diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 493796d..e7fc4f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5ca11d4be1bab0c8bc8734a9aa7bf4ee8316d462a08c6ac5052f888fef5b494b"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f0699d10d2f4d628a98ee7b57b289abbc98ff3bad977cb3152709d4bf2330628"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -71,6 +77,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.4.1"
@@ -104,6 +116,12 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cfg_aliases"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "613afe47fcd5fac7ccf1db93babcb082c5994d996f20b8b159f2ad1658eb5724"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "chrono"
 version = "0.4.31"
@@ -115,7 +133,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -174,7 +192,7 @@ checksum = "2674ec482fbc38012cf31e6c42ba0177b431a0cb6f15fe40efa5aab1bda516f6"
 dependencies = [
  "is-terminal",
  "lazy_static",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -183,6 +201,15 @@ version = "0.8.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e496a50fda8aacccc86d7529e2c1e0892dbd0f898a6b5645b5561b89c3210efa"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "deranged"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -200,12 +227,12 @@ checksum = "5443807d6dff69373d433ab9ef5378ad8df50ca6298caf15de6e52e24aaf54d5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "errno"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ac3e13f66a2f95e32a39eaa81f6b95d42878ca0e1db0c7543723dfe12557e860"
+checksum = "534c5cf6194dfab3db3242765c03bbe257cf92f22b38f6bc0c58d59108a820ba"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -223,6 +250,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "filetime"
+version = "0.2.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1ee447700ac8aa0b2f2bd7bc4462ad686ba06baa6727ac149a2d6277f0d240fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f54427cfd1c7829e2a139fcefea601bf088ebca651d2bf53ebc600eac295dae"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.2"
@@ -282,7 +331,7 @@ checksum = "cb0889898416213fab133e1d33a0e5858a48177452750691bde3666d0fdbaf8b"
 dependencies = [
  "hermit-abi",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -308,15 +357,15 @@ checksum = "e2abad23fbc42b3700f2f279844dc832adb2b2eb069b2df918f455c4e18cc646"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.149"
+version = "0.2.155"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
+checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linux-raw-sys"
-version = "0.4.10"
+version = "0.4.14"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "da2479e8c062e40bf0066ffa0bc823de0a9368974af99c9f6df941d2c231e03f"
+checksum = "78b3ae25bc7c8c38cec158d1f2757ee79e9b3740fbc7ccf0e59e4b08d793fa89"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
@@ -334,14 +383,38 @@ dependencies = [
  "colored",
  "exitcode",
  "filesize",
+ "flate2",
  "log",
+ "nix",
  "serde",
  "serde_yaml",
  "sys-info",
+ "tar",
  "time",
  "walkdir",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.7.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b8a240ddb74feaf34a79a7add65a741f3167852fba007066dcac1ca548d89c08"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.29.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "71e2746dc3a24dd78b3cfcb7be93368c6de9963d30f43a6a73998a9cf4b17b46"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "cfg_aliases",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -381,17 +454,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "0.38.20"
+version = "0.38.34"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67ce50cb2e16c2903e30d1cbccfd8387a74b9d4c938b6a4c5ec6cc7556f7a8a0"
+checksum = "70dc5ec042f7a43c4a73241207cecc9873a06d45debb38b329f8541d85c2730f"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -469,6 +551,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tar"
+version = "0.4.41"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb797dad5fb5b76fcf519e702f4a589483b5ef06567f160c392832c1f5e44909"
+dependencies = [
+ "filetime",
+ "libc",
+ "xattr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -627,7 +720,7 @@ version = "0.51.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1f8cf84f35d2db49a46868f947758c7a1138116f7fac3bc844f43ade1292e64"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -636,7 +729,16 @@ version = "0.48.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "677d2418bec65e3338edb076e806bc1ec15693c5d0104683f2efe857f61056a9"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-targets",
+ "windows-targets 0.48.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "282be5f36a8ce781fad8c8ae18fa3f9beff57ec1b52cb3de0789201425d9a33d"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -645,13 +747,29 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a2fa6e2155d7247be68c096456083145c183cbbbc2764150dda45a87197940c"
 dependencies = [
- "windows_aarch64_gnullvm",
- "windows_aarch64_msvc",
- "windows_i686_gnu",
- "windows_i686_msvc",
- "windows_x86_64_gnu",
- "windows_x86_64_gnullvm",
- "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.48.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.48.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-targets"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f0713a46559409d202e70e28227288446bf7841d3211583a4b53e3f6d96e7eb"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_i686_gnullvm",
+ "windows_i686_msvc 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnullvm 0.52.5",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.52.5",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -660,38 +778,97 @@ version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b38e32f0abccf9987a4e3079dfb67dcd799fb61361e53e2882c3cbaf0d905d8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7088eed71e8b8dda258ecc8bac5fb1153c5cffaf2578fc8ff5d61e23578d3263"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dc35310971f3b2dbbf3f0690a219f40e2d9afcf64f9ab7cc1be722937c26b4bc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9985fd1504e250c615ca5f281c3f7a6da76213ebd5ccc9561496568a2752afb6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_gnu"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a75915e7def60c94dcef72200b9a8e58e5091744960da64ec734a6c6e9b3743e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "88ba073cf16d5372720ec942a8ccbf61626074c6d4dd2e745299726ce8b89670"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "87f4261229030a858f36b459e748ae97545d6f1ec60e5e0d6a3d32e0dc232ee9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_i686_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f55c233f70c4b27f66c523580f78f1004e8b5a8b659e05a4eb49d4166cca406"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "db3c2bf3d13d5b658be73463284eaf12830ac9a26a90c717b7f771dfe97487bf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "53d40abd2583d23e4718fddf1ebec84dbff8381c07cae67ff7768bbf19c6718e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4e4246f76bdeff09eb48875a0fd3e2af6aada79d409d33011886d3e1581517d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0b7b52767868a23d5bab768e390dc5f5c55825b6d30b86c844ff2dc7414044cc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnullvm"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "852298e482cd67c356ddd9570386e2862b5673c85bd5f88df9ab6802b334c596"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
 version = "0.48.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "ed94fce61571a4006852b7389a063ab983c02eb1bb37b47f8272ce92d06d9538"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.52.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bec47e5bfd1bff0eeaf6d8b485cc1074891a197ab4225d504cb7a1ab88b02bf0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "xattr"
+version = "1.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8da84f1a25939b27f6820d92aed108f83ff920fdf11a7b19366c27c4cda81d4f"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "rustix",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4027db2..d9726ee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ clap = { version = "4.3.24", features = [
 colored = "2.0.4"
 exitcode = "1.1.2"
 filesize = "0.2.0"
+flate2 = "1.0.30"
 log = "0.4.20"
+nix = "0.29.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.188", features = ["derive", "alloc"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.25"
 sys-info = "0.9.1"
+tar = "0.4.41"
 time = "0.3.28"
 walkdir = "2.4.0"
 
