diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json b/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json
index bda073ca8f1c6..2a56e9915fc77 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "@babel/code-frame": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
+    "clipboardy": "^1.2.3",
     "ci-info": "^2.0.0",
     "common-tags": "^1.4.0",
     "configstore": "^4.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/create-cli.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/create-cli.js
index 38c2dac3aac15..f12f6c41179f6 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/create-cli.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/create-cli.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const report = require(`./reporter`)
 const didYouMean = require(`./did-you-mean`)
 const envinfo = require(`envinfo`)
 const existsSync = require(`fs-exists-cached`).sync
+const clipboardy = require(`clipboardy`)
 const {
   trackCli,
   setDefaultTags,
@@ -240,26 +241,30 @@ function buildLocalCommands(cli, isLocalSite) {
       }),
     handler: args => {
       try {
-        envinfo.run(
-          {
+        const copyToClipboard =
+          // Clipboard is not accessible when on a linux tty
+          process.platform === `linux` && !process.env.DISPLAY
+            ? false
+            : args.clipboard
+
+        envinfo
+          .run({
             System: [`OS`, `CPU`, `Shell`],
             Binaries: [`Node`, `npm`, `Yarn`],
             Browsers: [`Chrome`, `Edge`, `Firefox`, `Safari`],
             Languages: [`Python`],
             npmPackages: `gatsby*`,
             npmGlobalPackages: `gatsby*`,
-          },
-          {
-            console: true,
-            // Clipboard is not accessible when on a linux tty
-            clipboard:
-              process.platform === `linux` && !process.env.DISPLAY
-                ? false
-                : args.clipboard,
-          }
-        )
+          })
+          .then(envinfoOutput => {
+            console.log(envinfoOutput)
+
+            if (copyToClipboard) {
+              clipboardy.writeSync(envinfoOutput)
+            }
+          })
       } catch (err) {
-        console.log(`Error: unable to print environment info`)
+        console.log(`Error: Unable to print environment info`)
         console.log(err)
       }
     },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 1b0b33954a03a..ea09124ca26f6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5934,6 +5934,14 @@ clipboard@^2.0.0:
     select "^1.1.2"
     tiny-emitter "^2.0.0"
 
+clipboardy@^1.2.3:
+  version "1.2.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clipboardy/-/clipboardy-1.2.3.tgz#0526361bf78724c1f20be248d428e365433c07ef"
+  integrity sha512-2WNImOvCRe6r63Gk9pShfkwXsVtKCroMAevIbiae021mS850UkWPbevxsBz3tnvjZIEGvlwaqCPsw+4ulzNgJA==
+  dependencies:
+    arch "^2.1.0"
+    execa "^0.8.0"
+
 cliui@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cliui/-/cliui-2.1.0.tgz#4b475760ff80264c762c3a1719032e91c7fea0d1"