diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 5e13ccc354f..f54d8257824 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,17 @@ import shelljs = require('shelljs');
 import * as api from './api';
 import { Authenticator } from './auth';
 import { CloudAuth } from './cloud_auth';
-import { Cluster, Context, newClusters, newContexts, newUsers, User } from './config_types';
+import {
+    Cluster,
+    Context,
+    exportCluster,
+    exportContext,
+    exportUser,
+    newClusters,
+    newContexts,
+    newUsers,
+    User,
+} from './config_types';
 import { ExecAuth } from './exec_auth';
 import { FileAuth } from './file_auth';
 import { OpenIDConnectAuth } from './oidc_auth';
@@ -320,6 +330,20 @@ export class KubeConfig {
         });
     }
 
+    public exportConfig(): string {
+        const configObj = {
+            apiVersion: 'v1',
+            kind: 'Config',
+            clusters: this.clusters.map(exportCluster),
+            users: this.users.map(exportUser),
+            contexts: this.contexts.map(exportContext),
+            preferences: {},
+            'current-context': this.getCurrentContext(),
+        };
+
+        return JSON.stringify(configObj);
+    }
+
     private getCurrentContextObject() {
         return this.getContextObject(this.currentContext);
     }
diff --git a/src/config_test.ts b/src/config_test.ts
index bffe24eabd2..8e42e5327e8 100644
--- a/src/config_test.ts
+++ b/src/config_test.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,17 @@ describe('KubeConfig', () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe('export', () => {
+        it('should export and re-import correctly', () => {
+            const kc = new KubeConfig();
+            kc.loadFromFile(kcFileName);
+            const output = kc.exportConfig();
+            const newConfig = new KubeConfig();
+            newConfig.loadFromString(output);
+            validateFileLoad(kc);
+        });
+    });
+
     describe('loadEmptyUser', () => {
         it('should load a kubeconfig with an empty user', () => {
             const kc = new KubeConfig();
diff --git a/src/config_types.ts b/src/config_types.ts
index 1790cc2ee30..46c6258ebcb 100644
--- a/src/config_types.ts
+++ b/src/config_types.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ export function newClusters(a: any): Cluster[] {
     return u.map(a, clusterIterator());
 }
 
+export function exportCluster(cluster: Cluster): any {
+    return {
+        name: cluster.name,
+        cluster: {
+            server: cluster.server,
+            'certificate-authority-data': cluster.caData,
+            'certificate-authority': cluster.caFile,
+            'insecure-skip-tls-verify': cluster.skipTLSVerify,
+        },
+    };
+}
+
 function clusterIterator(): u.ListIterator<any, Cluster> {
     return (elt: any, i: number, list: u.List<any>): Cluster => {
         if (!elt.name) {
@@ -52,6 +64,23 @@ export function newUsers(a: any): User[] {
     return u.map(a, userIterator());
 }
 
+export function exportUser(user: User): any {
+    return {
+        name: user.name,
+        user: {
+            'auth-provider': user.authProvider,
+            'client-certificate-data': user.certData,
+            'client-certificate': user.certFile,
+            exec: user.exec,
+            'client-key-data': user.keyData,
+            'client-key': user.keyFile,
+            token: user.token,
+            password: user.password,
+            username: user.username,
+        },
+    };
+}
+
 function userIterator(): u.ListIterator<any, User> {
     return (elt: any, i: number, list: u.List<any>): User => {
         if (!elt.name) {
@@ -94,6 +123,13 @@ export function newContexts(a: any): Context[] {
     return u.map(a, contextIterator());
 }
 
+export function exportContext(ctx: Context): any {
+    return {
+        name: ctx.name,
+        context: ctx,
+    };
+}
+
 function contextIterator(): u.ListIterator<any, Context> {
     return (elt: any, i: number, list: u.List<any>): Context => {
         if (!elt.name) {