diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs
index b71246db8..4317192f2 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.hs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ where
 
 import Data.Maybe (isJust)
 import Data.Text (Text)
+import Data.List (intercalate)
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ printmode = hledgerCommandMode
     "show all amounts explicitly"
   ,flagNone ["new"] (setboolopt "new")
     "show only newer-dated transactions added in each file since last run"
-  ,outputFormatFlag ["txt","csv","json"]
+  ,outputFormatFlag ["txt","csv","json","sql"]
   ,outputFileFlag
   ])
   [generalflagsgroup1]
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ printEntries opts@CliOpts{reportopts_=ropts} j = do
         "txt"  -> entriesReportAsText opts
         "csv"  -> (++"\n") . printCSV . entriesReportAsCsv
         "json" -> (++"\n") . TL.unpack . toJsonText
+        "sql"  -> entriesReportAsSql
         _      -> const $ error' $ unsupportedOutputFormatError fmt
   writeOutput opts $ render $ entriesReport ropts q j
 
@@ -125,6 +127,20 @@ originalPostingPreservingAccount p = (originalPosting p) { paccount = paccount p
 --       ]
 --  ]
 
+entriesReportAsSql :: EntriesReport -> String
+entriesReportAsSql txns =
+  "create table if not exists postings(id serial,txnidx int,date1 date,date2 date,status text,code text,description text,comment text,account text,amount numeric,commodity text,credit numeric,debit numeric,posting_status text,posting_comment text);\n"++
+  "insert into postings(txnidx,date1,date2,status,code,description,comment,account,amount,commodity,credit,debit,posting_status,posting_comment) values\n"++
+  (intercalate "," (map values csv))
+  ++";\n"
+  where
+    values vs = "(" ++ (intercalate "," $ map toSql vs) ++ ")\n"
+    toSql "" = "NULL"
+    toSql s  = "'" ++ (concatMap quoteChar s) ++ "'"
+    quoteChar '\'' = "''"
+    quoteChar c = [c]
+    csv = concatMap transactionToCSV txns
+
 entriesReportAsCsv :: EntriesReport -> CSV
 entriesReportAsCsv txns =
   ["txnidx","date","date2","status","code","description","comment","account","amount","commodity","credit","debit","posting-status","posting-comment"] :
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md
index 64d063814..beda530ce 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Print.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ This command also supports the
 [output destination](hledger.html#output-destination) and
 [output format](hledger.html#output-format) options
 The output formats supported are
-`txt`, `csv`, and (experimental) `json`.
+`txt`, `csv`, and (experimental) `json` and `sql`.
 
 Here's an example of print's CSV output:
 
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.m4.md b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
index 48761beeb..567bbe9f4 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.m4.md
+++ b/hledger/hledger.m4.md
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ $ hledger print -o -        # write to stdout (the default)
 
 Some commands (print, register, the balance commands) offer a choice of output format. 
 In addition to the usual plain text format (`txt`), there are
-CSV (`csv`), HTML (`html`) and JSON (`json`).
+CSV (`csv`), HTML (`html`), JSON (`json`) and SQL (`sql`).
 This is controlled by the `-O/--output-format` option:
 ```shell
 $ hledger print -O csv
@@ -819,6 +819,19 @@ Some notes about JSON output:
   find otherwise, please let us know. 
   (Cf [#1195](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/issues/1195))
 
+Notes about SQL output:
+
+- SQL output is also marked experimental, and much like JSON could use
+real-world feedback.
+
+- SQL output is expected to work with sqlite, MySQL and PostgreSQL
+
+- SQL output is structured with the expectations that statements will
+  be executed in the empty database. If you already have tables created
+  via SQL output of hledger, you would probably want to either clear tables
+  of existing data (via `delete` or `truncate` SQL statements) or drop
+  tables completely as otherwise your postings will be duped.
+
 ## Regular expressions
 
 hledger uses [regular expressions](http://www.regular-expressions.info) in a number of places: