diff --git a/cmd/bee/cmd/db.go b/cmd/bee/cmd/db.go
index dc04b442634..ec94ff7f6d8 100644
--- a/cmd/bee/cmd/db.go
+++ b/cmd/bee/cmd/db.go
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	optionNameValidation    = "validate"
-	optionNameValidationPin = "validate-pin"
+	optionNameValidation     = "validate"
+	optionNameValidationPin  = "validate-pin"
+	optionNameCollectionPin  = "pin"
+	optionNameOutputLocation = "output"
 )
 
 func (c *command) initDBCmd() {
@@ -193,14 +195,19 @@ func dbValidatePinsCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 				return errors.New("no data-dir provided")
 			}
 
-			providedPin, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("pin")
+			providedPin, err := cmd.Flags().GetString(optionNameCollectionPin)
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("get pin: %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("read pin option: %w", err)
+			}
+
+			outputLoc, err := cmd.Flags().GetString(optionNameOutputLocation)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("read location option: %w", err)
 			}
 
 			localstorePath := path.Join(dataDir, "localstore")
 
-			err = storer.ValidatePinCollectionChunks(context.Background(), localstorePath, providedPin, &storer.Options{
+			err = storer.ValidatePinCollectionChunks(context.Background(), localstorePath, providedPin, outputLoc, &storer.Options{
 				Logger:          logger,
 				RadiusSetter:    noopRadiusSetter{},
 				Batchstore:      new(postage.NoOpBatchStore),
@@ -215,7 +222,8 @@ func dbValidatePinsCmd(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	}
 	c.Flags().String(optionNameDataDir, "", "data directory")
 	c.Flags().String(optionNameVerbosity, "info", "verbosity level")
-	c.Flags().String("pin", "", "only validate given pin")
+	c.Flags().String(optionNameCollectionPin, "", "only validate given pin")
+	c.Flags().String(optionNameOutputLocation, "", "location and name of the output file")
 	cmd.AddCommand(c)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/storer/validate.go b/pkg/storer/validate.go
index 3a2e9a9b460..2cf92d79ce9 100644
--- a/pkg/storer/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/storer/validate.go
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func validateWork(logger log.Logger, store storage.Store, readFn func(context.Co
 
 // ValidatePinCollectionChunks collects all chunk addresses that are present in a pin collection but
 // are either invalid or missing altogether.
-func ValidatePinCollectionChunks(ctx context.Context, basePath, pin string, opts *Options) error {
+func ValidatePinCollectionChunks(ctx context.Context, basePath, pin, location string, opts *Options) error {
 	logger := opts.Logger
 
 	store, err := initStore(basePath, opts)
@@ -173,12 +173,12 @@ func ValidatePinCollectionChunks(ctx context.Context, basePath, pin string, opts
 	}()
 
 	logger.Info("performing chunk validation")
-	validatePins(logger, store, pin, sharky.Read)
+	validatePins(logger, store, pin, location, sharky.Read)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func validatePins(logger log.Logger, store storage.Store, pin string, readFn func(context.Context, sharky.Location, []byte) error) {
+func validatePins(logger log.Logger, store storage.Store, pin, location string, readFn func(context.Context, sharky.Location, []byte) error) {
 	var stats struct {
 		total, read, invalid atomic.Int32
 	}
@@ -230,9 +230,25 @@ func validatePins(logger log.Logger, store storage.Store, pin string, readFn fun
 
 	logger.Info("got a total number of pins", "size", len(pins))
 
-	f, err := os.OpenFile("address.csv", os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	var (
+		fileName = "address.csv"
+		fileLoc  = "."
+	)
+
+	if location != "" {
+		if path.Ext(location) != "" {
+			fileName = path.Base(location)
+		}
+		fileLoc = path.Dir(location)
+	}
+
+	logger.Info("saving stats to", "location", fileLoc, "name", fileName)
+
+	location = path.Join(fileLoc, fileName)
+
+	f, err := os.OpenFile(location, os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error(err, "open file for writing")
+		logger.Error(err, "open output file for writing")
 		return
 	}