diff --git a/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh b/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh
index fa1546e..7f69bb0 100644
--- a/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh
+++ b/scripts/completions/bash-completion.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ _ybconAutoComplete() {
   COMPREPLY=()
   current="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD]}"
   previous="${COMP_WORDS[COMP_CWORD-1]}"
-  options='-h -p -t --help --parallel --target= --newlines= --printresult --text --version --buildInfo'
+  options='-h -p -t -o --help --parallel --target= --newlines= --printresult --text --output --version --buildInfo'
   if [[ "${current}" == -* ]]; then
     YCompReply "$(compgen -W "$options" -- "$current")"
     return 0
diff --git a/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish b/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish
index b88b157..88ee380 100644
--- a/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish
+++ b/scripts/completions/fish-completion.fish
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ complete -c ybcon -l parallel -k -d "Transpile files in parallel mode"
 complete -c ybcon -l target -k -f -a 'lua js py' -d "Set the transpilation target"
 complete -c ybcon -l newlines -k -f -a 'on off' -d "Enable or disable new lines"
 complete -c ybcon -s p -l printresult -d "Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout"
-complete -c ybcon -x -s t -l text -d "Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)"
\ No newline at end of file
+complete -c ybcon -x -s t -l text -d "Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)"
+complete -c ybcon -x -s o -l output -a '(__fish_complete_directories)' -d 'Output the transpiled file(s) to the specified directory'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh b/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh
index 4d227d7..bd2cff0 100644
--- a/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh
+++ b/scripts/completions/zsh-completion.zsh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ _ybcon() {
     --newlines='[Enable or disable new lines]:state:(on off)' \
     {-p,--printresult}'[Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout]' \
     {-t,--text}'[Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)]' \
+    {-o,--output}'[Output the transpiled file(s) to the specified directory]' \
     "*:$completeyfile"
   return 0
 }
diff --git a/scripts/ybcon b/scripts/ybcon
index 86a6ee8..f901c16 100755
--- a/scripts/ybcon
+++ b/scripts/ybcon
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ usage() {
     echo "        --newlines=on/off Enable or disable new lines"
     echo "        -p or --printresult Enable printing the transpilation result to stdout"
     echo "        -t or --text Transpile text provided after this argument (implies -p)"
+    echo "        -o or --output Output the transpiled file(s) to the specified directory"
     printf "\n"
   fi
 }
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 11580e5..0e36ad5 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     using unit_result = pair<string, optional<Yerbacon::Exception>>;
     using unit = future<unit_result>;
     map<string_view, unit> Units;
+    optional<filesystem::path> output_directory;
     #ifdef EMSCRIPTEN
     is_node = MAIN_THREAD_EM_ASM_INT({ return ENVIRONMENT_IS_NODE; });
     #endif
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
             } else goto invalid_argument;
         }
         else if (currentArgument == ArgumentShort("text")) printResult = text_provided = true;
+        else if (currentArgument == ArgumentShort("output"))
+            if ((not output_directory.has_value()) and Units.empty() and (i + 1) != argc) {
+                output_directory = argv[i + 1]; ++i;
+            } else goto invalid_argument;
         else if (text_provided || currentArgument.ends_with(".ybcon")) {
             #ifdef _OPENMP
             if (not parallel) omp_set_num_threads(1);
@@ -71,13 +76,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
                 }
             #endif
             }
-            Units.insert_or_assign(currentArgument, async(not parallel ? launch::deferred : launch::async, [&, currentArgument, file_path]() {
+            Units.insert_or_assign(currentArgument, async(not parallel ? launch::deferred : launch::async, [&, currentArgument, file_path, index = Units.size() + 1]() {
                 unit_result resultingPair;
                 try {
                     resultingPair.first = Target::forName(target, newLines)->transpileWithTree(
                         parseString(text_provided ? currentArgument : getFileContent(file_path->string()))
                     );
-                    if (not text_provided) outputFileContent(filesystem::path(file_path.value()).replace_extension(target).string(), resultingPair.first);
+                    if (!text_provided or output_directory.has_value())
+                        outputFileContent(
+                            (not output_directory.has_value() ? filesystem::path(file_path.value())
+                                : output_directory->append(
+                            (not text_provided) ? file_path->filename().string() : to_string(index))
+                        ).replace_extension(target).string(), resultingPair.first);
                 } catch (const Yerbacon::Exception& error) {
                     resultingPair.first = file_path.has_value() ? file_path->filename().string() : string();
                     resultingPair.second.emplace(error);