diff --git a/packages/cli/src/command.js b/packages/cli/src/command.js
index cb24bb5b2c..03a50c8a54 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/command.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/command.js
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ export default class NuxtCommand extends Hookable {
     // Flag to indicate nuxt is running with CLI (not programmatic)
     extraOptions._cli = true
 
-    const config = await loadNuxtConfig(this.argv)
+    const context = {
+      command: this.cmd.name,
+      dev: !!extraOptions.dev
+    }
+
+    const config = await loadNuxtConfig(this.argv, context)
     const options = Object.assign(config, extraOptions)
 
     for (const name of Object.keys(this.cmd.options)) {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js b/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js
index af676ffa0d..227e366260 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { defaultNuxtConfigFile, getDefaultNuxtConfig } from '@nuxt/config'
 import { clearRequireCache, scanRequireTree } from '@nuxt/utils'
 import esm from 'esm'
 
-export async function loadNuxtConfig (argv) {
+export async function loadNuxtConfig (argv, context) {
   const rootDir = path.resolve(argv._[0] || '.')
   let nuxtConfigFile
   let options = {}
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function loadNuxtConfig (argv) {
 
     if (typeof options === 'function') {
       try {
-        options = await options()
+        options = await options(context)
         if (options.default) {
           options = options.default
         }
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/fixtures/nuxt.fn-config.js b/packages/cli/test/fixtures/nuxt.fn-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f8e9810de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/test/fixtures/nuxt.fn-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default (context) => {
+  return { context }
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/command.test.js b/packages/cli/test/unit/command.test.js
index b3bf84b17d..fc6051f1f1 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/command.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/command.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Command from '../../src/command'
 import { common, server } from '../../src/options'
 import * as utils from '../../src/utils/'
+import * as config from '../../src/utils/config'
 import * as constants from '../../src/utils/constants'
 import { consola } from '../utils'
 
@@ -60,13 +61,19 @@ describe('cli/command', () => {
   })
 
   test('returns nuxt config', async () => {
-    const cmd = new Command({ options: allOptions }, ['-c', 'test-file', '-a', '-p', '3001', '-q', '-H'])
+    const loadConfigSpy = jest.spyOn(config, 'loadNuxtConfig')
+
+    const cmd = new Command({ name: 'test', options: allOptions }, ['-c', 'test-file', '-a', '-p', '3001', '-q', '-H'])
 
     const options = await cmd.getNuxtConfig({ testOption: true })
 
     expect(options.testOption).toBe(true)
     expect(options.server.port).toBe(3001)
     expect(consola.fatal).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Provided hostname argument has no value') // hostname check
+    expect(loadConfigSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(loadConfigSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.any(Object), { command: 'test', dev: false })
+
+    loadConfigSpy.mockRestore()
   })
 
   test('returns Nuxt instance', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/utils.test.js b/packages/cli/test/unit/utils.test.js
index 2de7ce4925..b30ce9ccbe 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/utils.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/utils.test.js
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ describe('cli/utils', () => {
     expect(options.server.socket).toBe('/var/run/async.sock')
   })
 
+  test('loadNuxtConfig: passes context to config fn', async () => {
+    const argv = {
+      _: [__dirname],
+      'config-file': '../fixtures/nuxt.fn-config.js'
+    }
+
+    const context = { command: 'test', dev: true }
+    const options = await loadNuxtConfig(argv, context)
+    expect(options.context.command).toBe('test')
+    expect(options.context.dev).toBe(true)
+  })
+
   test('loadNuxtConfig: async config-file with error', async () => {
     const argv = {
       _: [__dirname],