diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad6f31a..c8725a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ add_executable(qjs
 )
 target_link_libraries(qjs quickjs ${LINK_LIBRARIES} mimalloc-static)
 
+# build qbc (new quickjs bytecode compiler)
+add_executable(qbc
+        src/cli/qbc.c
+)
+target_link_libraries(qbc quickjs ${LINK_LIBRARIES} mimalloc-static)
+
 # build run-test262 (quickjs test262 runner)
 add_executable(run-test262
         src/cli/run-test262.c
diff --git a/src/cli/qbc.c b/src/cli/qbc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb910fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/qbc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include "quickjs/quickjs.h"
+
+char *change_extension(const char *path, const char *new_ext) {
+  char *dot = strrchr(path, '.');
+  if (dot == NULL) {
+    dot = path + strlen(path);  // append at the end if there's no extension
+  }
+  size_t new_path_len = dot - path + strlen(new_ext) + 1;  // +1 for null terminator
+  char *new_path = malloc(new_path_len);
+  strncpy(new_path, path, dot - path);
+  strcpy(new_path + (dot - path), new_ext);
+  return new_path;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if (argc < 2 || argc > 3) {
+    printf("Usage: %s <source.js> [<output.qbc>]\n", argv[0]);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  const char *source_path = argv[1];
+  char *output_path;
+  if (argc == 3) {
+    output_path = argv[2];
+  } else {
+    output_path = change_extension(source_path, ".qbc");
+  }
+
+  FILE *source_file = fopen(source_path, "r");
+  if (source_file == NULL) {
+    printf("Cannot open source file: %s\n", source_path);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // get file length
+  fseek(source_file, 0, SEEK_END);
+  long length = ftell(source_file);
+  fseek(source_file, 0, SEEK_SET);
+
+  // read source code into buffer
+  char *source = malloc(length);
+  if (source) {
+    fread(source, 1, length, source_file);
+  }
+  fclose(source_file);
+
+  JSRuntime *rt;
+  JSContext *ctx;
+
+  rt = JS_NewRuntime();
+  ctx = JS_NewContext(rt);
+
+  // compile source code to bytecode
+  JSValue bytecode = JS_Eval(ctx, source, length, source_path, JS_EVAL_FLAG_COMPILE_ONLY);
+
+  free(source);
+
+  if (JS_IsException(bytecode)) {
+    printf("Compilation failed.\n");
+    JS_FreeValue(ctx, bytecode);
+    JS_FreeContext(ctx);
+    JS_FreeRuntime(rt);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  // write bytecode to buffer
+  size_t bytecode_length;
+  uint8_t *buffer = JS_WriteObject(ctx, &bytecode_length, bytecode, JS_WRITE_OBJ_BYTECODE);
+
+  JS_FreeValue(ctx, bytecode);
+
+  // write buffer to binary file
+  FILE *output_file = fopen(output_path, "wb");
+  if (output_file == NULL) {
+    printf("Cannot open output file: %s\n", output_path);
+    JS_FreeContext(ctx);
+    JS_FreeRuntime(rt);
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  fwrite(buffer, 1, bytecode_length, output_file);
+  fclose(output_file);
+
+  js_free(ctx, buffer);
+  JS_FreeContext(ctx);
+  JS_FreeRuntime(rt);
+
+  printf("Bytecode has been written to: %s\n", output_path);
+
+  if (argc == 2) {
+    free(output_path);
+  }
+  return 0;
+}