diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2716b28b..3a84a29c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -667,6 +667,11 @@ The validate command expects a configuration file as its only argument. Local fi
 				Name:  "cloud-init-paths",
 				Usage: "Extra paths to add to the run stage",
 			},
+			&cli.BoolFlag{
+				Name:    "analyze",
+				Usage:   "Only print the modules that would run in the order they would run",
+				Aliases: []string{"a"},
+			},
 		},
 		Before: func(c *cli.Context) error {
 			if c.Args().Len() != 1 {
@@ -692,6 +697,9 @@ The validate command expects a configuration file as its only argument. Local fi
 			if err != nil {
 				config.Logger.Errorf("Error reading config: %s\n", err)
 			}
+			if c.Bool("analyze") {
+				return utils.RunStageAnalyze(config, stage)
+			}
 			return utils.RunStage(config, stage)
 		},
 	},
diff --git a/pkg/cloudinit/cloudinit.go b/pkg/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
index 2b32a010..538c441f 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudinit/cloudinit.go
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ func (ci *YipCloudInitRunner) SetModifier(m schema.Modifier) {
 func (ci *YipCloudInitRunner) SetFs(fs vfs.FS) {
 	ci.fs = fs
 }
+
+func (ci *YipCloudInitRunner) Analyze(stage string, args ...string) {
+	ci.exec.Analyze(stage, vfs.OSFS, ci.console, args...)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/types/v1/cloud-init-runner.go b/pkg/types/v1/cloud-init-runner.go
index bb43cb3e..b0de5591 100644
--- a/pkg/types/v1/cloud-init-runner.go
+++ b/pkg/types/v1/cloud-init-runner.go
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ import (
 
 type CloudInitRunner interface {
 	Run(string, ...string) error
+	Analyze(string, ...string)
 	SetModifier(schema.Modifier)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/utils/runstage.go b/pkg/utils/runstage.go
index c8702ddb..69982b87 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/runstage.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/runstage.go
@@ -57,14 +57,26 @@ func checkYAMLError(cfg *agentConfig.Config, allErrors, err error) error {
 	return allErrors
 }
 
+// RunstageAnalyze
+func RunStageAnalyze(cfg *agentConfig.Config, stage string) error {
+	return runstage(cfg, stage, true)
+}
+
 // RunStage will run yip
 func RunStage(cfg *agentConfig.Config, stage string) error {
+	return runstage(cfg, stage, false)
+}
+
+func runstage(cfg *agentConfig.Config, stage string, analyze bool) error {
 	var cmdLineYipURI string
 	var allErrors error
 	var cloudInitPaths []string
 
 	cloudInitPaths = append(constants.GetCloudInitPaths(), cfg.CloudInitPaths...)
 	cfg.Logger.Debugf("Cloud-init paths set to %v", cloudInitPaths)
+	if analyze {
+		cfg.Logger.Info("Analyze mode, showing DAG")
+	}
 
 	// Make sure cloud init path specified are existing in the system
 	for _, cp := range cloudInitPaths {
@@ -96,9 +108,13 @@ func RunStage(cfg *agentConfig.Config, stage string) error {
 
 	// Run all stages for each of the default cloud config paths + extra cloud config paths
 	for _, s := range []string{stageBefore, stage, stageAfter} {
-		err = cfg.CloudInitRunner.Run(s, cloudInitPaths...)
-		if err != nil {
-			allErrors = multierror.Append(allErrors, err)
+		if analyze {
+			cfg.CloudInitRunner.Analyze(s, cloudInitPaths...)
+		} else {
+			err = cfg.CloudInitRunner.Run(s, cloudInitPaths...)
+			if err != nil {
+				allErrors = multierror.Append(allErrors, err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -106,9 +122,13 @@ func RunStage(cfg *agentConfig.Config, stage string) error {
 	if cmdLineYipURI != "" {
 		cmdLineArgs := []string{cmdLineYipURI}
 		for _, s := range []string{stageBefore, stage, stageAfter} {
-			err = cfg.CloudInitRunner.Run(s, cmdLineArgs...)
-			if err != nil {
-				allErrors = multierror.Append(allErrors, err)
+			if analyze {
+				cfg.CloudInitRunner.Analyze(s, cloudInitPaths...)
+			} else {
+				err = cfg.CloudInitRunner.Run(s, cmdLineArgs...)
+				if err != nil {
+					allErrors = multierror.Append(allErrors, err)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -117,10 +137,15 @@ func RunStage(cfg *agentConfig.Config, stage string) error {
 	cfg.CloudInitRunner.SetModifier(schema.DotNotationModifier)
 
 	for _, s := range []string{stageBefore, stage, stageAfter} {
-		err = cfg.CloudInitRunner.Run(s, string(cmdLineOut))
-		if err != nil {
-			allErrors = checkYAMLError(cfg, allErrors, err)
+		if analyze {
+			cfg.CloudInitRunner.Analyze(s, cloudInitPaths...)
+		} else {
+			err = cfg.CloudInitRunner.Run(s, string(cmdLineOut))
+			if err != nil {
+				allErrors = checkYAMLError(cfg, allErrors, err)
+			}
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	cfg.CloudInitRunner.SetModifier(nil)
diff --git a/tests/mocks/cloud-init-runner_mock.go b/tests/mocks/cloud-init-runner_mock.go
index c769d24a..a5d97e52 100644
--- a/tests/mocks/cloud-init-runner_mock.go
+++ b/tests/mocks/cloud-init-runner_mock.go
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ func (ci *FakeCloudInitRunner) Run(stage string, args ...string) error {
 
 func (ci *FakeCloudInitRunner) SetModifier(modifier schema.Modifier) {
 }
+
+func (ci *FakeCloudInitRunner) Analyze(stage string, args ...string) {}