diff --git a/commands/publish/README.md b/commands/publish/README.md
index 82a6c08323f..7f56faf4b6d 100644
--- a/commands/publish/README.md
+++ b/commands/publish/README.md
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ This is useful when a previous `lerna publish` failed to publish all packages to
 - [`--tag-version-prefix`](#--tag-version-prefix)
 - [`--temp-tag`](#--temp-tag)
 - [`--yes`](#--yes)
+- [`--summary-file <dir/filename>`](#--summary-file)
 
 ### `--canary`
 
@@ -291,6 +292,27 @@ lerna publish --canary --yes
 When run with this flag, `lerna publish` will skip all confirmation prompts.
 Useful in [Continuous integration (CI)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_integration) to automatically answer the publish confirmation prompt.
 
+### `--summary-file`
+
+```sh
+lerna publish --canary --yes --summary-file ./output.json
+```
+
+When run with this flag, once a successfully publish it will create a json summary report(see below for an example).
+
+```json
+[
+  {
+    "packageName": "package1",
+    "version": "v1.0.1-alpha"
+  },
+  {
+    "packageName": "package2",
+    "version": "v2.0.1-alpha"
+  }
+]
+```
+
 ## Deprecated Options
 
 ### `--skip-npm`
diff --git a/commands/publish/command.js b/commands/publish/command.js
index 814efaad82d..853a3d868a4 100644
--- a/commands/publish/command.js
+++ b/commands/publish/command.js
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ exports.builder = yargs => {
       hidden: true,
       type: "boolean",
     },
+    "summary-file": {
+      // Json output.
+      hidden: true,
+      type: "string",
+    },
     // y: {
     //   describe: "Skip all confirmation prompts.",
     //   alias: "yes",
diff --git a/commands/publish/index.js b/commands/publish/index.js
index 078012845ca..a68a37239d9 100644
--- a/commands/publish/index.js
+++ b/commands/publish/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 "use strict";
 
 const os = require("os");
+const fs = require("fs");
 const path = require("path");
 const crypto = require("crypto");
 const pFinally = require("p-finally");
@@ -238,10 +239,29 @@ class PublishCommand extends Command {
 
     return chain.then(() => {
       const count = this.packagesToPublish.length;
-      const message = this.packagesToPublish.map(pkg => ` - ${pkg.name}@${pkg.version}`);
 
       output("Successfully published:");
-      output(message.join(os.EOL));
+
+      if (this.options.summaryFile) {
+        // create a json object and output it to a file location.
+        const filePath = this.options.summaryFile || "./output.json";
+        const jsonObject = this.packagesToPublish.map(pkg => {
+          return {
+            packageName: pkg.name,
+            version: pkg.version,
+          };
+        });
+        output(jsonObject);
+        try {
+          fs.writeFileSync(filePath, JSON.stringify(jsonObject));
+          output("Locate Summary Report Here: ", filePath);
+        } catch (error) {
+          output("Failed to create the summary report", error);
+        }
+      } else {
+        const message = this.packagesToPublish.map(pkg => ` - ${pkg.name}@${pkg.version}`);
+        output(message.join(os.EOL));
+      }
 
       this.logger.success("published", "%d %s", count, count === 1 ? "package" : "packages");
     });