diff --git a/filter/source/pdf/pdfexport.cxx b/filter/source/pdf/pdfexport.cxx
index 8b50dc1bbe45..4f7d9f740563 100644
--- a/filter/source/pdf/pdfexport.cxx
+++ b/filter/source/pdf/pdfexport.cxx
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #include <com/sun/star/xml/crypto/SEInitializer.hpp>
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <optional>
 
 #include <rtl/bootstrap.hxx>
 #include <config_features.h>
@@ -406,6 +407,7 @@ bool PDFExport::Export( const OUString& rFile, const Sequence< PropertyValue >&
             bool bUseTaggedPDF = false;
             sal_Int32 nPDFTypeSelection = 0;
             bool bPDFUACompliance = false;
+            std::optional<bool> bExportTrackedChanges;
             bool bExportNotes = true;
             bool bExportNotesInMargin = false;
             bool bExportNotesPages = false;
@@ -561,6 +563,12 @@ bool PDFExport::Export( const OUString& rFile, const Sequence< PropertyValue >&
                     rProp.Value >>= nPDFTypeSelection;
                 else if ( rProp.Name == "PDFUACompliance" )
                     rProp.Value >>= bPDFUACompliance;
+                else if (rProp.Name == "ExportTrackedChanges")
+                {
+                    bool bExportTrackedChangesProp = false;
+                    if (rProp.Value >>= bExportTrackedChangesProp)
+                        bExportTrackedChanges = bExportTrackedChangesProp;
+                }
                 else if ( rProp.Name == "ExportNotes" )
                     rProp.Value >>= bExportNotes;
                 else if ( rProp.Name == "ExportNotesInMargin" )
@@ -1094,6 +1102,11 @@ bool PDFExport::Export( const OUString& rFile, const Sequence< PropertyValue >&
                 bool bReHideWhitespace = false;
                 static constexpr OUString sHideWhitespace(u"HideWhitespace"_ustr);
                 uno::Reference< beans::XPropertySet > xViewProperties;
+                uno::Reference<beans::XPropertySet> xPropSet;
+                // property only exists and handled in SwXTextView for the purpose of
+                // exporting showing tracked changes to PDF from command line
+                static constexpr OUString sShowChangesPDF(u"PDFExport_ShowChanges"_ustr);
+                bool bToggleChangesPDF = false;
 
                 if ( aCreator == "Writer" )
                 {
@@ -1114,6 +1127,20 @@ bool PDFExport::Export( const OUString& rFile, const Sequence< PropertyValue >&
                         {
                             xViewProperties->setPropertyValue(sHideWhitespace, uno::Any(false));
                         }
+
+                        if (bExportTrackedChanges.has_value())
+                        {
+                            xPropSet = uno::Reference<XPropertySet>(xModel->getCurrentController(),
+                                                                    uno::UNO_QUERY_THROW);
+                            bool bShowChangesPDF = false;
+                            xPropSet->getPropertyValue(sShowChangesPDF) >>= bShowChangesPDF;
+                            if (bShowChangesPDF != bExportTrackedChanges)
+                            {
+                                xPropSet->setPropertyValue(sShowChangesPDF,
+                                                           Any(bExportTrackedChanges.value()));
+                                bToggleChangesPDF = true;
+                            }
+                        }
                     }
                     catch( const uno::Exception& )
                     {
@@ -1192,6 +1219,16 @@ bool PDFExport::Export( const OUString& rFile, const Sequence< PropertyValue >&
                     {
                     }
                 }
+                if (bToggleChangesPDF)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        xPropSet->setPropertyValue(sShowChangesPDF, Any(!bExportTrackedChanges.value()));
+                    }
+                    catch (const uno::Exception&)
+                    {
+                    }
+                }
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/sw/source/uibase/uno/unotxvw.cxx b/sw/source/uibase/uno/unotxvw.cxx
index 894da6ed74a9..ee6211e447ca 100644
--- a/sw/source/uibase/uno/unotxvw.cxx
+++ b/sw/source/uibase/uno/unotxvw.cxx
@@ -671,6 +671,20 @@ void SAL_CALL SwXTextView::setPropertyValue(
         const OUString& rPropertyName, const uno::Any& rValue )
 {
     SolarMutexGuard aGuard;
+
+    if (rPropertyName == "PDFExport_ShowChanges")
+    {
+        // hack used in PDF export code to turn off (or on) exporting showing tracked changes
+        // logic is simplified from FN_REDLINE_SHOW path in SwView
+        bool bShow = false;
+        rValue >>= bShow;
+        SwWrtShell& rSh = m_pView->GetWrtShell();
+        rSh.StartAllAction();
+        rSh.GetLayout()->SetHideRedlines(!bShow);
+        rSh.EndAllAction();
+        return;
+    }
+
     const SfxItemPropertyMapEntry* pEntry = m_pPropSet->getPropertyMap().getByName( rPropertyName );
     if (!pEntry)
         throw UnknownPropertyException(rPropertyName);
@@ -708,6 +722,13 @@ uno::Any SAL_CALL SwXTextView::getPropertyValue(
 
     Any aRet;
 
+    if (rPropertyName == "PDFExport_ShowChanges")
+    {
+        const bool bShow = !m_pView->GetWrtShell().GetLayout()->IsHideRedlines();
+        aRet <<= bShow;
+        return aRet;
+    }
+
     const SfxItemPropertyMapEntry* pEntry = m_pPropSet->getPropertyMap().getByName( rPropertyName );
     if (!pEntry)
         throw UnknownPropertyException(rPropertyName);
diff --git a/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/data/tdf167659.odt b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/data/tdf167659.odt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1337275095fa
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diff --git a/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx
index 5024de86b201..b2723fc174c7 100644
--- a/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx
+++ b/vcl/qa/cppunit/pdfexport/pdfexport.cxx
@@ -3627,6 +3627,30 @@ CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(PdfExportTest, testTdf115967)
     CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(u"m=750abc"_ustr, sText);
 }
 
+CPPUNIT_TEST_FIXTURE(PdfExportTest, testTdf167659)
+{
+    // Don't export showing tracked changes to PDF
+    uno::Sequence<beans::PropertyValue> aFilterData(
+        comphelper::InitPropertySequence({ { "ExportTrackedChanges", uno::Any(false) } }));
+    aMediaDescriptor[u"FilterData"_ustr] <<= aFilterData;
+    saveAsPDF(u"tdf167659.odt");
+
+    // Parse the export result with pdfium.
+    std::unique_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFiumDocument> pPdfDocument = parsePDFExport();
+    std::unique_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFiumPage> pPdfPage = pPdfDocument->openPage(0);
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pPdfPage);
+    std::unique_ptr<vcl::pdf::PDFiumTextPage> pPdfTextPage = pPdfPage->getTextPage();
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT(pPdfTextPage);
+
+    const int nChars = pPdfTextPage->countChars();
+    std::vector<sal_uInt32> aChars(nChars);
+    for (int i = 0; i < nChars; i++)
+        aChars[i] = pPdfTextPage->getUnicode(i);
+    OUString aActualText(aChars.data(), aChars.size());
+    // Without the change, this also includes tracked deleted text from the document
+    CPPUNIT_ASSERT_EQUAL(u"normal text"_ustr, aActualText);
+}
+
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
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