diff --git a/lib/utils/status.js b/lib/utils/status.js
index 2a8ba63f91..1d2ed01bf4 100644
--- a/lib/utils/status.js
+++ b/lib/utils/status.js
@@ -1,10 +1,20 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const logger = require('webpack-log');
 const colors = require('./colors');
 const runOpen = require('./runOpen');
 
 // TODO: don't emit logs when webpack-dev-server is used via Node.js API
 function status(uri, options, log, useColor) {
+  if (options.quiet === true) {
+    // Add temporary logger to output just the status of the dev server
+    log = logger({
+      name: 'wds',
+      level: 'info',
+      timestamp: options.logTime,
+    });
+  }
+
   const contentBase = Array.isArray(options.contentBase)
     ? options.contentBase.join(', ')
     : options.contentBase;
diff --git a/test/cli/cli.test.js b/test/cli/cli.test.js
index 372a21afef..83d4989866 100644
--- a/test/cli/cli.test.js
+++ b/test/cli/cli.test.js
@@ -29,6 +29,22 @@ describe('CLI', () => {
       .catch(done);
   });
 
+  it('--quiet', async (done) => {
+    const output = await testBin('--quiet');
+    expect(output.code).toEqual(0);
+    expect(output.stdout.split('\n').length === 3).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      output.stdout.includes('Project is running at http://localhost:8080/')
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(output.stdout.includes('webpack output is served from /')).toBe(
+      true
+    );
+    expect(
+      output.stdout.includes('Content not from webpack is served from')
+    ).toBe(true);
+    done();
+  });
+
   it('--progress --profile', (done) => {
     testBin('--progress --profile')
       .then((output) => {