diff --git a/cmd/collector/main.go b/cmd/collector/main.go
index 79a64d0..c77840b 100644
--- a/cmd/collector/main.go
+++ b/cmd/collector/main.go
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ func newCommand() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 
+	// Add the new CLI parameter for output format
+	c.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&cfg.StorageConfig.OutputFormat, "output-format", "json", "Output format for the collected images [json, cyclonedx]")
+
 	// Run Configuration
 	c.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&cfg.Debug, "debug", false, "Set logging level to debug, default logging level is info")
 	c.Flags().StringSliceVarP(&cfg.RunConfig.ImageFilter, "image-filter", "s", []string{}, "Images to set the skip flag to true. Images as regex comma seperated without spaces. e.g. 'mock-service,mongo,openpolicyagent/opa,/istio/")
@@ -185,8 +188,19 @@ func run(cfg *config.Config) {
 	log.Debug().Interface("images", images).Msg("")
 	log.Info().Msg("Images collected & converted")
 
+	// Determine the marshalling function based on the output format
+	var marshalFunc func(interface{}) ([]byte, error)
+	switch cfg.StorageConfig.OutputFormat {
+	case "json":
+		marshalFunc = collector.JsonIndentMarshal
+	case "cyclonedx":
+		marshalFunc = collector.CycloneDXMarshal
+	default:
+		log.Fatal().Msg("Unsupported output format: " + cfg.StorageConfig.OutputFormat)
+	}
+
 	// Store images
-	err = collector.Store(images, storage, collector.JsonIndentMarshal)
+	err = collector.Store(images, storage, marshalFunc)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Stack().Err(err).Msg("Could not store collected images")
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dafe833..1b72300 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ require (
 
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go v0.9.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 // indirect
 	github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 089a9c0..8c65e4d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0 h1:AGCNq9Evsj31mOgNPcLyXc+4PNABt905YmuqPYYpBWk=
 dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uNxQE+84aUszobStD9th8a29P2fMDhsBdgRYvZOxGmk=
+github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go v0.9.2 h1:688QHn2X/5nRezKe2ueIVCt+NRqf7fl3AVQk+vaFcIo=
+github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go v0.9.2/go.mod h1:vcK6pKgO1WanCdd61qx4bFnSsDJQ6SbM2ZuMIgq86Jg=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.5.2/go.mod h1:WpS1mjBmmwHBEWmogvA2mj8546UReBk4v8QkMxJ6pZY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2 h1:F2VQgta7ecxGYO8k3ZZz3RS8fVIXVxONVUPlNERoyfY=
 github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2/go.mod h1:yd8OoFMLzJbo9gZq8j5qaps8bJ9aShtEA8Ipt1oGCvU=
diff --git a/internal/collector/collector.go b/internal/collector/collector.go
index 0cb82bd..79ce2a6 100644
--- a/internal/collector/collector.go
+++ b/internal/collector/collector.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package collector
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"maps"
 	"regexp"
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SDA-SE/image-metadata-collector/internal/pkg/kubeclient"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+
+	"github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go"
 )
 
 type AnnotationNames struct {
@@ -191,3 +195,52 @@ func Store(images *[]CollectorImage, storage io.Writer, jsonMarshal JsonMarshal)
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func CycloneDXMarshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+	images, ok := v.(*[]CollectorImage)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid type, expected *[]CollectorImage")
+	}
+
+	bom := cyclonedx.BOM{
+		BOMFormat:   "CycloneDX",
+		SpecVersion: cyclonedx.SpecVersion1_5,
+		Version:     1,
+		Components:  &[]cyclonedx.Component{},
+	}
+
+	for _, img := range *images {
+		component := cyclonedx.Component{
+			Type:       cyclonedx.ComponentTypeContainer,
+			Name:       img.Image,
+			Version:    img.AppKubernetesIoVersion,
+			PackageURL: img.ImageId,
+			Properties: &[]cyclonedx.Property{
+				{Name: "namespace", Value: img.Namespace},
+				{Name: "environment", Value: img.Environment},
+				{Name: "product", Value: img.Product},
+				{Name: "description", Value: img.Description},
+				{Name: "app_kubernetes_io_name", Value: img.AppKubernetesIoName},
+				{Name: "container_type", Value: img.ContainerType},
+				{Name: "team", Value: img.Team},
+				{Name: "slack", Value: img.Slack},
+				{Name: "email", Value: img.Email},
+				{Name: "is_scan_baseimage_lifetime", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanBaseimageLifetime)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_dependency_check", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanDependencyCheck)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_dependency_track", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanDependencyTrack)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_distroless", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanDistroless)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_lifetime", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanLifetime)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_malware", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanMalware)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_new_version", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanNewVersion)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_runasroot", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanRunAsRoot)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_potentially_running_as_root", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsPotentiallyRunningAsRoot)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_run_as_privileged", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsScanRunAsPrivileged)},
+				{Name: "is_scan_potentially_running_as_privileged", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%v", img.IsPotentiallyRunningAsPrivileged)},
+				{Name: "scan_lifetime_max_days", Value: fmt.Sprintf("%d", img.ScanLifetimeMaxDays)},
+			},
+		}
+		*bom.Components = append(*bom.Components, component)
+	}
+
+	return json.MarshalIndent(bom, "", "  ")
+}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/storage/storage.go b/internal/pkg/storage/storage.go
index 7833030..8f4cfc4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/storage/storage.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/storage/storage.go
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ type StorageConfig struct {
 	git.GitConfig
 	api.ApiConfig
 
-	StorageFlag string
-	FileName    string
+	StorageFlag  string
+	FileName     string
+	OutputFormat string
 }
 
 func NewStorage(cfg *StorageConfig, environment string) (io.Writer, error) {