diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveAdvanced.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveAdvanced.js
index 78e074716e2..bfcca7e104f 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveAdvanced.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveAdvanced.js
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+const { packageExists } = require('@webpack-cli/package-utils');
+const { yellow } = require('colorette');
+const { error } = require('../utils/logger');
+
 /**
  * Resolve advanced flags
  * @param {args} args - Parsed args passed to CLI
  */
 const resolveAdvanced = (args) => {
-    const { target, prefetch, hot } = args;
+    const { target, prefetch, hot, analyze } = args;
 
     const finalOptions = {
         options: {},
@@ -28,6 +32,21 @@ const resolveAdvanced = (args) => {
             finalOptions.options.plugins = [prefetchVal];
         }
     }
+    if (analyze) {
+        if (packageExists('webpack-bundle-analyzer')) {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line node/no-extraneous-require
+            const { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } = require('webpack-bundle-analyzer');
+            const bundleAnalyzerVal = new BundleAnalyzerPlugin();
+            if (finalOptions.options && finalOptions.options.plugins) {
+                finalOptions.options.plugins.unshift(bundleAnalyzerVal);
+            } else {
+                finalOptions.options.plugins = [bundleAnalyzerVal];
+            }
+        } else {
+            error(`It looks like ${yellow('webpack-bundle-analyzer')} is not installed.`);
+            process.exitCode = 2;
+        }
+    }
     if (target) {
         finalOptions.options.target = args.target;
     }
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
index 394570dddb6..d79b9175ae8 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ const core = [
         usage: '--analyze',
         type: Boolean,
         multiple: false,
-        group: ADVANCED_GROUP,
         description: 'It invokes webpack-bundle-analyzer plugin to get bundle information',
     },
     /* 		{