diff --git a/intelhex/__init__.py b/intelhex/__init__.py
index 8af27c3..2c20faa 100644
--- a/intelhex/__init__.py
+++ b/intelhex/__init__.py
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ def __len__(self):
         """Return count of bytes with real values."""
         return len(dict_keys(self._buf))
 
-    def write_hex_file(self, f, write_start_addr=True):
+    def write_hex_file(self, f, write_start_addr=True, linear_mode=True):
         """Write data to file f in HEX format.
 
         @param  f                   filename or file-like object for writing
@@ -625,9 +625,13 @@ def write_hex_file(self, f, write_start_addr=True):
                     bin[0] = 2      # reclen
                     bin[1] = 0      # offset msb
                     bin[2] = 0      # offset lsb
-                    bin[3] = 4      # rectyp
                     high_ofs = int(cur_addr>>16)
-                    b = divmod(high_ofs, 256)
+                    if linear_mode:
+                        bin[3] = 4      # rectyp
+                        b = divmod(high_ofs, 256)
+                    else:
+                        bin[3] = 2      # rectyp
+                        b = divmod(cur_addr/16, 256)
                     bin[4] = b[0]   # msb of high_ofs
                     bin[5] = b[1]   # lsb of high_ofs
                     bin[6] = (-sum(bin)) & 0x0FF    # chksum
@@ -691,12 +695,16 @@ def write_hex_file(self, f, write_start_addr=True):
 
     def tofile(self, fobj, format):
         """Write data to hex or bin file. Preferred method over tobin or tohex.
+        "hex" format uses linear addressing mode (04 records)
+        "shex" format uses segmented addressing mode (02 records instead of 04)
 
         @param  fobj        file name or file-like object
-        @param  format      file format ("hex" or "bin")
+        @param  format      file format ("hex", "shex" or "bin")
         """
         if format == 'hex':
             self.write_hex_file(fobj)
+        elif format == 'shex':
+            self.write_hex_file(fobj, linear_mode=False)
         elif format == 'bin':
             self.tobinfile(fobj)
         else:
diff --git a/intelhex/test.py b/intelhex/test.py
index af8ee83..e226bac 100755
--- a/intelhex/test.py
+++ b/intelhex/test.py
@@ -331,6 +331,14 @@
 :0100000002FD
 :00000001FF
 """
+
+shex64k = """:020000020000FC
+:0100000001FE
+:020000021000EC
+:0100000002FD
+:00000001FF
+"""
+
 data64k = {0: 1, 0x10000: 2}
 
 
@@ -543,6 +551,15 @@ def test_write_hexfile(self):
         sio.close()
         self.assertEqualWrittenData(hex_simple, s)
 
+    def test_write_shexfile(self):
+        ih = intelhex.IntelHex(data64k)
+        # new API: .tofile universal method
+        sio = StringIO()
+        ih.tofile(sio, format='shex')
+        s = sio.getvalue()
+        sio.close()
+        self.assertEqualWrittenData(shex64k, s)
+
     def test_write_hex_bug_341051(self):
         ih = intelhex.IntelHex(StringIO(hex_bug_lp_341051))
         sio = StringIO()