diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5460eef..1f942b43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 - Improve clock performance
 - Make install.sh args more flexible
 - Improve Windows detection allowing parallel tests on Git Bash, MSYS and Cygwin
+- Enable chain asserts standalone assertions
 
 ## [0.20.0](https://github.com/TypedDevs/bashunit/compare/0.19.1...0.20.0) - 2025-06-01
 
diff --git a/bashunit b/bashunit
index d06795f8..19aaf539 100755
--- a/bashunit
+++ b/bashunit
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ source "$BASHUNIT_ROOT_DIR/src/main.sh"
 _ASSERT_FN=""
 _FILTER=""
 _RAW_ARGS=()
+_ASSERT_FNS=()
+_ASSERT_ARGS_LIST=()
+_CURRENT_ASSERT_ARGS=()
+_ASSERT_COUNT=0
+_CURRENT_ASSERT_FN=""
 _ARGS=()
 _BENCH_MODE=false
 
@@ -40,12 +45,19 @@ check_os::init
 clock::init
 
 # Argument parsing
-while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-  case "$1" in
-    -a|--assert)
-      _ASSERT_FN="$2"
-      shift
-      ;;
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    case "$1" in
+      -a|--assert)
+        if [[ -n "$_CURRENT_ASSERT_FN" ]]; then
+          _ASSERT_FNS+=("$_CURRENT_ASSERT_FN")
+          joined="$(printf '%s\n' "${_CURRENT_ASSERT_ARGS[@]}")"
+          _ASSERT_ARGS_LIST+=("$joined")
+          _ASSERT_COUNT=$(( _ASSERT_COUNT + 1 ))
+          _CURRENT_ASSERT_ARGS=()
+        fi
+        _CURRENT_ASSERT_FN="$2"
+        shift
+        ;;
     -f|--filter)
       _FILTER="$2"
       shift
@@ -106,11 +118,20 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
       trap '' EXIT && exit 0
       ;;
     *)
-      _RAW_ARGS+=("$1")
+      if [[ -n "$_CURRENT_ASSERT_FN" ]]; then
+        _CURRENT_ASSERT_ARGS+=("$1")
+      else
+        _RAW_ARGS+=("$1")
+      fi
       ;;
   esac
   shift
 done
+if [[ -n "$_CURRENT_ASSERT_FN" ]]; then
+  _ASSERT_FNS+=("$_CURRENT_ASSERT_FN")
+  joined="$(printf '%s\n' "${_CURRENT_ASSERT_ARGS[@]}")"
+  _ASSERT_ARGS_LIST+=("$joined")
+fi
 
 # Expand positional arguments after all options have been processed
 if [[ ${#_RAW_ARGS[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
@@ -132,8 +153,16 @@ set +eu
 #################
 # Main execution
 #################
-if [[ -n "$_ASSERT_FN" ]]; then
-  main::exec_assert "$_ASSERT_FN" "${_ARGS[@]}"
+if [[ ${#_ASSERT_FNS[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+  if [[ ${#_ASSERT_FNS[@]} -eq 1 ]]; then
+    args=()
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+      args+=("$line")
+    done <<< "${_ASSERT_ARGS_LIST[0]}"
+    main::exec_assert "${_ASSERT_FNS[0]}" "${args[@]}"
+  else
+    main::exec_assert_chain
+  fi
 elif [[ "$_BENCH_MODE" == true ]]; then
   main::exec_benchmarks "$_FILTER" "${_ARGS[@]}"
 else
diff --git a/docs/assertions.md b/docs/assertions.md
index a9cdcdd9..74ffd376 100644
--- a/docs/assertions.md
+++ b/docs/assertions.md
@@ -366,6 +366,13 @@ function test_failure() {
 ```
 :::
 
+You can chain another assertion to inspect the generated output when using
+`assert_exit_code` standalone with the `-a` option:
+
+```bash
+bashunit -a exit_code "1" "my_program" -a contains "error"
+```
+
 ## assert_array_contains
 > `assert_array_contains "needle" "haystack"`
 
diff --git a/docs/standalone.md b/docs/standalone.md
index 16f80791..c2498225 100644
--- a/docs/standalone.md
+++ b/docs/standalone.md
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ OUTPUT=$(./bashunit -a exit_code "1" "$PHPSTAN_PATH analyze \
 ```
 :::
 
+You can also chain assertions directly using multiple `-a` flags.
+The output from `exit_code` will be passed as the last argument of the next assertion:
+
+::: code-group
+```bash [Example]
+./bashunit -a exit_code "1" "my_program" -a contains "some error"
+```
+```[Output]
+# No output
+```
+:::
+
 ### Full control over the stdout and stderr
 
 The stdout will be used for the callable result, while bashunit output will be on stderr.
diff --git a/src/main.sh b/src/main.sh
index 2955b075..e0c146ab 100644
--- a/src/main.sh
+++ b/src/main.sh
@@ -164,6 +164,28 @@ function main::exec_assert() {
   return "$bashunit_exit_code"
 }
 
+function main::exec_assert_chain() {
+  local output=""
+  local exit_code=0
+
+  for idx in "${!_ASSERT_FNS[@]}"; do
+    local fn="${_ASSERT_FNS[$idx]}"
+    args=()
+    while IFS= read -r line; do
+      args+=("$line")
+    done <<< "${_ASSERT_ARGS_LIST[$idx]}"
+    if [[ $idx -gt 0 ]]; then
+      args+=("$output")
+    fi
+    state::initialize_assertions_count
+    output=$(main::exec_assert "$fn" "${args[@]}")
+    exit_code=$?
+  done
+
+  [[ -n "$output" ]] && echo "$output"
+  return "$exit_code"
+}
+
 function main::handle_assert_exit_code() {
   local cmd="$1"
   local output
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/bashunit_direct_fn_call_test.sh b/tests/acceptance/bashunit_direct_fn_call_test.sh
index 2d2549d2..8924bc9e 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/bashunit_direct_fn_call_test.sh
+++ b/tests/acceptance/bashunit_direct_fn_call_test.sh
@@ -138,3 +138,8 @@ function test_bashunit_assert_exit_code_str_successful_and_exit_code_ok() {
   assert_same "something to stdout" "$output"
   assert_empty "$(cat "$temp")"
 }
+
+function test_bashunit_assert_exit_code_and_contains_chained() {
+  ./bashunit -a exit_code "1" "bash -c 'echo some error; exit 1'" -a contains "some error"
+  assert_successful_code
+}