diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/Exporter.java b/src/main/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/Exporter.java
index ca3e9f8852..5699bbbef6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/Exporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/Exporter.java
@@ -236,6 +236,15 @@ private static boolean exportRecord(Person person, String fileTag, long stopTime
           String entryJson = parser.encodeResourceToString(entry.getResource());
           appendToFile(outFilePath, entryJson);
         }
+      // } else if (Config.getAsBoolean("exporter.fhir.personal_data")) {
+      //   org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Bundle bundle = FhirR4.convertToFHIR(person, stopTime);
+      //   IParser parser = FhirR4.getContext().newJsonParser().setPrettyPrint(false);
+      //   for (org.hl7.fhir.r4.model.Bundle.BundleEntryComponent entry : bundle.getEntry()) {
+      //     String filename = entry.getResource().getResourceType().toString() + ".ndjson";
+      //     Path outFilePath = outDirectory.toPath().resolve(filename);
+      //     String entryJson = parser.encodeResourceToString(entry.getResource());
+      //     appendToFile(outFilePath, entryJson);
+      //   }
       } else {
         String bundleJson = FhirR4.convertToFHIRJson(person, stopTime);
         Path outFilePath = outDirectory.toPath().resolve(filename(person, fileTag, "json"));
@@ -255,6 +264,15 @@ private static boolean exportRecord(Person person, String fileTag, long stopTime
       Path outFilePath = outDirectory.toPath().resolve(filename(person, fileTag, "json"));
       writeNewFile(outFilePath, json);
     }
+
+    if (Config.getAsBoolean("exporter.ndjson.export")) {
+      String ndjson = JSONExporter.export(person);
+      File outDirectory = getOutputFolder("ndjson", person);
+      Path outFilePath = outDirectory.toPath().resolve(filename(person, fileTag, "ndjson"));
+      writeNewFile(outFilePath, ndjson);
+    }
+
+
     if (Config.getAsBoolean("exporter.csv.export")) {
       try {
         CSVExporter.getInstance().export(person, stopTime);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/synthea.properties b/src/main/resources/synthea.properties
index 843845d50a..dfbecad1de 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/synthea.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/synthea.properties
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ exporter.fhir.us_core_version = 5.0.1
 exporter.fhir.transaction_bundle = true
 # using bulk_data=true will ignore exporter.pretty_print
 exporter.fhir.bulk_data = false
+exporter.fhir.personal_data = true
 # included_ and excluded_resources list out the resource types to include/exclude in the csv exporters.
 # only one of these may be set at a time, if both are set then both will be ignored.
 # if neither is set, then all resource types will be included.
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ exporter.practitioner.fhir_dstu2.export = false
 exporter.encoding = UTF-8
 exporter.json.export = false
 exporter.json.include_module_history = false
+exporter.ndjson.export = false
 exporter.csv.export = false
 # if exporter.csv.append_mode = true, then each run will add new data to any existing CSVs. if false, each run will clear out the files and start fresh
 exporter.csv.append_mode = false
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/TestHelper.java b/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/TestHelper.java
index 6ef564a990..fe88c01342 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/TestHelper.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/TestHelper.java
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ public static void exportOff() {
     Config.set("exporter.practitioner.fhir_stu3.export", "false");
     Config.set("exporter.practitioner.fhir_dstu2.export", "false");
     Config.set("exporter.json.export", "false");
+    Config.set("exporter.ndjson.export", "false");
     Config.set("exporter.csv.export", "false");
     Config.set("exporter.cpcds.export", "false");
     Config.set("exporter.bfd.export", "false");
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/JSONExporterTest.java b/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/JSONExporterTest.java
index 2d8f778649..dbec2f859f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/JSONExporterTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/export/JSONExporterTest.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public void export() throws Exception {
       List<String> validationErrors = new ArrayList<>();
       TestHelper.exportOff();
       Config.set("exporter.json.export", "true");
+      Config.set("exporter.ndjson.export", "true");
       boolean moduleExport = person.randBoolean();
       Config.set("exporter.json.include_module_history", String.valueOf(moduleExport));
       String personJson = JSONExporter.export(person);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/identity/EntityManagerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/identity/EntityManagerTest.java
index db22b27e4b..553d7f0f77 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/identity/EntityManagerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mitre/synthea/identity/EntityManagerTest.java
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public void endToEnd() throws Exception {
     TestHelper.exportOff();
     Config.set("exporter.fhir.export", "true");
     Config.set("exporter.json.export", "true");
+    Config.set("exporter.ndjson.export", "true");
     Generator.DEFAULT_STATE = "North Carolina";
     Path baseDirectory = tempFolder.newFolder().toPath();
     Config.set("exporter.baseDirectory", baseDirectory.toString());