diff --git a/octodns/cmds/dump.py b/octodns/cmds/dump.py
index 9f5e0aa..9927468 100755
--- a/octodns/cmds/dump.py
+++ b/octodns/cmds/dump.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('--lenient', action='store_true', default=False,
                         help='Ignore record validations and do a best effort '
                         'dump')
+    parser.add_argument('--split', action='store_true', default=False,
+                        help='Split the dumped zone into a YAML file per '
+                        'record')
     parser.add_argument('zone', help='Zone to dump')
     parser.add_argument('source', nargs='+',
                         help='Source(s) to pull data from')
@@ -28,7 +31,8 @@ def main():
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     manager = Manager(args.config_file)
-    manager.dump(args.zone, args.output_dir, args.lenient, *args.source)
+    manager.dump(args.zone, args.output_dir, args.lenient, args.split,
+                 *args.source)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/octodns/manager.py b/octodns/manager.py
index eade87a..4952315 100644
--- a/octodns/manager.py
+++ b/octodns/manager.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import logging
 
 from .provider.base import BaseProvider
 from .provider.plan import Plan
-from .provider.yaml import YamlProvider
+from .provider.yaml import SplitYamlProvider, YamlProvider
 from .record import Record
 from .yaml import safe_load
 from .zone import Zone
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ class Manager(object):
 
         return zb.changes(za, _AggregateTarget(a + b))
 
-    def dump(self, zone, output_dir, lenient, source, *sources):
+    def dump(self, zone, output_dir, lenient, split, source, *sources):
         '''
         Dump zone data from the specified source
         '''
@@ -372,7 +372,10 @@ class Manager(object):
         except KeyError as e:
             raise Exception('Unknown source: {}'.format(e.args[0]))
 
-        target = YamlProvider('dump', output_dir)
+        clz = YamlProvider
+        if split:
+            clz = SplitYamlProvider
+        target = clz('dump', output_dir)
 
         zone = Zone(zone, self.configured_sub_zones(zone))
         for source in sources: