diff --git a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Commands/LangJsCommand.php b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Commands/LangJsCommand.php
index b98111c..7d6e3b4 100644
--- a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Commands/LangJsCommand.php
+++ b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Commands/LangJsCommand.php
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public function handle()
         $options = [
             'compress' => $this->option('compress'),
             'json' => $this->option('json'),
-            'no-lib' => $this->option('no-lib'),
+            'no-lib' => $this->option('no-lib') || $this->option('module'),
+            'module' => $this->option('module'),
             'source' => $this->option('source'),
             'no-sort' => $this->option('no-sort'),
         ];
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ protected function getOptions()
         return [
             ['compress', 'c', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Compress the JavaScript file.', null],
             ['no-lib', 'nl', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Do not include the lang.js library.', null],
+            ['module', 'm', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Output as ES module instead of commonjs, implies --no-lib', null],
             ['json', 'j', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Only output the messages json.', null],
             ['source', 's', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Specifying a custom source folder', null],
             ['no-sort', 'ns', InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'Do not sort the messages', null],
diff --git a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php
index 8e2a945..dc06268 100644
--- a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php
+++ b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/LangJsGenerator.php
@@ -74,7 +74,11 @@ public function generate($target, $options)
         $this->prepareTarget($target);
 
         if ($options['no-lib']) {
-            $template = $this->file->get(__DIR__.'/Templates/messages.js');
+            if ($options['module']) {
+                $template = $this->file->get(__DIR__.'/Templates/messages.mjs');
+            } else {
+                $template = $this->file->get(__DIR__.'/Templates/messages.cjs');
+            }
         } else if ($options['json']) {
             $template = $this->file->get(__DIR__.'/Templates/messages.json');
         } else {
diff --git a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.js b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.js
rename to src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.cjs
diff --git a/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.mjs b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27c6e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export default '{ messages }';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/specs/LangJsCommandTest.php b/tests/specs/LangJsCommandTest.php
index 4465677..f9559f9 100644
--- a/tests/specs/LangJsCommandTest.php
+++ b/tests/specs/LangJsCommandTest.php
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ public function testShouldIgnoreDefaultOutputPathFromConfigIfTargetArgumentExist
      * */
     public function testShouldTemplateMessagesHasHandlebars()
     {
-        $template = "$this->rootPath/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.js";
+        $template = "$this->rootPath/src/Mariuzzo/LaravelJsLocalization/Generators/Templates/messages.cjs";
         $this->assertFileExists($template);
 
         $contents = file_get_contents($template);
@@ -281,6 +281,27 @@ public function testShouldOnlyMessageExported()
         $this->cleanupOutputDirectory();
     }
 
+    /*
+     * test command with option --module
+     * */
+    public function testEsModuleOutputExported()
+    {
+        $generator = new LangJsGenerator(new File(), $this->langPath);
+        $command   = new LangJsCommand($generator);
+        $command->setLaravel($this->app);
+
+        $code = $this->runCommand($command, ['target' => $this->outputFilePath, '--module' => true]);
+        $this->assertRunsWithSuccess($code);
+        $this->assertFileExists($this->outputFilePath);
+
+        $contents = file_get_contents($this->outputFilePath);
+        $this->_assertStringContainsString('export default', $contents);
+
+        $this->assertNotEmpty($contents);
+        $this->assertHasNotHandlebars('messages', $contents);
+        $this->cleanupOutputDirectory();
+    }
+
     /*
      * test command with option --json
      * */