diff --git a/docs/cli/commands.md b/docs/cli/commands.md
index ff61e51c75..a27cc62712 100644
--- a/docs/cli/commands.md
+++ b/docs/cli/commands.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ postpack                 Restores the changes made by the prepack command
 
 create-github-app        Create new GitHub App in your organization (experimental)
 
+info                     Show helpful information for debugging and reporting bugs
 help [command]           display help for command
 ```
 
@@ -647,3 +648,15 @@ YAML file that can be referenced in the GitHub integration configuration.
 ```text
 Usage: backstage-cli create-github-app <github-org>
 ```
+
+## info
+
+Scope: `root`
+
+Outputs debug information which is useful when opening an issue. Outputs system
+information, node.js and npm versions, CLI version and type (inside backstage
+repo or a created app), all `@backstage/*` package dependency versions.
+
+```text
+Usage: backstage-cli info
+```
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts
index d21349a4e1..bcd1509f58 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/index.ts
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ export function registerCommands(program: CommanderStatic) {
     .command('create-github-app <github-org>')
     .description('Create new GitHub App in your organization.')
     .action(lazy(() => import('./create-github-app').then(m => m.default)));
+
+  program
+    .command('info')
+    .description('Show helpful information for debugging and reporting bugs')
+    .action(lazy(() => import('./info').then(m => m.default)));
 }
 
 // Wraps an action function so that it always exits and handles errors
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/info.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/info.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4042d2cb8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/info.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { version as cliVersion } from '../../package.json';
+import os from 'os';
+import { runPlain } from '../lib/run';
+import { paths } from '../lib/paths';
+import { Lockfile } from '../lib/versioning';
+
+export default async () => {
+  await new Promise(async () => {
+    const yarnVersion = await runPlain('yarn --version');
+    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+    const isLocal = require('fs').existsSync(paths.resolveOwn('./src'));
+
+    console.log(`OS:   ${os.type} ${os.release} - ${os.platform}/${os.arch}`);
+    console.log(`node: ${process.version}`);
+    console.log(`yarn: ${yarnVersion}`);
+    console.log(`cli:  ${cliVersion} (${isLocal ? 'local' : 'installed'})`);
+    console.log();
+    console.log('Dependencies:');
+    const lockfilePath = paths.resolveTargetRoot('yarn.lock');
+    const lockfile = await Lockfile.load(lockfilePath);
+
+    const deps = [...lockfile.keys()].filter(n => n.startsWith('@backstage/'));
+    const maxLength = Math.max(...deps.map(d => d.length));
+
+    for (const dep of deps) {
+      const versions = new Set(lockfile.get(dep)!.map(i => i.version));
+      console.log(`  ${dep.padEnd(maxLength)} ${[...versions].join(', ')}`);
+    }
+  });
+};