diff --git a/python/ray/rllib/agents/agent.py b/python/ray/rllib/agents/agent.py
index 8122e3491..45e2c1539 100644
--- a/python/ray/rllib/agents/agent.py
+++ b/python/ray/rllib/agents/agent.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from ray.rllib.utils.annotations import override, PublicAPI, DeveloperAPI
 from ray.rllib.utils import FilterManager, deep_update, merge_dicts
 from ray.tune.registry import ENV_CREATOR, register_env, _global_registry
 from ray.tune.trainable import Trainable
-from ray.tune.trial import Resources
+from ray.tune.trial import Resources, ExportFormat
 from ray.tune.logger import UnifiedLogger
 from ray.tune.result import DEFAULT_RESULTS_DIR
 
@@ -602,6 +602,20 @@ class Agent(Trainable):
             input_evaluation_method=config["input_evaluation"],
             output_creator=output_creator)
 
+    @override(Trainable)
+    def _export_model(self, export_formats, export_dir):
+        ExportFormat.validate(export_formats)
+        exported = {}
+        if ExportFormat.CHECKPOINT in export_formats:
+            path = os.path.join(export_dir, ExportFormat.CHECKPOINT)
+            self.export_policy_checkpoint(path)
+            exported[ExportFormat.CHECKPOINT] = path
+        if ExportFormat.MODEL in export_formats:
+            path = os.path.join(export_dir, ExportFormat.MODEL)
+            self.export_policy_model(path)
+            exported[ExportFormat.MODEL] = path
+        return exported
+
     def __getstate__(self):
         state = {}
         if hasattr(self, "local_evaluator"):
diff --git a/python/ray/rllib/evaluation/tf_policy_graph.py b/python/ray/rllib/evaluation/tf_policy_graph.py
index fa5654161..fd1dc273e 100644
--- a/python/ray/rllib/evaluation/tf_policy_graph.py
+++ b/python/ray/rllib/evaluation/tf_policy_graph.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import os
+import errno
 import logging
 import tensorflow as tf
 import numpy as np
@@ -205,6 +206,12 @@ class TFPolicyGraph(PolicyGraph):
     @override(PolicyGraph)
     def export_checkpoint(self, export_dir, filename_prefix="model"):
         """Export tensorflow checkpoint to export_dir."""
+        try:
+            os.makedirs(export_dir)
+        except OSError as e:
+            # ignore error if export dir already exists
+            if e.errno != errno.EEXIST:
+                raise
         save_path = os.path.join(export_dir, filename_prefix)
         with self._sess.graph.as_default():
             saver = tf.train.Saver()
diff --git a/python/ray/rllib/test/test_checkpoint_restore.py b/python/ray/rllib/test/test_checkpoint_restore.py
index 926c8573c..e1ad5a5a9 100644
--- a/python/ray/rllib/test/test_checkpoint_restore.py
+++ b/python/ray/rllib/test/test_checkpoint_restore.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import numpy as np
 import ray
 
 from ray.rllib.agents.registry import get_agent_class
+from ray.tune.trial import ExportFormat
 
 
 def get_mean_action(alg, obs):
@@ -89,6 +90,15 @@ def test_ckpt_restore(use_object_store, alg_name, failures):
 
 
 def test_export(algo_name, failures):
+    def valid_tf_model(model_dir):
+        return os.path.exists(os.path.join(model_dir, "saved_model.pb")) \
+            and os.listdir(os.path.join(model_dir, "variables"))
+
+    def valid_tf_checkpoint(checkpoint_dir):
+        return os.path.exists(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "model.meta")) \
+            and os.path.exists(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "model.index")) \
+            and os.path.exists(os.path.join(checkpoint_dir, "checkpoint"))
+
     cls = get_agent_class(algo_name)
     if "DDPG" in algo_name:
         algo = cls(config=CONFIGS[name], env="Pendulum-v0")
@@ -102,16 +112,22 @@ def test_export(algo_name, failures):
     export_dir = "/tmp/export_dir_%s" % algo_name
     print("Exporting model ", algo_name, export_dir)
     algo.export_policy_model(export_dir)
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(export_dir, "saved_model.pb")) \
-            or not os.listdir(os.path.join(export_dir, "variables")):
+    if not valid_tf_model(export_dir):
         failures.append(algo_name)
     shutil.rmtree(export_dir)
 
     print("Exporting checkpoint", algo_name, export_dir)
     algo.export_policy_checkpoint(export_dir)
-    if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(export_dir, "model.meta")) \
-            or not os.path.exists(os.path.join(export_dir, "model.index")) \
-            or not os.path.exists(os.path.join(export_dir, "checkpoint")):
+    if not valid_tf_checkpoint(export_dir):
+        failures.append(algo_name)
+    shutil.rmtree(export_dir)
+
+    print("Exporting default policy", algo_name, export_dir)
+    algo.export_model([ExportFormat.CHECKPOINT, ExportFormat.MODEL],
+                      export_dir)
+    if not valid_tf_model(os.path.join(export_dir, ExportFormat.MODEL)) \
+            or not valid_tf_checkpoint(os.path.join(export_dir,
+                                                    ExportFormat.CHECKPOINT)):
         failures.append(algo_name)
     shutil.rmtree(export_dir)
 
