diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/README.md b/packages/webpack-cli/README.md
index 53fa3fab654..b61c56274f4 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/README.md
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ yarn add webpack-cli --dev
   --no-hot                 Disables Hot Module Replacement
   -d, --devtool string     Controls if and how source maps are generated.
   --prefetch string        Prefetch this request
-  -j, --json               Prints result as JSON
+  -j, --json string        Prints result as JSON or store it in a file
   --mode string            Defines the mode to pass to webpack
   -v, --version            Get current version
   --stats string           It instructs webpack on how to treat the stats
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveStats.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveStats.js
index acc49dfdd76..be538f0352b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveStats.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/groups/resolveStats.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const resolveStats = (args) => {
         finalOptions.options.stats = stats;
     }
     if (json) {
-        finalOptions.outputOptions.json = true;
+        finalOptions.outputOptions.json = json;
     }
     return finalOptions;
 };
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/Compiler.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/Compiler.js
index 7c18dd25e5a..0479354a624 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/Compiler.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/Compiler.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const { packageExists } = require('@webpack-cli/package-utils');
 const webpack = packageExists('webpack') ? require('webpack') : undefined;
 const logger = require('./logger');
+const { writeFileSync } = require('fs');
 const bailAndWatchWarning = require('./warnings/bailAndWatchWarning');
 const { CompilerOutput } = require('./CompilerOutput');
 
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ class Compiler {
         if (!outputOptions.watch && (stats.hasErrors() || stats.hasWarnings())) {
             process.exitCode = 1;
         }
-        if (outputOptions.json) {
+        if (outputOptions.json === true) {
             process.stdout.write(JSON.stringify(stats.toJson(outputOptions), null, 2) + '\n');
         } else if (stats.hash !== lastHash) {
             lastHash = stats.hash;
@@ -69,6 +70,15 @@ class Compiler {
                     statsErrors.push({ name: statErr.message, loc: errLoc });
                 });
             }
+            const JSONStats = JSON.stringify(stats.toJson(outputOptions), null, 2);
+            if (typeof outputOptions.json === 'string') {
+                try {
+                    writeFileSync(outputOptions.json, JSONStats);
+                    logger.info(`stats are successfully stored as json to ${outputOptions.json}`);
+                } catch (err) {
+                    logger.error(err);
+                }
+            }
             return this.generateOutput(outputOptions, stats, statsErrors);
         }
     }
diff --git a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
index 85f30cab7d8..09b6872a52e 100644
--- a/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
+++ b/packages/webpack-cli/lib/utils/cli-flags.js
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ const core = [
     {
         name: 'json',
         usage: '--json',
-        type: Boolean,
+        type: [String, Boolean],
         alias: 'j',
-        description: 'Prints result as JSON',
+        description: 'Prints result as JSON or store it in a file',
     },
     {
         name: 'mode',
diff --git a/scripts/cleanupTest.js b/scripts/cleanupTest.js
index 1d86780adbc..43ab80577e0 100644
--- a/scripts/cleanupTest.js
+++ b/scripts/cleanupTest.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 const { join } = require('path');
 const collectTestFolders = require('./utils');
 
-const outputDirectories = ['bin', 'binary', 'dist', 'test', 'test-assets', 'test-plugin', 'test-loader'];
+const outputDirectories = ['bin', 'binary', 'dist', 'test', 'test-assets', 'test-plugin', 'test-loader', 'stats.json'];
 
 function folderStrategy(stats, file) {
     return stats.isDirectory() && outputDirectories.includes(file);
diff --git a/test/json/json.test.js b/test/json/json.test.js
index 909cc1dc4a1..5200f2ee06e 100644
--- a/test/json/json.test.js
+++ b/test/json/json.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 const { run } = require('../utils/test-utils');
+const { stat, readFile } = require('fs');
+const { resolve } = require('path');
 
 describe('json flag', () => {
     it('should return valid json', () => {
@@ -13,6 +15,26 @@ describe('json flag', () => {
         expect(parseJson).not.toThrow();
     });
 
+    it('should store json to a file', (done) => {
+        const { stdout } = run(__dirname, ['--json', 'stats.json']);
+
+        expect(stdout).toContain('stats are successfully stored as json to stats.json');
+        stat(resolve(__dirname, './stats.json'), (err, stats) => {
+            expect(err).toBe(null);
+            expect(stats.isFile()).toBe(true);
+            done();
+        });
+        readFile(resolve(__dirname, 'stats.json'), 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
+            expect(err).toBe(null);
+            expect(data).toContain('hash');
+            expect(data).toContain('time');
+            expect(data).toContain('errors');
+            expect(data).toContain('version');
+            expect(() => JSON.parse(data)).not.toThrow();
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
     it('should return valid json with -j alias', () => {
         const { stdout } = run(__dirname, ['-j']);