diff --git a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init.go b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init.go
index 0f78ea0db38..a3f517efc73 100644
--- a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var (
 	analyze                bool
 	enableJibInit          bool
 	enableBuildpacksInit   bool
+	enableNewInitFormat    bool
 	buildpacksBuilder      string
 )
 
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ func NewCmdInit() *cobra.Command {
 			f.StringArrayVarP(&cliArtifacts, "artifact", "a", nil, "'='-delimited Dockerfile/image pair, or JSON string, to generate build artifact\n(example: --artifact='{\"builder\":\"Docker\",\"payload\":{\"path\":\"/web/Dockerfile.web\"},\"image\":\"gcr.io/web-project/image\"}')")
 			f.StringArrayVarP(&cliKubernetesManifests, "kubernetes-manifest", "k", nil, "a path or a glob pattern to kubernetes manifests (can be non-existent) to be added to the kubectl deployer (overrides detection of kubernetes manifests). Repeat the flag for multiple entries. E.g.: skaffold init -k pod.yaml -k k8s/*.yml")
 			f.BoolVar(&analyze, "analyze", false, "Print all discoverable Dockerfiles and images in JSON format to stdout")
+			f.BoolVar(&enableNewInitFormat, "XXenableNewInitFormat", false, "")
+			f.MarkHidden("XXenableNewInitFormat")
 			f.BoolVar(&enableJibInit, "XXenableJibInit", false, "")
 			f.MarkHidden("XXenableJibInit")
 			f.BoolVar(&enableBuildpacksInit, "XXenableBuildpacksInit", false, "")
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ func doInit(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
 		Analyze:                analyze,
 		EnableJibInit:          enableJibInit,
 		EnableBuildpacksInit:   enableBuildpacksInit,
+		EnableNewInitFormat:    enableNewInitFormat || enableBuildpacksInit || enableJibInit,
 		BuildpacksBuilder:      buildpacksBuilder,
 		Opts:                   opts,
 	})
diff --git a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init_test.go b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init_test.go
index 8eafeb09278..153e30ca467 100644
--- a/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init_test.go
+++ b/cmd/skaffold/app/cmd/init_test.go
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ func TestFlagsToConfigVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				Analyze:                false,
 				EnableJibInit:          false,
 				EnableBuildpacksInit:   false,
+				EnableNewInitFormat:    false,
 				BuildpacksBuilder:      "heroku/buildpacks",
 				Opts:                   opts,
 			},
 		},
+
 		{
 			name: "no error + non-default values for flags mapped to config values",
 			args: []string{
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ func TestFlagsToConfigVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				"--analyze",
 				"--XXenableJibInit",
 				"--XXenableBuildpacksInit",
+				"--XXenableNewInitFormat",
 				"--XXdefaultBuildpacksBuilder", "buildpacks/builder",
 			},
 			expectedConfig: initializer.Config{
@@ -82,10 +85,54 @@ func TestFlagsToConfigVersion(t *testing.T) {
 				Analyze:                true,
 				EnableJibInit:          true,
 				EnableBuildpacksInit:   true,
+				EnableNewInitFormat:    true,
 				BuildpacksBuilder:      "buildpacks/builder",
 				Opts:                   opts,
 			},
 		},
+
+		{
+			name: "enableJibInit implies enableNewInitFormat",
+			args: []string{
+				"init",
+				"--XXenableJibInit",
+			},
+			expectedConfig: initializer.Config{
+				ComposeFile:            "",
+				CliArtifacts:           nil,
+				CliKubernetesManifests: nil,
+				SkipBuild:              false,
+				SkipDeploy:             false,
+				Force:                  false,
+				Analyze:                false,
+				EnableJibInit:          true,
+				EnableBuildpacksInit:   false,
+				EnableNewInitFormat:    true,
+				BuildpacksBuilder:      "heroku/buildpacks",
+				Opts:                   opts,
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "enableBuildpackInit implies enableNewInitFormat",
+			args: []string{
+				"init",
+				"--XXenableBuildpacksInit",
+			},
+			expectedConfig: initializer.Config{
+				ComposeFile:            "",
+				CliArtifacts:           nil,
+				CliKubernetesManifests: nil,
+				SkipBuild:              false,
+				SkipDeploy:             false,
+				Force:                  false,
+				Analyze:                false,
+				EnableJibInit:          false,
+				EnableBuildpacksInit:   true,
+				EnableNewInitFormat:    true,
+				BuildpacksBuilder:      "heroku/buildpacks",
+				Opts:                   opts,
+			},
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		testutil.Run(t, test.name, func(t *testutil.T) {
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init.go b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init.go
index f4228131c39..da45b1fdcaa 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init.go
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Analyze                bool
 	EnableJibInit          bool // TODO: Remove this parameter
 	EnableBuildpacksInit   bool
+	EnableNewInitFormat    bool
 	BuildpacksBuilder      string
 	Opts                   config.SkaffoldOptions
 }
@@ -109,8 +110,8 @@ func DoInit(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, c Config) error {
 
 	if c.Analyze {
 		// TODO: Remove backwards compatibility block
-		if !c.EnableJibInit && !c.EnableBuildpacksInit {
-			return printAnalyzeJSONNoJib(out, c.SkipBuild, pairs, unresolvedBuilderConfigs, unresolvedImages)
+		if !c.EnableNewInitFormat {
+			return printAnalyzeOldFormat(out, c.SkipBuild, pairs, unresolvedBuilderConfigs, unresolvedImages)
 		}
 
 		return printAnalyzeJSON(out, c.SkipBuild, pairs, unresolvedBuilderConfigs, unresolvedImages)
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init_test.go
index e64ee1c0046..4a374cd2482 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/init_test.go
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ func TestDoInitAnalyze(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "analyze microservices new format",
 			dir:  "testdata/init/microservices",
 			config: Config{
-				Analyze:       true,
-				EnableJibInit: true,
+				Analyze:             true,
+				EnableNewInitFormat: true,
 			},
 			expectedOut: strip(`{
 									"builders":[
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json.go b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json.go
index dff11d548c8..4c80eca7d2f 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/docker"
 )
 
-func printAnalyzeJSONNoJib(out io.Writer, skipBuild bool, pairs []builderImagePair, unresolvedBuilders []InitBuilder, unresolvedImages []string) error {
+func printAnalyzeOldFormat(out io.Writer, skipBuild bool, pairs []builderImagePair, unresolvedBuilders []InitBuilder, unresolvedImages []string) error {
 	if !skipBuild && len(unresolvedBuilders) == 0 {
 		return errors.New("one or more valid Dockerfiles must be present to build images with skaffold; please provide at least one Dockerfile and try again, or run `skaffold init --skip-build`")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json_test.go b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json_test.go
index 04401ddec78..fbb65f3440d 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json_test.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/initializer/json_test.go
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ func TestPrintAnalyzeJSONNoJib(t *testing.T) {
 		testutil.Run(t, test.description, func(t *testutil.T) {
 			var out bytes.Buffer
 
-			err := printAnalyzeJSONNoJib(&out, test.skipBuild, test.pairs, test.builders, test.images)
+			err := printAnalyzeOldFormat(&out, test.skipBuild, test.pairs, test.builders, test.images)
 
 			t.CheckErrorAndDeepEqual(test.shouldErr, err, test.expected, out.String())
 		})