diff --git a/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap b/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap
index 010678f774..f277f0a05a 100644
--- a/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap
+++ b/__tests__/reporters/__snapshots__/console-reporter.js.snap
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
+exports[`test ConsoleReporter.progress 4`] = `
+Object {
+  "stderr": "",
+  "stdout": "",
+}
+`;
+
 exports[`test ConsoleReporter.select 1`] = `
 Object {
   "stderr": "",
diff --git a/__tests__/reporters/console-reporter.js b/__tests__/reporters/console-reporter.js
index 72a8048aa9..4ab410cd1b 100644
--- a/__tests__/reporters/console-reporter.js
+++ b/__tests__/reporters/console-reporter.js
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ test('ConsoleReporter.select', async () => {
 
 test('ConsoleReporter.progress', async () => {
   expect(await getConsoleBuff((r) => {
+    r.noProgress = false; // we need this to override is-ci when running tests on ci
     const tick = r.progress(2);
     tick();
     jest.runAllTimers();
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ test('ConsoleReporter.progress', async () => {
     tick();
     tick();
   })).toMatchSnapshot();
+
+  expect(await getConsoleBuff((r) => {
+    r.noProgress = true;
+    const tick = r.progress(2);
+    tick();
+  })).toMatchSnapshot();
 });
 
 test('ProgressBar', () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b275b4ec0c..e3a5ec043b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "ini": "^1.3.4",
     "invariant": "^2.2.0",
     "is-builtin-module": "^1.0.0",
+    "is-ci": "^1.0.9",
     "leven": "^2.0.0",
     "loud-rejection": "^1.2.0",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/src/cli/index.js b/src/cli/index.js
index f27cd4a4e1..f872411cb1 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/src/cli/index.js
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ commander.option(
   '--no-emoji',
   'disable emoji in output',
 );
+commander.option(
+  '--no-progress',
+  'disable progress bar',
+);
 
 // get command name
 let commandName: string = args.shift() || '';
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ if (commander.json) {
 }
 const reporter = new Reporter({
   emoji: commander.emoji && process.stdout.isTTY && process.platform === 'darwin',
+  noProgress: commander.noProgress,
 });
 reporter.initPeakMemoryCounter();
 
diff --git a/src/reporters/base-reporter.js b/src/reporters/base-reporter.js
index e0dbd3afae..65e10d52c6 100644
--- a/src/reporters/base-reporter.js
+++ b/src/reporters/base-reporter.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import type {LanguageKeys} from './lang/en.js';
 import type {Formatter} from './format.js';
 import {defaultFormatter} from './format.js';
 import * as languages from './lang/index.js';
+import isCI from 'is-ci';
 
 const util = require('util');
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ export type ReporterOptions = {
   stderr?: Stdout,
   stdin?: Stdin,
   emoji?: boolean,
+  noProgress?: boolean,
 };
 
 export function stringifyLangArgs(args: Array<any>): Array<string> {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ export default class BaseReporter {
     this.stderr = opts.stderr || process.stderr;
     this.stdin = opts.stdin || process.stdin;
     this.emoji = !!opts.emoji;
+    this.noProgress = !!opts.noProgress || isCI;
 
     // $FlowFixMe: this is valid!
     this.isTTY = this.stdout.isTTY;
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ export default class BaseReporter {
   stdin: Stdin;
   isTTY: boolean;
   emoji: boolean;
+  noProgress: boolean;
   format: Formatter;
 
   peakMemoryInterval: ?number;
diff --git a/src/reporters/console/console-reporter.js b/src/reporters/console/console-reporter.js
index 8a7470cfa9..aecf088c66 100644
--- a/src/reporters/console/console-reporter.js
+++ b/src/reporters/console/console-reporter.js
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ export default class ConsoleReporter extends BaseReporter {
   }
 
   activitySet(total: number, workers: number): ReporterSpinnerSet {
-    if (!this.isTTY) {
+    if (!this.isTTY || this.noProgress) {
       return super.activitySet(total, workers);
     }
 
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ export default class ConsoleReporter extends BaseReporter {
   }
 
   progress(count: number): () => void {
-    if (count <= 0) {
+    if (this.noProgress || count <= 0) {
       return function() {
         // noop
       };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aeb7aa32dc..c21a32f47b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ is-builtin-module@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     builtin-modules "^1.0.0"
 
-is-ci@^1.0.9:
+is-ci, is-ci@^1.0.9:
   version "1.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-ci/-/is-ci-1.0.9.tgz#de2c5ffe49ab3237fda38c47c8a3bbfd55bbcca7"