diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 01c43d22d..0a4e2b95d 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ The author of the Silk icon set is Mark James.
       GUI options:
         --no-plater         Disable the plater tab
         --gui-mode          Overrides the configured mode (simple/expert)
+        --autosave <file>   Automatically export current configuration to the specified file
     
       Output options:
         --output-filename-format
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/GUI.pm b/lib/Slic3r/GUI.pm
index b08ae251d..fd46cc5eb 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/GUI.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/GUI.pm
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ use constant MI_DOCUMENTATION => &Wx::NewId;
 our $datadir;
 our $no_plater;
 our $mode;
+our $autosave;
 
 our $Settings = {
     _ => {
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm b/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm
index 6f30da477..6c4842eab 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/GUI/SkeinPanel.pm
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ sub new {
             $self->{tabpanel},
             on_value_change     => sub {
                 $self->{plater}->on_config_change(@_) if $self->{plater}; # propagate config change events to the plater
-                if ($self->{mode} eq 'simple' && $init) {  # don't save while loading for the first time
-                    # save config
-                    $self->config->save("$Slic3r::GUI::datadir/simple.ini");
+                if ($init) {  # don't save while loading for the first time
+                    if ($self->{mode} eq 'simple') {
+                        # save config
+                        $self->config->save("$Slic3r::GUI::datadir/simple.ini");
+                    }
+                    $self->config->save($Slic3r::GUI::autosave) if $Slic3r::GUI::autosave;
                 }
             },
             on_presets_changed  => sub {
diff --git a/slic3r.pl b/slic3r.pl
index 1d09441db..e792548ef 100755
--- a/slic3r.pl
+++ b/slic3r.pl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ my %cli_options = ();
         
         'save=s'                => \$opt{save},
         'load=s@'               => \$opt{load},
+        'autosave=s'            => \$opt{autosave},
         'ignore-nonexistent-config' => \$opt{ignore_nonexistent_config},
         'no-plater'             => \$opt{no_plater},
         'gui-mode=s'            => \$opt{gui_mode},
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ if (!@ARGV && !$opt{save} && eval "require Slic3r::GUI; 1") {
         $Slic3r::GUI::datadir   = $opt{datadir};
         $Slic3r::GUI::no_plater = $opt{no_plater};
         $Slic3r::GUI::mode      = $opt{gui_mode};
+        $Slic3r::GUI::autosave  = $opt{autosave};
     }
     $gui = Slic3r::GUI->new;
     $gui->{skeinpanel}->load_config_file($_) for @{$opt{load}};
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@ $j
   GUI options:
     --no-plater         Disable the plater tab
     --gui-mode          Overrides the configured mode (simple/expert)
+    --autosave <file>   Automatically export current configuration to the specified file
 
   Output options:
     --output-filename-format