diff --git a/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.cpp b/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.cpp
index 893dd4717..3c422755f 100644
--- a/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ namespace storm {
             const std::string GeneralSettings::precisionOptionName = "precision";
             const std::string GeneralSettings::precisionOptionShortName = "eps";
             const std::string GeneralSettings::exportDotOptionName = "exportdot";
+            const std::string GeneralSettings::exportMatOptionName = "exportmat";
             const std::string GeneralSettings::configOptionName = "config";
             const std::string GeneralSettings::configOptionShortName = "c";
             const std::string GeneralSettings::explicitOptionName = "explicit";
@@ -70,6 +71,8 @@ namespace storm {
                                 .addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createDoubleArgument("value", "The precision to use.").setDefaultValueDouble(1e-06).addValidationFunctionDouble(storm::settings::ArgumentValidators::doubleRangeValidatorExcluding(0.0, 1.0)).build()).build());
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, exportDotOptionName, "", "If given, the loaded model will be written to the specified file in the dot format.")
                                 .addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createStringArgument("filename", "The name of the file to which the model is to be written.").build()).build());
+                this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, exportMatOptionName, "", "If given, the loaded model will be written to the specified file in the mat format.")
+                                .addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createStringArgument("filename", "the name of the file to which the model is to be writen.").build()).build());
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, configOptionName, false, "If given, this file will be read and parsed for additional configuration settings.").setShortName(configOptionShortName)
                                 .addArgument(storm::settings::ArgumentBuilder::createStringArgument("filename", "The name of the file from which to read the configuration.").addValidationFunctionString(storm::settings::ArgumentValidators::existingReadableFileValidator()).build()).build());
                 this->addOption(storm::settings::OptionBuilder(moduleName, explicitOptionName, false, "Parses the model given in an explicit (sparse) representation.").setShortName(explicitOptionShortName)
diff --git a/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.h b/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.h
index 1c7abdc98..3d36877fa 100644
--- a/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.h
+++ b/src/settings/modules/GeneralSettings.h
@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ namespace storm {
                 static const std::string precisionOptionName;
                 static const std::string precisionOptionShortName;
                 static const std::string exportDotOptionName;
+                static const std::string exportMatOptionName;
                 static const std::string configOptionName;
                 static const std::string configOptionShortName;
                 static const std::string explicitOptionName;
diff --git a/src/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp b/src/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
index 6850eee09..93010b53e 100644
--- a/src/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
+++ b/src/storage/SparseMatrix.cpp
@@ -1180,6 +1180,31 @@ namespace storm {
             return out;
         }
         
+        template<typename ValueType>
+        void SparseMatrix<ValueType>::printAsMatlabMatrix(std::ostream& out) const {
+            // Iterate over all row groups.
+            for (typename SparseMatrix<ValueType>::index_type group = 0; group < this->getRowGroupCount(); ++group) {
+                assert(this->getRowGroupSize(group) == 1);
+                for (typename SparseMatrix<ValueType>::index_type i = this->getRowGroupIndices()[group]; i < this->getRowGroupIndices()[group + 1]; ++i) {
+                    typename SparseMatrix<ValueType>::index_type nextIndex = this->rowIndications[i];
+
+                    // Print the actual row.
+                    out << i << "\t(";
+                    typename SparseMatrix<ValueType>::index_type currentRealIndex = 0;
+                    while (currentRealIndex < this->columnCount) {
+                        if (nextIndex < this->rowIndications[i + 1] && currentRealIndex == this->columnsAndValues[nextIndex].getColumn()) {
+                            out << this->columnsAndValues[nextIndex].getValue() << " ";
+                            ++nextIndex;
+                        } else {
+                            out << "0 ";
+                        }
+                        ++currentRealIndex;
+                    }
+                    out << ";" << std::endl;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        
         template<typename ValueType>
         std::size_t SparseMatrix<ValueType>::hash() const {
             std::size_t result = 0;
diff --git a/src/storage/SparseMatrix.h b/src/storage/SparseMatrix.h
index c31e0b344..7cc81fdb5 100644
--- a/src/storage/SparseMatrix.h
+++ b/src/storage/SparseMatrix.h
@@ -761,7 +761,15 @@ namespace storm {
             
             template<typename TPrime>
             friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, SparseMatrix<TPrime> const& matrix);
-            
+
+            /*!
+             * Prints the matrix in a dense format, as also used by e.g. Matlab.
+             * Notice that the format does not support multiple rows in a rowgroup.
+             *
+             * @out The stream to output to.
+             */
+            void printAsMatlabMatrix(std::ostream& out) const;
+
             /*!
              * Returns the size of the matrix in memory measured in bytes.
              *
diff --git a/src/utility/storm.h b/src/utility/storm.h
index be76720fe..b53647522 100644
--- a/src/utility/storm.h
+++ b/src/utility/storm.h
@@ -315,7 +315,15 @@ namespace storm {
         }
         return result;
     }
-            
+
+    template<typename ValueType>
+    void exportMatrixToFile(std::shared_ptr<storm::models::sparse::Model<ValueType>> model, std::string const& filepath) {
+        STORM_LOG_THROW(model->getType() != storm::models::ModelType::Ctmc, storm::exceptions::NotImplementedException, "This functionality is not yet implemented." );
+        std::ofstream ofs;
+        ofs.open (filepath, std::ofstream::out);
+        model->getTransitionMatrix().printAsMatlabMatrix(ofs);
+        ofs.close();
+    }
         
 }