diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrent.h b/src/base/bittorrent/torrent.h
index cb5b78bd8..5ea973f21 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrent.h
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrent.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "abstractfilestorage.h"
 
 class QBitArray;
+class QByteArray;
 class QDateTime;
 class QUrl;
 
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ namespace BitTorrent
         virtual void clearPeers() = 0;
 
         virtual QString createMagnetURI() const = 0;
+        virtual nonstd::expected<QByteArray, QString> exportToBuffer() const = 0;
         virtual nonstd::expected<void, QString> exportToFile(const Path &path) const = 0;
 
         TorrentID id() const;
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
index 68e78703b..2b7a28e34 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <libtorrent/info_hash.hpp>
 #endif
 
+#include <QByteArray>
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QStringList>
@@ -2250,7 +2251,7 @@ QString TorrentImpl::createMagnetURI() const
     return QString::fromStdString(lt::make_magnet_uri(m_nativeHandle));
 }
 
-nonstd::expected<void, QString> TorrentImpl::exportToFile(const Path &path) const
+nonstd::expected<lt::entry, QString> TorrentImpl::exportTorrent() const
 {
     if (!hasMetadata())
         return nonstd::make_unexpected(tr("Missing metadata"));
@@ -2263,21 +2264,45 @@ nonstd::expected<void, QString> TorrentImpl::exportToFile(const Path &path) cons
 #else
         const std::shared_ptr<lt::torrent_info> torrentInfo = info().nativeInfo();
 #endif
-        auto creator = lt::create_torrent(*torrentInfo);
+        lt::create_torrent creator {*torrentInfo};
 
         for (const TrackerEntry &entry : asConst(trackers()))
             creator.add_tracker(entry.url.toStdString(), entry.tier);
 
-        const lt::entry torrentEntry = creator.generate();
-        const nonstd::expected<void, QString> result = Utils::IO::saveToFile(path, torrentEntry);
-        if (!result)
-            return result.get_unexpected();
+        return creator.generate();
     }
     catch (const lt::system_error &err)
     {
         return nonstd::make_unexpected(QString::fromLocal8Bit(err.what()));
     }
 
+    return nonstd::make_unexpected(tr("Unexpected error"));
+}
+
+nonstd::expected<QByteArray, QString> TorrentImpl::exportToBuffer() const
+{
+    const nonstd::expected<lt::entry, QString> preparationResult = exportTorrent();
+    if (!preparationResult)
+        return preparationResult.get_unexpected();
+
+    // usually torrent size should be smaller than 1 MB,
+    // however there are >100 MB v2/hybrid torrent files out in the wild
+    QByteArray buffer;
+    buffer.reserve(1024 * 1024);
+    lt::bencode(std::back_inserter(buffer), preparationResult.value());
+    return buffer;
+}
+
+nonstd::expected<void, QString> TorrentImpl::exportToFile(const Path &path) const
+{
+    const nonstd::expected<lt::entry, QString> preparationResult = exportTorrent();
+    if (!preparationResult)
+        return preparationResult.get_unexpected();
+
+    const nonstd::expected<void, QString> saveResult = Utils::IO::saveToFile(path, preparationResult.value());
+    if (!saveResult)
+        return saveResult.get_unexpected();
+
     return {};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.h b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.h
index af6a297cf..0a6fe698a 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.h
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/torrentimpl.h
@@ -229,7 +229,8 @@ namespace BitTorrent
         void clearPeers() override;
 
         QString createMagnetURI() const override;
-        nonstd::expected<void, QString> exportToFile(const Path &path) const;
+        nonstd::expected<QByteArray, QString> exportToBuffer() const override;
+        nonstd::expected<void, QString> exportToFile(const Path &path) const override;
 
         bool needSaveResumeData() const;
 
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ namespace BitTorrent
         void endReceivedMetadataHandling(const Path &savePath, const PathList &fileNames);
         void reload();
 
+        nonstd::expected<lt::entry, QString> exportTorrent() const;
+
         Session *const m_session;
         lt::session *m_nativeSession;
         lt::torrent_handle m_nativeHandle;