diff --git a/src/auto.ts b/src/auto.ts
index cd44e58c..bf79c77a 100644
--- a/src/auto.ts
+++ b/src/auto.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ export class SequelizeAuto {
   }
 
   write(tableData: TableData) {
+    const write = this.options.write;
+    if (write) {
+      return write(tableData, this.options);
+    }
     const writer = new AutoWriter(tableData, this.options);
     return writer.write();
   }
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index cb3d52a0..313faf63 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ export interface AutoOptions {
   username?: string;
   /** Whether to export views (default false) */
   views?: boolean;
+  /** Write function to use instead of the default. */
+  write?: (tableData: TableData, options: AutoOptions) => Promise<void>;
   /** Primary Key Suffixes to trim (default "id") */
   pkSuffixes?: string[];
   /** Use `sequelize.define` instead of `init` for model initialization.  See issues #527, #559, #573 */
diff --git a/test/write.test.js b/test/write.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5308f30b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/write.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { describe, before, after, it } = require('mocha');
+const { expect } = require('chai');
+const { AutoRelater } = require('../lib/auto-relater');
+const { SequelizeAuto } = require('../lib/auto');
+const buildTableData = require('./tabledata').buildRelatedTableData;
+
+/** @type {string[]} */
+let written = [];
+
+/**
+ * @param {import("../src/types").TableData} tableData
+ * @param {import("../src/types").AutoOptions} options
+ * @returns {Promise<void>}
+ */
+function write(tableData, options) {
+  written = Object.keys(tableData.tables);
+  return Promise.resolve();
+}
+
+describe("sequelize-auto write", function() {
+  let td;
+  before(async function() {
+    td = buildTableData();
+    const options = {
+      // directory: './models',
+      additional: {},
+      dialect: 'mysql',
+      lang: 'ts',
+      caseModel: 'p',
+      caseFile: 'l',
+      caseProp: 'c',
+      singularize: false,
+      write,
+    }
+    // we've already done the build and relate steps, so we just need to write
+    let auto = new SequelizeAuto(null, null, null, options);
+    const tt = auto.generate(td);
+    td.text = tt;
+    await auto.write(td);
+    return td;
+  });
+
+  after(function() {
+  });
+
+  describe("should write the data", function() {
+    it("has written data", function() {
+      let has = written.length > 0;
+      expect(has).to.be.true;
+    });
+    it("has the models", function() {
+      const modelFiles = ['customer', 'order', 'order_item', 'other_tag', 'product', 'product_tag', 'related_product', 'supplier', 'tag'];
+      modelFiles.forEach(function(mf) {
+        let has = written.includes(mf);
+        expect(has).to.be.true;
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+
+});
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