diff --git a/doc/source/developer-docs/inventory.rst b/doc/source/developer-docs/inventory.rst
index 0256507191..e1ed871b11 100644
--- a/doc/source/developer-docs/inventory.rst
+++ b/doc/source/developer-docs/inventory.rst
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ Use the host's name as an argument.
 
 ..  _`dynamic inventory functionality`: http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_dynamic_inventory.html
 
+Exporting Host Information
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Information on a per-host basis can be obtained with the ``--export/-e``
+parameter.
+
+This JSON output has two top-level keys: ``hosts`` and ``all``.
+
+``hosts`` contains a map of a host's name to its variable and group data.
+
+``all`` contains global network information such as the load balancer IPs and
+provider network metadata.
+
 The lxc_hosts Group
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/export-hosts-flag-9c9f170eb89798ea.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/export-hosts-flag-9c9f170eb89798ea.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b17951230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/export-hosts-flag-9c9f170eb89798ea.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - An export flag has been added to the ``inventory-manage.py`` script. This
+    flag allows exporting of host and network information from an
+    OpenStack-Ansible inventory for import into another system, or an
+    alternate view of the existing data. See the developer docs for more details.
diff --git a/scripts/manage_inventory.py b/scripts/manage_inventory.py
index 139fce129b..f46535a30a 100644
--- a/scripts/manage_inventory.py
+++ b/scripts/manage_inventory.py
@@ -143,6 +143,14 @@ def args():
         default=False
     )
 
+    exclusive_action.add_argument(
+        '-e',
+        '--export',
+        help='Export group and variable information per host in JSON.',
+        action='store_true',
+        default=False
+    )
+
     return vars(parser.parse_args())
 
 
@@ -296,6 +304,38 @@ def print_inventory(inventory, sort_key):
     return table
 
 
+def export_host_info(inventory):
+    """Pivot variable information to be a per-host dict
+
+    This command is meant for exporting an existing inventory's information.
+    The exported data re-arranges variable data so that the keys are the host,
+    and the values are hostvars and groups.
+
+    Two top level keys are present: 'hosts' and 'all'. 'hosts' is a dictonary
+    of the host information. 'all' represents global data, mostly the load
+    balancer and provider network values. It is taken from
+    inventory['all']['vars'].
+    """
+    export_info = {'hosts': {}}
+    host_info = export_info['hosts']
+
+    export_info['all'] = inventory['all']['vars']
+
+    for host, hostvars in inventory['_meta']['hostvars'].items():
+        host_info[host] = {}
+        host_info[host]['hostvars'] = hostvars
+
+    for group_name, group_info in inventory.items():
+        if group_name in ('_meta', 'all'):
+            continue
+        for host in group_info['hosts']:
+            if 'groups' not in host_info[host]:
+                host_info[host]['groups'] = []
+            host_info[host]['groups'].append(group_name)
+
+    return export_info
+
+
 def main():
     """Run the main application."""
     # Parse user args
@@ -318,6 +358,8 @@ def main():
     # Containers in the first column, groups for each container on the right
     elif user_args['list_containers'] is True:
         print(print_containers_per_group(inventory))
+    elif user_args['export'] is True:
+        print(json.dumps(export_host_info(inventory), indent=2))
     else:
         recursive_dict_removal(inventory, user_args['remove_item'])
         with open(environment_file, 'wb') as f_handle:
diff --git a/tests/test_manage.py b/tests/test_manage.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e23e22b62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_manage.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import os
+from os import path
+import sys
+import test_inventory
+import unittest
+
+MANAGE_DIR = path.join(os.getcwd(), 'scripts')
+
+sys.path.append(MANAGE_DIR)
+
+import manage_inventory as mi
+
+
+class TestExportFunction(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.inv = test_inventory.get_inventory()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        test_inventory.cleanup()
+
+    def test_host_is_present(self):
+        host_inv = mi.export_host_info(self.inv)['hosts']
+        self.assertIn('aio1', host_inv.keys())
+
+    def test_groups_added(self):
+        host_inv = mi.export_host_info(self.inv)['hosts']
+        self.assertIn('groups', host_inv['aio1'].keys())
+
+    def test_variables_added(self):
+        host_inv = mi.export_host_info(self.inv)['hosts']
+        self.assertIn('hostvars', host_inv['aio1'].keys())
+
+    def test_number_of_hosts(self):
+        host_inv = mi.export_host_info(self.inv)['hosts']
+
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.inv['_meta']['hostvars']),
+                         len(host_inv))
+
+    def test_all_information_added(self):
+        all_info = mi.export_host_info(self.inv)['all']
+        self.assertIn('provider_networks', all_info)
+
+    def test_all_lb_information(self):
+        all_info = mi.export_host_info(self.inv)['all']
+        inv_all = self.inv['all']['vars']
+        self.assertEqual(inv_all['internal_lb_vip_address'],
+                         all_info['internal_lb_vip_address'])
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 882acabd43..0aa390f1e8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ commands =
                      -e 'force_containers_destroy=yes' \
                      {toxinidir}/playbooks/setup-everything.yml
 
-
 [testenv:inventory]
 # Use a fixed seed since some inventory tests rely on specific ordering
 setenv =
@@ -150,6 +149,9 @@ commands =
     coverage erase
     coverage run {toxinidir}/tests/test_inventory.py
     coverage report --show-missing --include={toxinidir}/playbooks/inventory/*
+    coverage erase
+    coverage run {toxinidir}/tests/test_manage.py
+    coverage report --show-missing --include={toxinidir}/scripts/*
 
 
 [testenv:linters]