diff --git a/docs/usage.rst b/docs/usage.rst
index 18fff34f..8e33da3c 100644
--- a/docs/usage.rst
+++ b/docs/usage.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Command Line Usage
 .. _issue_16: https://github.com/PyCQA/prospector/issues/16
 .. _vscode_python_plugin: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=donjayamanne.python
 .. _gitlab_code_climate_report_format: https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/testing/code_quality/#code-quality-report-format
+.. _sarif_report_format: https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/sarif/charter.php
 
 The simplest way to run prospector is from the project root with no arguments. It will try to figure everything else out itself and provide sensible defaults::
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@ The default output format of ``prospector`` is designed to be human readable. Yo
 +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``gitlab``           | | Support for `gitlab_code_climate_report_format`_                         |
 +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+| ``sarif``            | | Support for `sarif_report_format`_                                       |
++----------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | ``grouped``          | | Similar to ``text``, but groups all message on the same line together    |
 |                      | | rather than having a separate entry per message.                         |
 +----------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/prospector/formatters/__init__.py b/prospector/formatters/__init__.py
index 0cfa985b..16592afd 100644
--- a/prospector/formatters/__init__.py
+++ b/prospector/formatters/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from . import emacs, gitlab, grouped, json, pylint, pylint_parseable, text, vscode, xunit, yaml
+from . import emacs, gitlab, grouped, json, pylint, pylint_parseable, sarif, text, vscode, xunit, yaml
 from .base import Formatter
 
 __all__ = ("FORMATTERS", "Formatter")
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@
     "pylint_parseable": pylint_parseable.PylintParseableFormatter,
     "xunit": xunit.XunitFormatter,
     "vscode": vscode.VSCodeFormatter,
+    "sarif": sarif.SarifFormatter,
 }
diff --git a/prospector/formatters/sarif.py b/prospector/formatters/sarif.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d871288a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prospector/formatters/sarif.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import importlib
+import json
+from typing import Any
+
+from prospector.formatters.base import Formatter
+
+__all__ = ("SarifFormatter",)
+
+_VERSION = importlib.metadata.version("prospector")
+
+
+class SarifFormatter(Formatter):
+    """
+    This formatter outputs messages in the SARIF format.
+    https://www.oasis-open.org/committees/sarif/charter.php
+    """
+
+    def render(self, summary: bool = True, messages: bool = True, profile: bool = False) -> str:
+        results: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
+        if messages:
+            for message in sorted(self.messages):
+                region: dict[str, int] = {}
+                if message.location.line:
+                    region["startLine"] = message.location.line
+                if message.location.line_end:
+                    region["endLine"] = message.location.line_end
+                if message.location.character:
+                    region["startColumn"] = message.location.character
+                if message.location.character_end:
+                    region["endColumn"] = message.location.character_end
+
+                results.append(
+                    {
+                        "ruleId": message.code,
+                        "level": "warning",
+                        "message": {"text": f"{message.source}[{message.code}]: {message.message.strip()}"},
+                        "locations": [
+                            {
+                                "physicalLocation": {
+                                    "artifactLocation": {"uri": str(self._make_path(message.location))},
+                                    "region": region,
+                                }
+                            }
+                        ],
+                    }
+                )
+
+        output = {
+            "version": "2.1.0",
+            "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/sarif-2.1.0.json",
+            "runs": [
+                {
+                    "tool": {
+                        "driver": {
+                            "name": "Prospector",
+                            "informationUri": "https://github.com/prospector-dev/prospector",
+                            "version": _VERSION,
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "results": results,
+                }
+            ],
+        }
+
+        return json.dumps(output, indent=2)