diff --git a/doc/how-to-guides.adoc b/doc/how-to-guides.adoc
index aae382c..4e06a9c 100644
--- a/doc/how-to-guides.adoc
+++ b/doc/how-to-guides.adoc
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ wit inspect --dot | dot -Tsvg > graph.svg
 
 This SVG file can be directly viewed in most web browsers.
 
+There is also a `--simple` option for `--dot` mode, which constructs a simpler
+version of the graph.
+
 
 == Restore a previous workspace
 
diff --git a/lib/wit/inspect.py b/lib/wit/inspect.py
index ef1bec9..c131d5a 100644
--- a/lib/wit/inspect.py
+++ b/lib/wit/inspect.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import sys
 from .common import print_errors
 from .witlogger import getLogger
+from .workspace import WorkSpace
 
 log = getLogger()
 
@@ -18,7 +19,10 @@ def inspect_tree(ws, args):
             _print_generic_tree(x)
 
     if args.dot:
-        _print_dot_tree(ws, packages)
+        if args.simple:
+            _print_simple_dot_tree(ws, packages)
+        else:
+            _print_dot_tree(ws, packages)
 
     print_errors(errors)
 
@@ -91,6 +95,58 @@ def print_dep(pkg, dep):
     log.output('}')
 
 
+def _print_simple_dot_tree(ws, packages_dict):
+    # This algorithm is based on the normal one except we identify nodes based
+    # on just the package name and not the revision.
+    packages = list(packages_dict.values())
+
+    def sanitize(s):
+        return s.replace(r"-", "_")
+
+    nodes = set()
+    for pkg in packages:
+        nodes.add(sanitize(pkg.name))
+
+    drawn_connections = set()
+
+    def draw_connection(from_id, to_id):
+        if from_id == to_id:
+            return
+        pair = (from_id, to_id)
+        if pair not in drawn_connections:
+            drawn_connections.add(pair)
+
+    def print_dep(pkg, dep):
+        if isinstance(pkg, WorkSpace):
+            pkg_name = "root"
+        else:
+            pkg_name = sanitize(pkg.name)
+        dep_name = sanitize(dep.name)
+        dep.load(packages_dict, ws.repo_paths, ws.root, False)
+        if dep.package.repo is None:
+            log.error("Cannot generate graph with missing repo '{}'".format(dep.name))
+            sys.exit(1)
+        draw_connection(pkg_name, dep_name)
+
+    for dep in ws.manifest.dependencies:
+        print_dep(ws, dep)
+
+    for pkg in packages:
+        for dep in pkg.get_dependencies():
+            print_dep(pkg, dep)
+
+    log.output('digraph dependencies {')
+    log.output('root [label="[root]"]')
+
+    for node in sorted(nodes):
+        log.output('{} [label="{}"]'.format(node, node))
+
+    for from_id, to_id in sorted(drawn_connections):
+        log.output("{} -> {}".format(from_id, to_id))
+
+    log.output('}')
+
+
 def _print_generic_tree(data):
     tag = data.pop('')
     print(tag)
diff --git a/lib/wit/main.py b/lib/wit/main.py
index a45a2dd..6d01d0e 100644
--- a/lib/wit/main.py
+++ b/lib/wit/main.py
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def main() -> None:
                 if args.dot or args.tree:
                     inspect_tree(ws, args)
                 else:
-                    log.error('`wit inspect` must be run with a flag')
+                    log.error('`wit inspect` must be run with --dot or --tree')
                     print(parser.parse_args('inspect -h'.split()))
                     sys.exit(1)
     except WitUserError as e:
diff --git a/lib/wit/parser.py b/lib/wit/parser.py
index ae441fd..6180c06 100644
--- a/lib/wit/parser.py
+++ b/lib/wit/parser.py
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ def err(msg):
 inspect_group = inspect_parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
 inspect_group.add_argument('--tree', action="store_true")
 inspect_group.add_argument('--dot', action="store_true")
+# Common to all
+inspect_parser.add_argument(
+    '--simple',
+    action='store_true',
+    help='Print simple view. When used with --dot, this will collapse all versions of a dependency'
+         ' into a single node.'
+)
 
 # ********** foreach subparser **********
 foreach_parser = subparsers.add_parser(