diff --git a/cmd/archive.go b/cmd/archive.go
index bb3dfbcb5683..9c35a5358e2a 100644
--- a/cmd/archive.go
+++ b/cmd/archive.go
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ type cmdArchive struct {
 	gs *state.GlobalState
 
 	archiveOut     string
+	archiveStdout  bool
 	excludeEnvVars bool
 }
 
@@ -33,10 +34,6 @@ func (c *cmdArchive) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	// Archive.
 	arc := testRunState.Runner.MakeArchive()
-	f, err := c.gs.FS.Create(c.archiveOut)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	if c.excludeEnvVars {
 		c.gs.Logger.Debug("environment variables will be excluded from the archive")
@@ -44,6 +41,15 @@ func (c *cmdArchive) run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		arc.Env = nil
 	}
 
+	if c.archiveStdout {
+		return arc.Write(c.gs.Stdout)
+	}
+
+	f, err := c.gs.FS.Create(c.archiveOut)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	err = arc.Write(f)
 	if cerr := f.Close(); err == nil && cerr != nil {
 		err = cerr
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@ func (c *cmdArchive) flagSet() *pflag.FlagSet {
 	flags.AddFlagSet(optionFlagSet())
 	flags.AddFlagSet(runtimeOptionFlagSet(false))
 	flags.StringVarP(&c.archiveOut, "archive-out", "O", c.archiveOut, "archive output filename")
+	flags.BoolVar(&c.archiveStdout, "archive-stdout", false, "output archive to stdout")
 	flags.BoolVarP(
 		&c.excludeEnvVars,
 		"exclude-env-vars",
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@ func getCmdArchive(gs *state.GlobalState) *cobra.Command {
 	exampleText := getExampleText(gs, `
   # Archive a test run.
   {{.}} archive -u 10 -d 10s -O myarchive.tar script.js
-  
+
   # Run the resulting archive.
   {{.}} run myarchive.tar`[1:])
 
diff --git a/cmd/archive_test.go b/cmd/archive_test.go
index acbe6944bdb2..cd68129a7bb2 100644
--- a/cmd/archive_test.go
+++ b/cmd/archive_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"io/fs"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
@@ -253,3 +254,22 @@ func TestArchiveNotContainsEnv(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoError(t, json.Unmarshal(data, &metadata))
 	require.Len(t, metadata.Env, 0)
 }
+
+func TestArchiveStdout(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// given some script that will be archived
+	fileName := "script.js"
+	testScript := []byte(`export default function () {}`)
+	ts := tests.NewGlobalTestState(t)
+	require.NoError(t, fsext.WriteFile(ts.FS, filepath.Join(ts.Cwd, fileName), testScript, 0o644))
+
+	ts.CmdArgs = []string{"k6", "archive", "--archive-stdout", fileName}
+
+	newRootCommand(ts.GlobalState).execute()
+
+	_, err := ts.FS.Stat("archive.tar")
+	require.ErrorIs(t, err, fs.ErrNotExist)
+
+	require.GreaterOrEqual(t, len(ts.Stdout.Bytes()), 32)
+}