diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0f51490f..ce7955bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Fastify command line interface, available commands are:
   * eject                 turns your application into a standalone executable with a server.(js|ts) file being added
   * generate              generate a new project
   * generate-plugin       generate a new plugin project
+  * 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.
   * version               the current fastify-cli version
@@ -316,6 +317,12 @@ Finally, there will be a new `README.md` file, which provides internal informati
 * Encapsulation semantics
 * Compatible Fastify version
 
+### generate-swagger
+
+if your project uses `@fastify/swagger`, `fastify-cli` can generate and write out the resulting Swagger/OpenAPI schema for you.
+
+`fastify generate-swagger app.js`
+
 ### linting
 
 `fastify-cli` is unopinionated on the choice of linter. We recommend you to add a linter, like so:
@@ -370,8 +377,8 @@ test('test my application', async t => {
 })
 ```
 
-Log output is consumed by tap. If log messages should be logged to the console 
-the logger needs to be configured to output to stderr instead of stdout. 
+Log output is consumed by tap. If log messages should be logged to the console
+the logger needs to be configured to output to stderr instead of stdout.
 
 ```js
 const logger = {
diff --git a/cli.js b/cli.js
index a01d24b4..70d7d40e 100755
--- a/cli.js
+++ b/cli.js
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ const start = require('./start')
 const eject = require('./eject')
 const generate = require('./generate')
 const generatePlugin = require('./generate-plugin')
+const generateSwagger = require('./generate-swagger')
 const generateReadme = require('./generate-readme')
 const printRoutes = require('./print-routes')
 commist.register('start', start.cli)
 commist.register('eject', eject.cli)
 commist.register('generate', generate.cli)
 commist.register('generate-plugin', generatePlugin.cli)
+commist.register('generate-swagger', generateSwagger.cli)
 commist.register('readme', generateReadme.cli)
 commist.register('help', help.toStdout)
 commist.register('version', function () {
diff --git a/generate-swagger.js b/generate-swagger.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93cffab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate-swagger.js
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict'
+
+const parseArgs = require('./args')
+const log = require('./log')
+const {
+  exit,
+  requireFastifyForModule,
+  requireServerPluginFromPath,
+  showHelpForCommand
+} = require('./util')
+const fp = require('fastify-plugin')
+
+let Fastify = null
+
+function loadModules (opts) {
+  try {
+    Fastify = requireFastifyForModule(opts._[0]).module
+  } catch (e) {
+    module.exports.stop(e)
+  }
+}
+
+async function generateSwagger (args) {
+  const opts = parseArgs(args)
+  if (opts.help) {
+    return showHelpForCommand('generate-swagger')
+  }
+
+  if (opts._.length !== 1) {
+    console.error('Missing the required file parameter\n')
+    return showHelpForCommand('generate-swagger')
+  }
+
+  // we start crashing on unhandledRejection
+  require('make-promises-safe')
+
+  loadModules(opts)
+
+  const fastify = await runFastify(opts)
+  try {
+    if (fastify.swagger == null) {
+      log('error', '@fastify/swagger plugin not installed')
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+
+    return JSON.stringify(fastify.swagger(), undefined, 2)
+  } finally {
+    fastify.close()
+  }
+}
+
+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(fp(file), pluginOptions)
+  await fastify.ready()
+
+  return fastify
+}
+
+function stop (message) {
+  exit(message)
+}
+
+function cli (args) {
+  return generateSwagger(args).then(swagger => {
+    process.stdout.write(swagger + '\n')
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = { cli, stop, generateSwagger }
+
+if (require.main === module) {
+  cli(process.argv.slice(2))
+}
diff --git a/help/generate-swagger.txt b/help/generate-swagger.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1958a5cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/help/generate-swagger.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Usage: fastify generate-plugin [opts] <file> [--] [<plugin-options>]
+
+Generate Swagger/OpenAPI schema for a project using @fastify/cli.
diff --git a/help/help.txt b/help/help.txt
index 6fc6a2d3..a86aeb44 100644
--- a/help/help.txt
+++ b/help/help.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Fastify command line interface available commands are:
   * eject-ts              turns your application into a standalone executable with a server.ts file being added.
   * generate              generate a new project
   * generate-plugin       generate a new plugin project
+  * 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.
   * version               the current fastify-cli version
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 534b42f3..84d3de95 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     "commist": "^3.0.0",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.0",
     "fastify": "^4.0.0",
+    "fastify-plugin": "^4.0.0",
     "generify": "^4.0.0",
     "help-me": "^4.0.1",
     "is-docker": "^2.0.0",
@@ -68,7 +69,6 @@
     "@types/tap": "^15.0.5",
     "concurrently": "^7.0.0",
     "del-cli": "^3.0.1",
-    "fastify-plugin": "^4.0.0",
     "fastify-tsconfig": "^1.0.1",
     "minimatch": "^5.1.0",
     "proxyquire": "^2.1.3",
diff --git a/test/generate-swagger.test.js b/test/generate-swagger.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b97566b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/generate-swagger.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+const path = require('path')
+const t = require('tap')
+const { test } = t
+const { generateSwagger } = require('../generate-swagger')
+
+const swaggerplugindir = path.join(__dirname, 'swaggerplugindir')
+const swaggerplugin = path.join(swaggerplugindir, 'plugin.js')
+
+test('should generate swagger', async (t) => {
+  t.plan(1)
+
+  try {
+    const swagger = JSON.parse(await generateSwagger([swaggerplugin]))
+    t.equal(swagger.openapi, '3.0.3')
+  } catch (err) {
+    t.error(err)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/test/swaggerplugindir/package.json b/test/swaggerplugindir/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec4153a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/swaggerplugindir/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "name": "swaggerplugindir",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "test for generator-swagger",
+  "main": "plugin.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": ""
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "fastify-plugin": "^1.4.0"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}
diff --git a/test/swaggerplugindir/plugin.js b/test/swaggerplugindir/plugin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80ef2594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/swaggerplugindir/plugin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const fp = require('fastify-plugin')
+
+module.exports = fp(function (fastify, opts, next) {
+  fastify.decorate('swagger', function () {
+    return {
+      openapi: '3.0.3',
+      info: {
+        version: '8.1.0',
+        title: '@fastify/swagger'
+      },
+      components: {
+        schemas: {}
+      },
+      paths: {
+        '/': {
+          get: {
+            responses: {
+              200: {
+                description: 'Default Response'
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        '/example/': {
+          get: {
+            responses: {
+              200: {
+                description: 'Default Response'
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+  next()
+})