diff --git a/src/clidef.rs b/src/clidef.rs
index caf09c1..28e15b2 100644
--- a/src/clidef.rs
+++ b/src/clidef.rs
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ pub fn cli(version: &'static str) -> Command {
                 .required_unless_present_any(["help", "version"])
                 .help("Root filesystem, e.g. mountpoint of an image")
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::new("copy")
+                .short('c')
+                .long("copy")
+                .help("Collect all library dependencies of a target executable,\nand copy everything to a specified directory.")
+        )
 
         // Filters
         .next_help_heading("Filters")
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b523a2a..0b61f48 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ fn get_profile(mut cli: Command, params: &ArgMatches) -> Profile {
 
 /// Main
 fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+    let default_empty = String::from("");
     let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
     let mut cli = clidef::cli(VERSION);
 
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
         .set_profile(get_profile(cli, &params))
         .set_dry_run(params.get_flag("dry-run"))
         .set_autodeps(params.get_one::<String>("autodeps").unwrap().to_string())
+        .copy_to(params.get_one::<String>("copy").unwrap_or_else(|| &default_empty))?
         .start()
     {
         log::error!("{}", err);
diff --git a/src/procdata.rs b/src/procdata.rs
index ba71583..06bbc73 100644
--- a/src/procdata.rs
+++ b/src/procdata.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+use chrono::Local;
+use flate2::{write::GzEncoder, Compression};
+use log::{info, warn};
+use tar::Builder;
+
 use crate::{
     filters::{dirs::PathsDataFilter, intf::DataFilter, resources::ResourcesDataFilter, texts::TextDataFilter},
     profile::Profile,
@@ -5,11 +10,12 @@ use crate::{
     scanner::{binlib::ElfScanner, debpkg::DebPackageScanner, dlst::ContentFormatter, general::Scanner},
     shcall::ShellScript,
 };
-use std::fs::{self, canonicalize, remove_file, DirEntry, File};
+use core::arch;
 use std::{
     collections::HashSet,
-    io::Error,
-    os::unix,
+    fs::{self, canonicalize, remove_file, DirEntry, File},
+    io::{Error, ErrorKind},
+    os::{fd::AsRawFd, unix},
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
 };
 
