diff --git a/lib/builder/builder.mjs b/lib/builder/builder.mjs
index 904249c62d..7ca34f801f 100644
--- a/lib/builder/builder.mjs
+++ b/lib/builder/builder.mjs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default class Builder {
     this.filesWatcher = null
     this.customFilesWatcher = null
     this.spinner = createSpinner({
-      minimal: this.options.test || this.options.ci
+      minimal: this.options.minimalCLI
     })
 
     // Mute stats on dev
diff --git a/lib/builder/generator.mjs b/lib/builder/generator.mjs
index 9f60faf05f..54a05e35e8 100644
--- a/lib/builder/generator.mjs
+++ b/lib/builder/generator.mjs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default class Generator {
     )
 
     this.spinner = createSpinner({
-      minimal: this.options.test || this.options.ci
+      minimal: this.options.minimalCLI
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs b/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs
index 52e827390e..3e9bc71d81 100644
--- a/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs
+++ b/lib/builder/webpack/base.config.mjs
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export default function webpackBaseConfig({ name, isServer }) {
     if (this.options.build.profile) {
       config.plugins.push(new webpack.ProgressPlugin({ profile: true }))
     } else {
-      if (!(this.options.test || this.options.ci)) {
+      if (!(this.options.minimalCLI)) {
         config.plugins.push(new ProgressPlugin({
           spinner: this.spinner,
           name: isServer ? 'server' : 'client',
diff --git a/lib/common/nuxt.config.js b/lib/common/nuxt.config.js
index d0643d0e45..b66b295bdf 100644
--- a/lib/common/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/lib/common/nuxt.config.js
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import isCI from 'is-ci'
 export default {
   // Information about running environment
   dev: process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production',
-  debug: undefined, // Will be equal to dev if not provided
+  debug: undefined, // = dev
   test: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test',
   ci: Boolean(isCI),
+  minimalCLI: undefined, // = ci || test || !dev
 
   // Mode
   mode: 'universal',
diff --git a/lib/common/options.mjs b/lib/common/options.mjs
index 2713612164..f1f71606b5 100644
--- a/lib/common/options.mjs
+++ b/lib/common/options.mjs
@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ Options.from = function (_options) {
     )
   }
 
+  // Debug errors
+  if (options.debug === undefined) {
+    options.debug = options.dev
+  }
+
+  // minimalCLI
+  if (options.minimalCLI === undefined) {
+    options.minimalCLI = options.ci || options.test || !options.dev
+  }
+
   // Apply default hash to CSP option
   if (options.render.csp === true) {
     options.render.csp = { hashAlgorithm: 'sha256' }
@@ -136,11 +146,6 @@ Options.from = function (_options) {
     options.build.babel.cacheDirectory = options.dev
   }
 
-  // Debug errors
-  if (options.debug === undefined) {
-    options.debug = options.dev
-  }
-
   // Resource hints
   if (options.render.resourceHints === undefined) {
     options.render.resourceHints = !options.dev