diff --git a/api/client.go b/api/client.go
index 8f515639a7..343a24078c 100644
--- a/api/client.go
+++ b/api/client.go
@@ -2044,6 +2044,8 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdCp(args ...string) error {
 
 func (cli *DockerCli) CmdSave(args ...string) error {
 	cmd := cli.Subcmd("save", "IMAGE", "Save an image to a tar archive (streamed to stdout)")
+	outfile := cmd.String([]string{"o", "-output"}, "", "Write to an file, instead of STDOUT")
+
 	if err := cmd.Parse(args); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -2053,8 +2055,16 @@ func (cli *DockerCli) CmdSave(args ...string) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	var output io.Writer = cli.out
+	var err error
+	if *outfile != "" {
+		output, err = os.Create(*outfile)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 	image := cmd.Arg(0)
-	if err := cli.stream("GET", "/images/"+image+"/get", nil, cli.out, nil); err != nil {
+	if err := cli.stream("GET", "/images/"+image+"/get", nil, output, nil); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return nil