diff --git a/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/platform.txt b/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/platform.txt
index 30c58cf4e6..5440f55b37 100644
--- a/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/platform.txt
+++ b/hardware/esp8266com/esp8266/platform.txt
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ recipe.objcopy.eep.pattern=
 
 recipe.objcopy.hex.pattern="{runtime.tools.esptool.path}/{compiler.esptool.cmd}" -eo "{runtime.platform.path}/bootloaders/eboot/eboot.elf" -bo "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.bin" -bm {build.flash_mode} -bf {build.flash_freq} -bz {build.flash_size} -bs .text -bp 4096 -ec -eo "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.elf" -bs .irom0.text -bs .text -bs .data -bs .rodata -bc -ec
 
+## Save hex
+recipe.output.tmp_file={build.project_name}.bin
+recipe.output.save_file={build.project_name}.{build.variant}.bin
+
 ## Compute size
 recipe.size.pattern="{compiler.path}{compiler.size.cmd}" -A "{build.path}/{build.project_name}.elf"
 recipe.size.regex=^(?:\.irom0\.text|\.text|\.data|\.rodata|)\s+([0-9]+).*