diff --git a/help/help.txt b/help/help.txt
index c2f473649ae..4a6a4917ab1 100644
--- a/help/help.txt
+++ b/help/help.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Options:
   --dry-run .......... Don't apply updates or patches during protect.
   --severity-threshold=<low|medium|high>
                        Only report vulnerabilities of provided level or higher.
+  --print-deps ....... (experimental) Print the dependency tree.
   -q, --quiet ........ Silence all output.
   -h, --help ......... This help information.
   -v, --version ...... The CLI version.
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/monitor.ts b/src/cli/commands/monitor.ts
index 31835232d37..c6be5952e10 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/monitor.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/monitor.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,12 @@ import * as spinner from '../../lib/spinner';
 import * as detect from '../../lib/detect';
 import * as plugins from '../../lib/plugins';
 import {ModuleInfo} from '../../lib/module-info'; // TODO(kyegupov): fix import
-import {SingleDepRootResult, MultiDepRootsResult, isMultiResult, MonitorError } from '../../lib/types';
+import { SingleDepRootResult, MultiDepRootsResult, isMultiResult, MonitorError, MonitorOptions } from '../../lib/types';
 import { MethodArgs, ArgsOptions } from '../args';
+import { maybePrintDeps } from '../../lib/print-deps';
 
 const SEPARATOR = '\n-------------------------------------------------------\n';
 
-// TODO(kyegupov): catch accessing ['undefined-properties'] via noImplicitAny
-interface MonitorOptions {
-  id?: string;
-  docker?: boolean;
-  file?: string;
-  policy?: string;
-  json?: boolean;
-  'all-sub-projects'?: boolean; // Corresponds to multiDepRoot in plugins
-  'project-name'?: string;
-}
-
 interface GoodResult {
   ok: true;
   data: string;
@@ -153,6 +143,8 @@ async function monitor(...args0: MethodArgs): Promise<any> {
 
       // Post the project dependencies to the Registry
       for (const depRootDeps of perDepRootResults) {
+        maybePrintDeps(options, depRootDeps.package);
+
         const res = await promiseOrCleanup(
           snykMonitor(path, meta, depRootDeps, targetFile),
           spinner.clear(postingMonitorSpinnerLabel));
diff --git a/src/lib/plugins/nodejs-plugin/npm-modules-parser.ts b/src/lib/plugins/nodejs-plugin/npm-modules-parser.ts
index dca90f9904c..dbd25633b13 100644
--- a/src/lib/plugins/nodejs-plugin/npm-modules-parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/plugins/nodejs-plugin/npm-modules-parser.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ export async function parse(root: string, targetFile: string, options: Options):
     return snyk.modules(
       root, Object.assign({}, options, {noFromArrays: true}));
   } finally {
-    spinner.clear(resolveModuleSpinnerLabel)();
+    await spinner.clear(resolveModuleSpinnerLabel)();
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/print-deps.ts b/src/lib/print-deps.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..106209d9285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/print-deps.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { DepDict, TestOptions, MonitorOptions, DepTree } from './types';
+
+// This option is still experimental and might be deprecated.
+// It might be a better idea to convert it to a command (i.e. do not perform test/monitor).
+export function maybePrintDeps(options: TestOptions | MonitorOptions, rootPackage: DepTree) {
+  if (options['print-deps']) {
+    if (options.json) {
+      // Will produce 2 JSON outputs, one for the deps, one for the vuln scan.
+      console.log(JSON.stringify(rootPackage, null, 2));
+    } else {
+      printDeps({[rootPackage.name!]: rootPackage});
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function printDeps(depDict: DepDict, prefix: string = '') {
+  let counter = 0;
+  const keys = Object.keys(depDict);
+  for (const name of keys) {
+    const dep = depDict[name];
+    let branch = '├─ ';
+    const last = (counter === keys.length - 1);
+    if (last) {
+      branch = '└─ ';
+    }
+    console.log(prefix + (prefix ? branch : '') + dep.name + ' @ ' + dep.version);
+    if (dep.dependencies) {
+      printDeps(dep.dependencies, prefix + (last ? '   ' : '│  '));
+    }
+    counter++;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
index c389081266c..1f8d29d383d 100644
--- a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import gemfileLockToDependencies = require('../../lib/plugins/rubygems/gemfile-l
 import {convertTestDepGraphResultToLegacy, AnnotatedIssue, LegacyVulnApiResult, TestDepGraphResponse} from './legacy';
 import {SingleDepRootResult, MultiDepRootsResult, isMultiResult, TestOptions} from '../types';
 import { NoSupportedManifestsFoundError } from '../errors';
+import { maybePrintDeps } from '../print-deps';
 
 // tslint:disable-next-line:no-var-requires
 const debug = require('debug')('snyk');
@@ -255,6 +256,10 @@ async function assembleLocalPayloads(root, options): Promise<Payload[]> {
 
     for (const depRoot of deps.depRoots) {
       const pkg = depRoot.depTree;
+      if (options['print-deps']) {
+        await spinner.clear(spinnerLbl)();
+        maybePrintDeps(options, pkg);
+      }
       if (deps.plugin && deps.plugin.packageManager) {
         options.packageManager = deps.plugin.packageManager;
       }
@@ -349,7 +354,7 @@ async function assembleLocalPayloads(root, options): Promise<Payload[]> {
     }
     return payloads;
   } finally {
-    spinner.clear(spinnerLbl)();
+    await spinner.clear(spinnerLbl)();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/types.ts b/src/lib/types.ts
index 0f97059543e..10475ebf473 100644
--- a/src/lib/types.ts
+++ b/src/lib/types.ts
@@ -71,4 +71,17 @@ export interface TestOptions {
   advertiseSubprojectsCount?: number;
   subProjectNames?: string[];
   severityThreshold?: string;
+  'print-deps'?: boolean;
+}
+
+// TODO(kyegupov): catch accessing ['undefined-properties'] via noImplicitAny
+export interface MonitorOptions {
+  id?: string;
+  docker?: boolean;
+  file?: string;
+  policy?: string;
+  json?: boolean;
+  'all-sub-projects'?: boolean; // Corresponds to multiDepRoot in plugins
+  'project-name'?: string;
+  'print-deps'?: boolean;
 }