@@ -29,6 +35,7 @@ pub struct TintProcessor {
     dry_run: bool,
     autodeps: Autodeps,
     lockfile: PathBuf,
+    copy_to: Option<PathBuf>, // do not erase unneeded, but instead extract content into an archive
 }
 
 impl TintProcessor {
@@ -39,6 +46,7 @@ impl TintProcessor {
             dry_run: true,
             autodeps: Autodeps::Free,
             lockfile: PathBuf::from("/.tinted.lock"),
+            copy_to: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -66,8 +74,28 @@ impl TintProcessor {
         self
     }
 
+    // Set a path of an archive where to copy all the content,
+    // instead of erasing everything else from the given rootfs
+    pub fn copy_to(&mut self, dst: &str) -> Result<&mut Self, Error> {
+        if dst.is_empty() {
+            // Quietly bail-out
+            return Ok(self);
+        }
+
+        let mut p = PathBuf::from(dst);
+        if p.is_dir() {
+            return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::InvalidData, format!("{:?} is a directory", p)));
+        } else if p.exists() {
+            return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::AlreadyExists, format!("File {:?} already exists", p)));
+        }
+
+        self.copy_to = Some(p);
+
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+
     // Chroot to the mount point
-    fn switch_root(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    fn switch_root(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         unix::fs::chroot(self.root.to_str().unwrap())?;
         std::env::set_current_dir("/")?;
 
@@ -126,6 +154,37 @@ impl TintProcessor {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    /// Archive paths that needs to be preserved
+    fn into_archive(&self, paths: &Vec<PathBuf>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        let tmpdir = PathBuf::from(format!(
+            "/tmp/{}-{}",
+            self.copy_to.as_ref().unwrap().file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap_or_default(),
+            Local::now().format("%Y%m%d%H%M%S").to_string()
+        ));
+
+        for src in paths {
+            let dst = tmpdir.join(src.strip_prefix("/").unwrap());
+            if !dst.parent().unwrap().exists() {
+                fs::create_dir_all(dst.parent().unwrap())?;
+            }
+
+            fs::copy(&src, &dst)?;
+            info!("Archiving {:?}", src);
+        }
+
+        // targz the content
+        let archname = format!("{}.tar.gz", tmpdir.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap());
+        let mut builder = Builder::new(GzEncoder::new(File::create(&archname)?, Compression::best()));
+        builder.append_dir_all(self.copy_to.to_owned().unwrap().file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap(), &tmpdir)?;
+        builder.into_inner()?.finish()?;
+
+        // Cleanup
+        fs::remove_dir_all(tmpdir)?;
+        info!("Package archive has been created at {:?}", self.root.join(archname.trim_start_matches("/")));
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     fn ext_path(p: HashSet<PathBuf>, mut np: HashSet<PathBuf>) -> HashSet<PathBuf> {
         for tgt in p.iter() {
             if tgt.is_symlink() {
@@ -161,12 +220,12 @@ impl TintProcessor {
     }
 
     // Start tint processor
-    pub fn start(&self) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    pub fn start(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.switch_root()?;
 
         // Bail-out if the image is already processed
         if self.lockfile.exists() {
-            return Err(Error::new(std::io::ErrorKind::AlreadyExists, "This container seems already tinted."));
+            return Err(Error::new(ErrorKind::AlreadyExists, "This container seems already tinted."));
         }
 
         // Run pre-hook, if any
@@ -255,11 +314,16 @@ impl TintProcessor {
             }
             ContentFormatter::new(&paths).set_removed(&p).set_bundled_packages(self.profile.get_bundled_packages()).format();
         } else {
-            // Run post-hook (doesn't affect changes apply)
-            if self.profile.has_post_hook() {
-                Self::call_script(self.profile.get_post_hook())?;
+            if self.copy_to.is_some() {
+                self.into_archive(&paths)?;
+            } else {
+                // Erase mode
+                if self.profile.has_post_hook() {
+                    // Run post-hook (doesn't affect changes apply)
+                    Self::call_script(self.profile.get_post_hook())?;
+                }
+                self.apply_changes(p)?;
             }
-            self.apply_changes(p)?;
         }
 
         Ok(())