diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
index 37b6b56..15cccac 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/create-spdx.bbclass
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 SPDX_UUID_NAMESPACE ??= "sbom.openembedded.org"
 SPDX_NAMESPACE_PREFIX ??= "http://spdx.org/spdxdoc"
+SPDX_PRETTY ??= "0"
 
 SPDX_LICENSES ??= "${COREBASE}/meta/files/spdx-licenses.json"
 
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@
 def is_work_shared_spdx(d):
     return bb.data.inherits_class('kernel', d) or ('work-shared' in d.getVar('WORKDIR'))
 
+def get_json_indent(d):
+    if d.getVar("SPDX_PRETTY") == "1":
+        return 2
+    return None
+
 python() {
     import json
     if d.getVar("SPDX_LICENSE_DATA"):
@@ -515,7 +521,7 @@
 
     dep_recipes = collect_dep_recipes(d, doc, recipe)
 
-    doc_sha1 = oe.sbom.write_doc(d, doc, "recipes")
+    doc_sha1 = oe.sbom.write_doc(d, doc, "recipes", indent=get_json_indent(d))
     dep_recipes.append(oe.sbom.DepRecipe(doc, doc_sha1, recipe))
 
     recipe_ref = oe.spdx.SPDXExternalDocumentRef()
@@ -579,7 +585,7 @@
 
             add_package_sources_from_debug(d, package_doc, spdx_package, package, package_files, sources)
 
-            oe.sbom.write_doc(d, package_doc, "packages")
+            oe.sbom.write_doc(d, package_doc, "packages", indent=get_json_indent(d))
 }
 # NOTE: depending on do_unpack is a hack that is necessary to get it's dependencies for archive the source
 addtask do_create_spdx after do_package do_packagedata do_unpack before do_populate_sdk do_build do_rm_work
@@ -743,7 +749,7 @@
                 )
                 seen_deps.add(dep)
 
-            oe.sbom.write_doc(d, runtime_doc, "runtime", spdx_deploy)
+            oe.sbom.write_doc(d, runtime_doc, "runtime", spdx_deploy, indent=get_json_indent(d))
 }
 
 addtask do_create_runtime_spdx after do_create_spdx before do_build do_rm_work
@@ -938,7 +944,7 @@
     image_spdx_path = rootfs_deploydir / (rootfs_name + ".spdx.json")
 
     with image_spdx_path.open("wb") as f:
-        doc.to_json(f, sort_keys=True)
+        doc.to_json(f, sort_keys=True, indent=get_json_indent(d))
 
     num_threads = int(d.getVar("BB_NUMBER_THREADS"))
 
@@ -996,7 +1002,11 @@
 
             index["documents"].sort(key=lambda x: x["filename"])
 
-            index_str = io.BytesIO(json.dumps(index, sort_keys=True).encode("utf-8"))
+            index_str = io.BytesIO(json.dumps(
+                index,
+                sort_keys=True,
+                indent=get_json_indent(d),
+            ).encode("utf-8"))
 
             info = tarfile.TarInfo()
             info.name = "index.json"
@@ -1010,4 +1020,4 @@
 
     spdx_index_path = rootfs_deploydir / (rootfs_name + ".spdx.index.json")
     with spdx_index_path.open("w") as f:
-        json.dump(index, f, sort_keys=True)
+        json.dump(index, f, sort_keys=True, indent=get_json_indent(d))