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/config_parser.py b/python/ray/tune/config_parser.py
index aa0caa437..e44f5de81 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/config_parser.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/config_parser.py
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ def make_parser(parser_creator=None, **kwargs):
         action="store_true",
         help="Whether to checkpoint at the end of the experiment. "
         "Default is False.")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--export-formats",
+        default=None,
+        help="List of formats that exported at the end of the experiment. "
+        "Default is None. For RLlib, 'checkpoint' and 'model' are "
+        "supported for TensorFlow policy graphs.")
     parser.add_argument(
         "--max-failures",
         default=3,
@@ -181,6 +187,7 @@ def create_trial_from_spec(spec, output_path, parser, **trial_kwargs):
         stopping_criterion=spec.get("stop", {}),
         checkpoint_freq=args.checkpoint_freq,
         checkpoint_at_end=args.checkpoint_at_end,
+        export_formats=spec.get("export_formats", []),
         # str(None) doesn't create None
         restore_path=spec.get("restore"),
         upload_dir=args.upload_dir,
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/experiment.py b/python/ray/tune/experiment.py
index 31a1ce7a8..ce52c3489 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/experiment.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/experiment.py
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ class Experiment(object):
             checkpoints. A value of 0 (default) disables checkpointing.
         checkpoint_at_end (bool): Whether to checkpoint at the end of the
             experiment regardless of the checkpoint_freq. Default is False.
+        export_formats (list): List of formats that exported at the end of
+            the experiment. Default is None.
         max_failures (int): Try to recover a trial from its last
             checkpoint at least this many times. Only applies if
             checkpointing is enabled. Setting to -1 will lead to infinite
@@ -119,6 +121,7 @@ class Experiment(object):
                  sync_function=None,
                  checkpoint_freq=0,
                  checkpoint_at_end=False,
+                 export_formats=None,
                  max_failures=3,
                  restore=None,
                  repeat=None,
@@ -146,6 +149,7 @@ class Experiment(object):
             "sync_function": sync_function,
             "checkpoint_freq": checkpoint_freq,
             "checkpoint_at_end": checkpoint_at_end,
+            "export_formats": export_formats or [],
             "max_failures": max_failures,
             "restore": restore
         }
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py b/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py
index a6072d643..ff672a329 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py
@@ -346,3 +346,14 @@ class RayTrialExecutor(TrialExecutor):
             logger.exception("Error restoring runner for Trial %s.", trial)
             self.set_status(trial, Trial.ERROR)
             return False
+
+    def export_trial_if_needed(self, trial):
+        """Exports model of this trial based on trial.export_formats.
+
+        Return:
+            A dict that maps ExportFormats to successfully exported models.
+        """
+        if trial.export_formats and len(trial.export_formats) > 0:
+            return ray.get(
+                trial.runner.export_model.remote(trial.export_formats))
+        return {}
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/test/trial_runner_test.py b/python/ray/tune/test/trial_runner_test.py
index 56e638a48..735b06594 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/test/trial_runner_test.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/test/trial_runner_test.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from ray.tune.result import (DEFAULT_RESULTS_DIR, TIMESTEPS_TOTAL, DONE,
 from ray.tune.logger import Logger
 from ray.tune.util import pin_in_object_store, get_pinned_object
 from ray.tune.experiment import Experiment
-from ray.tune.trial import Trial, Resources
+from ray.tune.trial import Trial, Resources, ExportFormat
 from ray.tune.trial_runner import TrialRunner
 from ray.tune.suggest import grid_search, BasicVariantGenerator
 from ray.tune.suggest.suggestion import (_MockSuggestionAlgorithm,
@@ -679,6 +679,47 @@ class RunExperimentTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(trial.status, Trial.TERMINATED)
             self.assertTrue(trial.has_checkpoint())
 
