diff --git a/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1 b/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1
index 888baa9e06..b1d0b149d6 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1
+++ b/src/chocolatey.resources/helpers/ChocolateyTabExpansion.ps1
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ $commandOptions = @{
     config    = "--name='' --value=''"
     feature   = "--name=''"
     apikey    = "--source='' --api-key='' --remove"
-    export    = "--include-version-numbers --output-file-path=''  --include-remembered-arguments"
+    export    = "--include-version-numbers --output-file-path=''  --include-remembered-arguments --exclude-pins"
     template  = "--name=''"
     cache     = "--expired"
 }
diff --git a/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommandSpecs.cs b/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommandSpecs.cs
index 4ad9881de7..73d49c0283 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommandSpecs.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommandSpecs.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ public void Should_add_include_remembered_arguments_to_the_option_set()
             {
                 _optionSet.Contains("include-remembered-arguments").Should().BeTrue();
             }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void Should_add_exclude_pins_to_the_option_set()
+            {
+                _optionSet.Contains("exclude-pins").Should().BeTrue();
+            }
         }
 
         public class When_handling_additional_argument_parsing : ChocolateyExportCommandSpecsBase
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommand.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommand.cs
index 8005d471c3..4b4cb5b32f 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommand.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyExportCommand.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ public void ConfigureArgumentParser(OptionSet optionSet, ChocolateyConfiguration
                 .Add("include-arguments|include-remembered-arguments",
                     "Include Remembered Arguments - controls whether or not remembered arguments for each package appear in generated file.  Defaults to false. Available in 2.3.0+",
                     option => configuration.ExportCommand.IncludeRememberedPackageArguments = option != null)
+                .Add("exclude-pins",
+                    "Exclude Pins - controls whether or not pins are included. Only applies if remembered arguments are exported. Defaults to false. Available in 2.4.0+",
+                    option => configuration.ExportCommand.ExcludePins = option != null)
                 ;
         }
 
@@ -108,6 +111,7 @@ choco export [<options/switches>]
     choco export
     choco export --include-version-numbers
     choco export --include-version-numbers --include-remembered-arguments
+    choco export --include-remembered-arguments --exclude-pins
     choco export ""'c:\temp\packages.config'""
     choco export ""'c:\temp\packages.config'"" --include-version-numbers
     choco export -o=""'c:\temp\packages.config'""
@@ -145,7 +149,12 @@ public bool MayRequireAdminAccess()
 
         public void DryRun(ChocolateyConfiguration configuration)
         {
-            this.Log().Info("Export would have been with options: {0} Output File Path={1}{0} Include Version Numbers:{2}{0} Include Remembered Arguments: {3}".FormatWith(Environment.NewLine, configuration.ExportCommand.OutputFilePath, configuration.ExportCommand.IncludeVersionNumbers, configuration.ExportCommand.IncludeRememberedPackageArguments));
+            this.Log().Info("Export would have been with options: {0} Output File Path={1}{0} Include Version Numbers:{2}{0} Include Remembered Arguments: {3}{0}  Exclude Pins: {4}".FormatWith(
+                Environment.NewLine,
+                configuration.ExportCommand.OutputFilePath,
+                configuration.ExportCommand.IncludeVersionNumbers,
+                configuration.ExportCommand.IncludeRememberedPackageArguments,
+                configuration.ExportCommand.ExcludePins));
         }
 
         public void Run(ChocolateyConfiguration configuration)
@@ -207,6 +216,11 @@ public void Run(ChocolateyConfiguration configuration)
                                     // if (configuration.Features.FailOnStandardError) packageElement.FailOnStderr = true;
                                     // if (!configuration.Features.UsePowerShellHost) packageElement.UseSystemPowershell = true;
 
+                                    if (!configuration.ExportCommand.ExcludePins && pkgInfo.IsPinned)
+                                    {
+                                        xw.WriteAttributeString("pinPackage", "true");
+                                    }
+
                                     // Make sure to reset the configuration so as to be able to parse the next set of remembered arguments
                                     configuration.RevertChanges();
                                 }
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index 39415dc39b..df0eec7a36 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ public sealed class ExportCommandConfiguration
     {
         public bool IncludeVersionNumbers { get; set; }
         public bool IncludeRememberedPackageArguments { get; set; }
+        public bool ExcludePins { get; set; }
 
         public string OutputFilePath { get; set; }
     }