diff --git a/libs/ui/KisApplication.cpp b/libs/ui/KisApplication.cpp
--- a/libs/ui/KisApplication.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/KisApplication.cpp
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@
 #include "widgets/KisScreenColorPicker.h"
 #include "KisDlgInternalColorSelector.h"
 
+#include <dialogs/KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog.h>
+#include <kis_image_animation_interface.h>
+
 namespace {
 const QTime appStartTime(QTime::currentTime());
 }
@@ -386,12 +389,13 @@
     const bool doNewImage = args.doNewImage();
     const bool doTemplate = args.doTemplate();
     const bool exportAs = args.exportAs();
+    const bool exportAnimation = args.exportAnimation();
     const QString exportFileName = args.exportFileName();
 
-    d->batchRun = (exportAs || !exportFileName.isEmpty());
-    const bool needsMainWindow = !exportAs;
+    d->batchRun = (exportAs || exportAnimation || !exportFileName.isEmpty());
+    const bool needsMainWindow = (!exportAs && !exportAnimation);
     // only show the mainWindow when no command-line mode option is passed
-    bool showmainWindow = !exportAs; // would be !batchRun;
+    bool showmainWindow = (!exportAs && !exportAnimation); // would be !batchRun;
 
     const bool showSplashScreen = !d->batchRun && qEnvironmentVariableIsEmpty("NOSPLASH");
     if (showSplashScreen && d->splashScreen) {
@@ -545,6 +549,34 @@
                     }
                     QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(quit()));
                 }
+                else if (exportAnimation) {
+                    KisDocument *doc = kisPart->createDocument();
+                    doc->setFileBatchMode(d->batchRun);
+                    doc->openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileName));
+                    qApp->processEvents(); // For vector layers to be updated
+                    
+                    if (!doc->image()->animationInterface()->hasAnimation()) {
+                        errKrita << "This file has no animation." << endl;
+                        QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(quit()));
+                        return 1;
+                    }
+
+                    doc->setFileBatchMode(true);
+                    int sequenceStart = 0;
+
+                    KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog exporter(doc->image(),
+                                               doc->image()->animationInterface()->fullClipRange(),
+                                               exportFileName,
+                                               sequenceStart,
+                                               0);
+                    exporter.setBatchMode(d->batchRun);
+                    KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog::Result result =
+                        exporter.regenerateRange(0);
+                    if (result == KisAsyncAnimationFramesSaveDialog::RenderFailed) {
+                        errKrita << i18n("Failed to render animation frames!") << endl;
+                    }
+                    QTimer::singleShot(0, this, SLOT(quit()));
+                }
                 else if (d->mainWindow) {
                     if (fileName.endsWith(".bundle")) {
                         d->mainWindow->installBundle(fileName);
diff --git a/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.h b/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.h
--- a/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.h
+++ b/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     int dpiY() const;
     bool doTemplate() const;
     bool exportAs() const;
+    bool exportAnimation() const;
     QString exportFileName() const;
     QString workspace() const;
     QString windowLayout() const;
diff --git a/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.cpp b/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.cpp
--- a/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/KisApplicationArguments.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
     int dpiY {72};
     bool doTemplate {false};
     bool exportAs {false};
+    bool exportAnimation {false};
     QString exportFileName;
     QString workspace;
     QString windowLayout;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QLatin1String("fullscreen"), i18n("Start Krita in full-screen mode")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QLatin1String("dpi"), i18n("Override display DPI"), QLatin1String("dpiX,dpiY")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QLatin1String("export"), i18n("Export to the given filename and exit")));
+    parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QLatin1String("export-animation"), i18n("Export animation to the given filename and exit")));
     parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << QLatin1String("export-filename"), i18n("Filename for export"), QLatin1String("filename")));
     parser.addPositionalArgument(QLatin1String("[file(s)]"), i18n("File(s) or URL(s) to open"));
     parser.process(app);
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@
     d->session = parser.value("load-session");
     d->doTemplate = parser.isSet("template");
     d->exportAs = parser.isSet("export");
+    d->exportAnimation = parser.isSet("export-animation");
     d->canvasOnly = parser.isSet("canvasonly");
     d->noSplash = parser.isSet("nosplash");
     d->fullScreen = parser.isSet("fullscreen");
@@ -282,6 +285,11 @@
     return d->exportAs;
 }
 
+bool KisApplicationArguments::exportAnimation() const
+{
+    return d->exportAnimation;
+}
+
 QString KisApplicationArguments::exportFileName() const
 {
     return d->exportFileName;