+    def testExportFormats(self):
+        class train(Trainable):
+            def _train(self):
+                return {"timesteps_this_iter": 1, "done": True}
+
+            def _export_model(self, export_formats, export_dir):
+                path = export_dir + "/exported"
+                with open(path, "w") as f:
+                    f.write("OK")
+                return {export_formats[0]: path}
+
+        trials = run_experiments({
+            "foo": {
+                "run": train,
+                "export_formats": ["format"]
+            }
+        })
+        for trial in trials:
+            self.assertEqual(trial.status, Trial.TERMINATED)
+            self.assertTrue(
+                os.path.exists(os.path.join(trial.logdir, "exported")))
+
+    def testInvalidExportFormats(self):
+        class train(Trainable):
+            def _train(self):
+                return {"timesteps_this_iter": 1, "done": True}
+
+            def _export_model(self, export_formats, export_dir):
+                ExportFormat.validate(export_formats)
+                return {}
+
+        def fail_trial():
+            run_experiments({
+                "foo": {
+                    "run": train,
+                    "export_formats": ["format"]
+                }
+            })
+
+        self.assertRaises(TuneError, fail_trial)
+
     def testDeprecatedResources(self):
         class train(Trainable):
             def _train(self):
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/trainable.py b/python/ray/tune/trainable.py
index 931fa5220..581085fd1 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/trainable.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/trainable.py
@@ -331,6 +331,23 @@ class Trainable(object):
         self.restore(checkpoint_path)
         shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
+    def export_model(self, export_formats, export_dir=None):
+        """Exports model based on export_formats.
+
+        Subclasses should override _export_model() to actually
+        export model to local directory.
+
+        Args:
+            export_formats (list): List of formats that should be exported.
+            export_dir (str): Optional dir to place the exported model.
+                Defaults to self.logdir.
+
+        Return:
+            A dict that maps ExportFormats to successfully exported models.
+        """
+        export_dir = export_dir or self.logdir
+        return self._export_model(export_formats, export_dir)
+
     def reset_config(self, new_config):
         """Resets configuration without restarting the trial.
 
@@ -402,6 +419,18 @@ class Trainable(object):
         """Subclasses should override this for any cleanup on stop."""
         pass
 
+    def _export_model(self, export_formats, export_dir):
+        """Subclasses should override this to export model.
+
+        Args:
+            export_formats (list): List of formats that should be exported.
+            export_dir (str): Directory to place exported models.
+
+        Return:
+            A dict that maps ExportFormats to successfully exported models.
+        """
+        return {}
+
 
 def wrap_function(train_func):
     from ray.tune.function_runner import FunctionRunner
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/trial.py b/python/ray/tune/trial.py
index 12693a6e3..36057ac2a 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/trial.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/trial.py
@@ -133,6 +133,29 @@ class Checkpoint(object):
         return Checkpoint(Checkpoint.MEMORY, value)
 
 
+class ExportFormat(object):
+    """Describes the format to export the trial Trainable.
+
+    This may correspond to different file formats based on the
+    Trainable implementation.
+    """
+    CHECKPOINT = "checkpoint"
+    MODEL = "model"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def validate(export_formats):
+        """Validates export_formats.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError if the format is unknown.
+        """
+        for export_format in export_formats:
+            if export_format not in [
+                    ExportFormat.CHECKPOINT, ExportFormat.MODEL
+            ]:
+                raise TuneError("Unsupported export format: " + export_format)
+
+
 class Trial(object):
     """A trial object holds the state for one model training run.
 
@@ -159,6 +182,7 @@ class Trial(object):
                  stopping_criterion=None,
                  checkpoint_freq=0,
                  checkpoint_at_end=False,
+                 export_formats=None,
                  restore_path=None,
                  upload_dir=None,
                  trial_name_creator=None,
@@ -195,6 +219,7 @@ class Trial(object):
         self.checkpoint_at_end = checkpoint_at_end
         self._checkpoint = Checkpoint(
             storage=Checkpoint.DISK, value=restore_path)
+        self.export_formats = export_formats
         self.status = Trial.PENDING
         self.logdir = None
         self.runner = None
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/trial_executor.py b/python/ray/tune/trial_executor.py
index 22d6d85eb..8bb944bec 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/trial_executor.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/trial_executor.py
@@ -205,3 +205,15 @@ class TrialExecutor(object):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses of TrialExecutor must provide "
                                   "save() method")
+
+    def export_trial_if_needed(self, trial):
+        """Exports model of this trial based on trial.export_formats.
+
+        Args:
+            trial (Trial): The state of this trial to be saved.
+
+        Return:
+            A dict that maps ExportFormats to successfully exported models.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("Subclasses of TrialExecutor must provide "
+                                  "export_trial_if_needed() method")
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/trial_runner.py b/python/ray/tune/trial_runner.py
index ce3c648d2..4f11d5226 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/trial_runner.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/trial_runner.py
@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ class TrialRunner(object):
                 # Checkpoint before ending the trial
                 # if checkpoint_at_end experiment option is set to True
                 self._checkpoint_trial_if_needed(trial)
+                self.trial_executor.export_trial_if_needed(trial)
                 self.trial_executor.stop_trial(trial)
             else:
                 assert False, "Invalid scheduling decision: {}".format(