diff --git a/Documentation/git-status.txt b/Documentation/git-status.txt
index 0990f1b5b751dd..38b15dad6c686e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-status.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-status.txt
@@ -149,10 +149,12 @@ ignored, then the directory is not shown, but all contents are shown.
 	threshold.
 	See also linkgit:git-diff[1] `--find-renames`.
 
---serialize[=<version>]::
-	(EXPERIMENTAL) Serialize raw status results to stdout in a
-	format suitable for use by `--deserialize`.  Valid values for
-	`<version>` are "1" and "v1".
+--serialize[=<path>]::
+	(EXPERIMENTAL) Serialize raw status results to a file or stdout
+	in a format suitable for use by `--deserialize`.  If a path is
+	given, serialize data will be written to that path *and* normal
+	status output will be written to stdout.  If path is omitted,
+	only binary serialization data will be written to stdout.
 
 --deserialize[=<path>]::
 	(EXPERIMENTAL) Deserialize raw status results from a file or
diff --git a/builtin/commit.c b/builtin/commit.c
index d775dbba0ac277..aefbcef13ef45a 100644
--- a/builtin/commit.c
+++ b/builtin/commit.c
@@ -176,26 +176,34 @@ static int opt_parse_porcelain(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int un
 }
 
 static int do_serialize = 0;
+static char *serialize_path = NULL;
+
 static int do_implicit_deserialize = 0;
 static int do_explicit_deserialize = 0;
 static char *deserialize_path = NULL;
 
 /*
- * --serialize | --serialize=1 | --serialize=v1
+ * --serialize | --serialize=<path>
+ *
+ * Request that we serialize status output rather than or in addition to
+ * printing in any of the established formats.
+ *
+ * Without a path, we write binary serialization data to stdout (and omit
+ * the normal status output).
  *
- * Request that we serialize our output rather than printing in
- * any of the established formats.  Optionally specify serialization
- * version.
+ * With a path, we write binary serialization data to the <path> and then
+ * write normal status output.
  */
 static int opt_parse_serialize(const struct option *opt, const char *arg, int unset)
 {
 	enum wt_status_format *value = (enum wt_status_format *)opt->value;
 	if (unset || !arg)
 		*value = STATUS_FORMAT_SERIALIZE_V1;
-	else if (!strcmp(arg, "v1") || !strcmp(arg, "1"))
-		*value = STATUS_FORMAT_SERIALIZE_V1;
-	else
-		die("unsupported serialize version '%s'", arg);
+
+	if (arg) {
+		free(serialize_path);
+		serialize_path = xstrdup(arg);
+	}
 
 	if (do_explicit_deserialize)
 		die("cannot mix --serialize and --deserialize");
@@ -1599,7 +1607,7 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		  N_("version"), N_("machine-readable output"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG, opt_parse_porcelain),
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "serialize", &status_format,
-		  N_("version"), N_("serialize raw status data to stdout"),
+		  N_("path"), N_("serialize raw status data to path or stdout"),
 		  PARSE_OPT_OPTARG | PARSE_OPT_NONEG, opt_parse_serialize },
 		{ OPTION_CALLBACK, 0, "deserialize", NULL,
 		  N_("path"), N_("deserialize raw status data from file"),
@@ -1725,6 +1733,16 @@ int cmd_status(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (s.relative_paths)
 		s.prefix = prefix;
 
+	if (serialize_path) {
+		int fd_serialize = xopen(serialize_path,
+					 O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0666);
+		if (fd_serialize < 0)
+			die_errno(_("could not serialize to '%s'"),
+				  serialize_path);
+		wt_status_serialize_v1(fd_serialize, &s);
+		close(fd_serialize);
+	}
+
 	wt_status_print(&s);
 	wt_status_collect_free_buffers(&s);
 
diff --git a/t/t7522-serialized-status.sh b/t/t7522-serialized-status.sh
index 0f5a33e2a23442..2a81b4e625ee59 100755
--- a/t/t7522-serialized-status.sh
+++ b/t/t7522-serialized-status.sh
@@ -170,4 +170,39 @@ test_expect_success 'verify no-ahead-behind and serialized status integration' '
 	test_cmp expect output
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'verify new --serialize=path mode' '
+	#test_when_finished "rm serialized_status.dat expect new_change.txt output.1 output.2" &&
+	cat >expect <<-\EOF &&
+	? expect
+	? output.1
+	? untracked/
+	? untracked_1.txt
+	EOF
+
+	git checkout -b serialize_path_branch main --track >/dev/null &&
+	touch alt_branch_changes.txt &&
+	git add alt_branch_changes.txt &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m"New commit on serialize_path_branch"  &&
+
+	git status --porcelain=v2 --serialize=serialized_status.dat >output.1 &&
+	touch new_change.txt &&
+
+	git status --porcelain=v2 --deserialize=serialized_status.dat >output.2 &&
+	test_cmp expect output.1 &&
+	test_cmp expect output.2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'renames' '
+	git init -b main rename_test &&
+	echo OLDNAME >rename_test/OLDNAME &&
+	git -C rename_test add OLDNAME &&
+	git -C rename_test commit -m OLDNAME &&
+	git -C rename_test mv OLDNAME NEWNAME &&
+	git -C rename_test status --serialize=renamed.dat >output.1 &&
+	echo DIRT >rename_test/DIRT &&
+	git -C rename_test status --deserialize=renamed.dat >output.2 &&
+	test_cmp output.1 output.2
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/wt-status-serialize.c b/wt-status-serialize.c
index 9d5f970ea0aedd..7af50341619ed0 100644
--- a/wt-status-serialize.c
+++ b/wt-status-serialize.c
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ static inline void wt_serialize_v1_ignored(struct wt_status *s, int fd,
 }
 
 /*
- * Serialize the list of changes to stdout.  The goal of this
+ * Serialize the list of changes to the given file.  The goal of this
  * is to just serialize the key fields in wt_status so that a
  * later command can rebuilt it and do the printing.
  *
@@ -178,9 +178,8 @@ static inline void wt_serialize_v1_ignored(struct wt_status *s, int fd,
  * is relatively quick for the status consumer to compute
  * as necessary.
  */
-void wt_status_serialize_v1(struct wt_status *s)
+void wt_status_serialize_v1(int fd, struct wt_status *s)
 {
-	int fd = 1; /* we always write to stdout */
 	struct string_list_item *iter;
 	int k;
 
diff --git a/wt-status.c b/wt-status.c
index 4613ce42997474..555095fd34d981 100644
--- a/wt-status.c
+++ b/wt-status.c
@@ -2573,7 +2573,7 @@ void wt_status_print(struct wt_status *s)
 		wt_longstatus_print(s);
 		break;
 	case STATUS_FORMAT_SERIALIZE_V1:
-		wt_status_serialize_v1(s);
+		wt_status_serialize_v1(1, s);
 		break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wt-status.h b/wt-status.h
index 24eab4da052eb0..31cfe5003e052b 100644
--- a/wt-status.h
+++ b/wt-status.h
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ struct wt_status_serialize_data
  * Serialize computed status scan results using "version 1" format
  * to the given file.
  */
-void wt_status_serialize_v1(struct wt_status *s);
+void wt_status_serialize_v1(int fd, struct wt_status *s);
 
 /*
  * Deserialize existing status results from the given file and