = new Application($kernel);
+
+        $command = $application->find('nelmio:apidoc:dump');
+        $commandTester = new CommandTester($command);
+        $commandTester->execute([
+            '--area' => 'test',
+            '--no-pretty' => '',
+        ]);
+
+        // the output of the command in the console
+        $output = $commandTester->getDisplay();
+        $this->assertEquals(json_encode($this->getOpenApiDefinition('test'))."\n", $output);
+    }
+}