diff --git a/internal/cli/options/options.go b/internal/cli/options/options.go
index 53aad589..876bf2f2 100644
--- a/internal/cli/options/options.go
+++ b/internal/cli/options/options.go
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ type OutputOptions struct {
 	OutputFilePath string
 	OutputVersion  string
 	UseJSON        bool
+	DisableHTMLEscape bool
 }
 
 func (o *OutputOptions) RegisterFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ func (o *OutputOptions) RegisterFlags(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 	fs.StringVar(&o.OutputFilePath, "output", "-", "Output file path (or - for STDOUT)")
 	fs.StringVar(&o.OutputVersion, "output-version", cdx.SpecVersion1_6.String(),
 		fmt.Sprintf("Output spec verson (%s)", strings.Join(versionChoices, ", ")))
+	fs.BoolVar(&o.DisableHTMLEscape, "disable-html-escape", false, "Disable HTML escaping in JSON output")
 }
 
 func (o OutputOptions) Validate() error {
diff --git a/internal/cli/util/util.go b/internal/cli/util/util.go
index 76830866..333a13ad 100644
--- a/internal/cli/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/cli/util/util.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ func WriteBOM(bom *cdx.BOM, outputOptions options.OutputOptions) error {
 	encoder := cdx.NewBOMEncoder(outputWriter, outputFormat)
 	encoder.SetPretty(true)
 
+	if(outputOptions.DisableHTMLEscape) {
+		encoder.SetEscapeHTML(false)
+	}	
+
 	if err := encoder.EncodeVersion(bom, outputVersion); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to encode sbom: %w", err)
 	}