diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index a8c8463bd7..f54d72ae31 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ qt_env.Program("_ui", qt_src + [asset_obj], LIBS=qt_libs)
 if GetOption('test'):
   qt_src.remove("main.cc")  # replaced by test_runner
   qt_env.Program('tests/test_translations', [asset_obj, 'tests/test_runner.cc', 'tests/test_translations.cc'] + qt_src, LIBS=qt_libs)
+  qt_env.Program('tests/ui_snapshot', [asset_obj, "tests/ui_snapshot.cc"] + qt_src, LIBS=qt_libs)
 
 
 # build translation files
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore b/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore
index 26335744f3..94ba9a3a97 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/tests/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ test
 playsound
 test_sound
 test_translations
+ui_snapshot
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.cc b/selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14e0fab835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include "selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.h"
+
+#include <QApplication>
+#include <QCommandLineParser>
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QPainter>
+
+#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/home.h"
+#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h"
+#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/window.h"
+#include "selfdrive/ui/ui.h"
+
+void saveWidgetAsImage(QWidget *widget, const QString &fileName) {
+  QImage image(widget->size(), QImage::Format_ARGB32);
+  QPainter painter(&image);
+  widget->render(&painter);
+  image.save(fileName);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  initApp(argc, argv);
+
+  QApplication app(argc, argv);
+
+  QCommandLineParser parser;
+  parser.setApplicationDescription("Take a snapshot of the UI.");
+  parser.addHelpOption();
+  parser.addOption(QCommandLineOption(QStringList() << "o"
+                                                    << "output",
+                                      "Output image file path. The file's suffix is used to "
+                                      "determine the format. Supports PNG and JPEG formats. "
+                                      "Defaults to \"snapshot.png\".",
+                                      "file", "snapshot.png"));
+  parser.process(app);
+
+  const QString output = parser.value("output");
+  if (output.isEmpty()) {
+    qCritical() << "No output file specified";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  auto current = QDir::current();
+
+  // change working directory to find assets
+  if (!QDir::setCurrent(QCoreApplication::applicationDirPath() + QDir::separator() + "..")) {
+    qCritical() << "Failed to set current directory";
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  MainWindow w;
+  w.setFixedSize(2160, 1080);
+  w.show();
+  app.installEventFilter(&w);
+
+  // restore working directory
+  QDir::setCurrent(current.absolutePath());
+
+  // wait for the UI to update
+  QObject::connect(uiState(), &UIState::uiUpdate, [&](const UIState &s) {
+    saveWidgetAsImage(&w, output);
+    app.quit();
+  });
+
+  return app.exec();
+}
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.h b/selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4699f6af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/tests/ui_snapshot.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QWidget>
+
+void saveWidgetAsImage(QWidget *widget, const QString &fileName);