diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de6f9492..b7b7fd9b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ Fastify command line interface, available commands are:
   * generate-swagger      generate Swagger/OpenAPI schema for a project using @fastify/swagger
   * readme                generate a README.md for the plugin
   * print-routes          prints the representation of the internal radix tree used by the router, useful for debugging.
+  * print-plugins         prints the representation of the internal plugin tree used by avvio, useful for debugging.
   * version               the current fastify-cli version
   * help                  help about commands
 
diff --git a/help/help.txt b/help/help.txt
index c22ab8bb..fc106f18 100644
--- a/help/help.txt
+++ b/help/help.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Fastify command line interface available commands are:
   * generate-swagger      generate Swagger/OpenAPI schema for a project using @fastify/swagger
   * readme                generate a README.md for the plugin
   * print-routes          prints the representation of the internal radix tree used by the router, useful for debugging.
+  * print-plugins         prints the representation of the internal plugin tree used by avvio, useful for debugging.
   * version               the current fastify-cli version
   * help                  help about commands
 
diff --git a/help/print-plugins.txt b/help/print-plugins.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22ff3162
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/print-plugins.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Usage: fastify print-plugins <file>
diff --git a/print-plugins.js b/print-plugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..30ae0d26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/print-plugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict'
+
+const parseArgs = require('./args')
+const log = require('./log')
+const {
+  exit,
+  requireFastifyForModule,
+  requireServerPluginFromPath,
+  showHelpForCommand
+} = require('./util')
+
+let Fastify = null
+
+function loadModules (opts) {
+  try {
+    Fastify = requireFastifyForModule(opts._[0]).module
+  } catch (e) {
+    module.exports.stop(e)
+  }
+}
+
+function printPlugins (args) {
+  const opts = parseArgs(args)
+  if (opts.help) {
+    return showHelpForCommand('print-plugins')
+  }
+
+  if (opts._.length !== 1) {
+    console.error('Missing the required file parameter\n')
+    return showHelpForCommand('print-plugins')
+  }
+
+  // we start crashing on unhandledRejection
+  require('make-promises-safe')
+
+  loadModules(opts)
+
+  return runFastify(opts)
+}
+
+async function runFastify (opts) {
+  require('dotenv').config()
+
+  let file = null
+
+  try {
+    file = await requireServerPluginFromPath(opts._[0])
+  } catch (e) {
+    return module.exports.stop(e)
+  }
+
+  const fastify = Fastify(opts.options)
+
+  const pluginOptions = {}
+  if (opts.prefix) {
+    pluginOptions.prefix = opts.prefix
+  }
+
+  await fastify.register(file, pluginOptions)
+  await fastify.ready()
+  log('debug', fastify.printPlugins())
+
+  return fastify
+}
+
+function stop (message) {
+  exit(message)
+}
+
+function cli (args) {
+  return printPlugins(args).then(fastify => {
+    if (fastify) return fastify.close()
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = { cli, stop, printPlugins }
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  cli(process.argv.slice(2))
+}
diff --git a/test/print-plugins.test.js b/test/print-plugins.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e9abaf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/print-plugins.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const proxyquire = require('proxyquire')
+const tap = require('tap')
+const sinon = require('sinon')
+const { execSync } = require('child_process')
+
+const printPlugins = require('../print-plugins')
+
+const test = tap.test
+
+test('should print plugins', async t => {
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const spy = sinon.spy()
+  const command = proxyquire('../print-plugins', {
+    './log': spy
+  })
+  const fastify = await command.printPlugins(['./examples/plugin.js'])
+
+  await fastify.close()
+  t.ok(spy.called)
+  t.same(spy.args[0][0], 'debug')
+  t.match(spy.args[0][1], /bound root \d+ ms\n├── bound _after \d+ ms\n├─┬ function \(fastify, options, next\) { -- fastify\.decorate\('test', true\) \d+ ms\n│ ├── bound _after \d+ ms\n│ ├── bound _after \d+ ms\n│ └── bound _after \d+ ms\n└── bound _after \d+ ms\n/)
+})
+
+test('should plugins routes via cli', async t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+  const output = execSync('node cli.js print-plugins ./examples/plugin.js', { encoding: 'utf-8' })
+  t.match(
+    output,
+    /bound root \d+ ms\n├── bound _after \d+ ms\n├─┬ function \(fastify, options, next\) { -- fastify\.decorate\('test', true\) \d+ ms\n│ ├── bound _after \d+ ms\n│ ├── bound _after \d+ ms\n│ └── bound _after \d+ ms\n└── bound _after \d+ ms\n\n/
+  )
+})
+
+test('should warn on file not found', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+
+  const oldStop = printPlugins.stop
+  t.teardown(() => { printPlugins.stop = oldStop })
+  printPlugins.stop = function (message) {
+    t.ok(/not-found.js doesn't exist within/.test(message), message)
+  }
+
+  const argv = ['./data/not-found.js']
+  printPlugins.printPlugins(argv)
+})
+
+test('should throw on package not found', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+
+  const oldStop = printPlugins.stop
+  t.teardown(() => { printPlugins.stop = oldStop })
+  printPlugins.stop = function (err) {
+    t.ok(/Cannot find module 'unknown-package'/.test(err.message), err.message)
+  }
+
+  const argv = ['./test/data/package-not-found.js']
+  printPlugins.printPlugins(argv)
+})
+
+test('should throw on parsing error', t => {
+  t.plan(1)
+
+  const oldStop = printPlugins.stop
+  t.teardown(() => { printPlugins.stop = oldStop })
+  printPlugins.stop = function (err) {
+    t.equal(err.constructor, SyntaxError)
+  }
+
+  const argv = ['./test/data/parsing-error.js']
+  printPlugins.printPlugins(argv)
+})
+
+test('should exit without error on help', t => {
+  const exit = process.exit
+  process.exit = sinon.spy()
+
+  t.teardown(() => {
+    process.exit = exit
+  })
+
+  const argv = ['-h', 'true']
+  printPlugins.printPlugins(argv)
+
+  t.ok(process.exit.called)
+  t.equal(process.exit.lastCall.args[0], undefined)
+
+  t.end()
+})
+
+test('should print plugins of server with an async/await plugin', async t => {
+  const nodeMajorVersion = process.versions.node.split('.').map(x => parseInt(x, 10))[0]
+  if (nodeMajorVersion < 7) {
+    t.pass('Skip because Node version < 7')
+    return t.end()
+  }
+
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const spy = sinon.spy()
+  const command = proxyquire('../print-plugins', {
+    './log': spy
+  })
+  const argv = ['./examples/async-await-plugin.js']
+  const fastify = await command.printPlugins(argv)
+
+  await fastify.close()
+  t.ok(spy.called)
+  t.same(spy.args[0][0], 'debug')
+  t.match(spy.args[0][1], /bound root \d+ ms\n├── bound _after \d+ ms\n├─┬ async function \(fastify, options\) { -- fastify\.get\('\/', async function \(req, reply\) { \d+ ms\n│ ├── bound _after \d+ ms\n│ └── bound _after \d+ ms\n└── bound _after \d+ ms\n/)
+})