diff --git a/lib/import_export/category_exporter.rb b/lib/import_export/category_exporter.rb
index 4ea7209c19f..5568fb5180d 100644
--- a/lib/import_export/category_exporter.rb
+++ b/lib/import_export/category_exporter.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ require "import_export/topic_exporter"
 module ImportExport
   class CategoryExporter < BaseExporter
 
-    def initialize(category_id)
-      @category = Category.find(category_id)
-      @categories = Category.where(parent_category_id: category_id).to_a
-      @categories << @category
+    def initialize(category_ids)
+      @categories = Category.where(id: category_ids).or(Category.where(parent_category_id: category_ids)).to_a
       @export_data = {
         categories: [],
         groups: [],
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ module ImportExport
     end
 
     def perform
-      puts "Exporting category #{@category.name}...", ""
       export_categories!
       export_category_groups!
       export_topics_and_users
diff --git a/lib/import_export/import_export.rb b/lib/import_export/import_export.rb
index 53ed9f591ca..4523bb779d8 100644
--- a/lib/import_export/import_export.rb
+++ b/lib/import_export/import_export.rb
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ module ImportExport
     ImportExport::Importer.new(data).perform
   end
 
-  def self.export_categories(include_users, filename = nil)
+  def self.export_category_structure(include_users, filename = nil)
     ImportExport::CategoryStructureExporter.new(include_users).perform.save_to_file(filename)
   end
 
-  def self.export_category(category_id, filename = nil)
-    ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new(category_id).perform.save_to_file(filename)
+  def self.export_categories(category_ids, filename = nil)
+    ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new(category_ids).perform.save_to_file(filename)
   end
 
   def self.export_topics(topic_ids, filename = nil)
diff --git a/lib/tasks/export.rake b/lib/tasks/export.rake
index cfa59540277..d0b80c88192 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/export.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/export.rake
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 desc 'Export all the categories'
-task 'export:categories', [:include_group_users, :file_name] => [:environment] do |_, args|
+task 'export:categories', [:category_ids] => [:environment] do |_, args|
   require "import_export/import_export"
 
-  ImportExport.export_categories(args[:include_group_users], args[:file_name])
+  ImportExport.export_categories(args[:category_ids])
+  puts "", "Done", ""
+end
+
+desc 'Export only the structure of all categories'
+task 'export:category_structure', [:include_group_users, :file_name] => [:environment] do |_, args|
+  require "import_export/import_export"
+
+  ImportExport.export_category_structure(args[:include_group_users], args[:file_name])
   puts "", "Done", ""
 end
diff --git a/script/discourse b/script/discourse
index 1f8fe1275f7..67d4bfec6e7 100755
--- a/script/discourse
+++ b/script/discourse
@@ -181,16 +181,22 @@ class DiscourseCLI < Thor
     puts 'Requests sent. Clients will refresh on next navigation.'
   end
 
-  desc "export_category", "Export a category, all its topics, and all users who posted in those topics"
-  def export_category(category_id, filename = nil)
-    raise "Category id argument is missing!" unless category_id
-
+  desc "export_categories", "Export categories, all its topics, and all users who posted in those topics"
+  def export_categories(*category_ids)
+    puts "Starting export of categories...", ""
     load_rails
     load_import_export
-    ImportExport.export_category(category_id, filename)
+    ImportExport.export_categories(category_ids)
     puts "", "Done", ""
   end
 
+  desc "export_category", "Export a category, all its topics, and all users who posted in those topics"
+  def export_category(category_id)
+    raise "Category id argument is missing!" unless category_id
+
+    export_categories([category_id])
+  end
+
   desc "import_category", "Import a category, its topics and the users from the output of the export_category command"
   def import_category(filename)
     raise "File name argument missing!" unless filename
diff --git a/spec/import_export/category_exporter_spec.rb b/spec/import_export/category_exporter_spec.rb
index 3c226175709..785f520c85f 100644
--- a/spec/import_export/category_exporter_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/import_export/category_exporter_spec.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,8 @@ describe ImportExport::CategoryExporter do
   end
 
   context '.perform' do
-    it 'raises an error when the category is not found' do
-      expect { ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new(100).perform }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
-    end
-
     it 'export the category when it is found' do
-      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new(category.id).perform.export_data
+      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new([category.id]).perform.export_data
 
       expect(data[:categories].count).to eq(1)
       expect(data[:groups].count).to eq(0)
@@ -25,16 +21,25 @@ describe ImportExport::CategoryExporter do
 
     it 'export the category with permission groups' do
       category_group = Fabricate(:category_group, category: category, group: group)
-      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new(category.id).perform.export_data
+      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new([category.id]).perform.export_data
 
       expect(data[:categories].count).to eq(1)
       expect(data[:groups].count).to eq(1)
     end
 
+    it 'export multiple categories' do
+      category2 = Fabricate(:category)
+      category_group = Fabricate(:category_group, category: category, group: group)
+      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new([category.id, category2.id]).perform.export_data
+
+      expect(data[:categories].count).to eq(2)
+      expect(data[:groups].count).to eq(1)
+    end
+
     it 'export the category with topics and users' do
       topic1 = Fabricate(:topic, category: category, user_id: -1)
       topic2 = Fabricate(:topic, category: category, user: user)
-      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new(category.id).perform.export_data
+      data = ImportExport::CategoryExporter.new([category.id]).perform.export_data
 
       expect(data[:categories].count).to eq(1)
       expect(data[:groups].count).to eq(0)