diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/generator/index.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/generator/index.js
index db739d73a6..f9a8f9560e 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/generator/index.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/generator/index.js
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
+const { installedBrowsers } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
+
 module.exports = api => {
   api.render('./template', {
     hasTS: api.hasPlugin('typescript')
   })
 
+  // Use devDependencies to store latest version number so as to automate update
+  const devDeps = require('../package.json').devDependencies
+  const geckodriver = devDeps.geckodriver
+
+  // chromedriver major version bumps every 6 weeks following Chrome
+  // so there may be a mismatch between
+  // user's installed browser version and the default provided version
+  // fallback to the devDependencies version in case detection fails
+  const chromedriver = installedBrowsers.chrome
+    ? installedBrowsers.chrome.match(/^(\d+)\./)[1]
+    : devDeps.chromedriver
+
   api.extendPackage({
     scripts: {
       'test:e2e': 'vue-cli-service test:e2e'
     },
     devDependencies: {
-      chromedriver: '^76.0.1',
-      geckodriver: '^1.16.2'
+      chromedriver,
+      geckodriver
     }
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/index.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/index.js
index 6c56657ad2..c06a7a0f3b 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/index.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 const fs = require('fs')
+const { installedBrowsers, info, warn, error, chalk, execa } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
 
 module.exports = (api, options) => {
-  const { info, chalk, execa } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
-
   api.registerCommand('test:e2e', {
     description: 'run end-to-end tests with nightwatch',
     usage: 'vue-cli-service test:e2e [options]',
@@ -20,6 +19,28 @@ module.exports = (api, options) => {
       `All Nightwatch CLI options are also supported.\n` +
       chalk.yellow(`https://nightwatchjs.org/guide/running-tests/#command-line-options`)
   }, (args, rawArgs) => {
+    if (args.env && args.env.includes('firefox')) {
+      try {
+        require('geckodriver')
+      } catch (e) {
+        error(`To run e2e tests in Firefox, you need to install ${chalk.yellow.bold('geckodriver')} first.`)
+        process.exit(1)
+      }
+    }
+    if (installedBrowsers.chrome) {
+      const userVersion = installedBrowsers.chrome
+      const driverVersion = require('chromedriver').version
+
+      const userMajor = userVersion.match(/^(\d+)\./)[1]
+      const driverMajor = driverVersion.match(/^(\d+)\./)[1]
+
+      if (userMajor !== driverMajor) {
+        warn(`Local ${chalk.cyan.bold('Chrome')} version is ${chalk.cyan.bold(userMajor)}, but the installed ${chalk.cyan.bold('chromedriver')} is for version ${chalk.cyan.bold(driverMajor)}.`)
+        warn(`There may be incompatibilities between them.`)
+        warn(`Please update your ${chalk.cyan.bold('chromedriver')} dependency to match the ${chalk.cyan.bold('Chrome')} version.`)
+      }
+    }
+
     const argsToRemove = ['url', 'mode', 'headless', 'use-selenium', 'parallel']
     argsToRemove.forEach((toRemove) => removeArg(rawArgs, toRemove))
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/nightwatch.config.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/nightwatch.config.js
index a0fd12cf62..c4ad7af8c6 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/nightwatch.config.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/nightwatch.config.js
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 const path = require('path')
 const deepmerge = require('deepmerge')
 const chromedriver = require('chromedriver')
-const geckodriver = require('geckodriver')
+
+// user may have not installed geckodriver
+let geckodriver = {}
+try {
+  geckodriver = require('geckodriver')
+} catch (e) {}
 
 const userOptions = JSON.parse(process.env.VUE_NIGHTWATCH_USER_OPTIONS || '{}')
 const useSelenium = process.env.VUE_NIGHTWATCH_USE_SELENIUM === '1'
@@ -51,7 +56,7 @@ const defaultSettings = {
         }
       },
       webdriver: useSelenium ? {} : {
-        server_path: require('geckodriver').path,
+        server_path: geckodriver.path,
         port: 4444
       }
     }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json
index 4a19899490..f5e3647b1e 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "selenium-server": {
       "optional": true
+    },
+    "geckodriver": {
+      "optional": true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/prompts.js b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/prompts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9ad6867aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-nightwatch/prompts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const { installedBrowsers } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
+
+module.exports = [
+  {
+    name: 'webdrivers',
+    type: `checkbox`,
+    message: `Pick browsers to run end-to-end test on`,
+    choices: [
+      {
+        name: `Chrome`,
+        value: 'chrome',
+        checked: true
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'Firefox',
+        value: 'firefox',
+        // check the "Firefox" option if user has installed it
+        checked: !!installedBrowsers.firefox
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js
index 506ce35ecb..3c66418034 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js
@@ -129,3 +129,72 @@ function checkPnpm (result) {
 exports.isWindows = process.platform === 'win32'
 exports.isMacintosh = process.platform === 'darwin'
 exports.isLinux = process.platform === 'linux'
+
+const browsers = {}
+let hasCheckedBrowsers = false
+
+function tryRun (cmd) {
+  try {
+    return execSync(cmd, {
+      stdio: [0, 'pipe', 'ignore']
+    }).toString().trim()
+  } catch (e) {
+    return ''
+  }
+}
+
+function getLinuxAppVersion (binary) {
+  return tryRun(`${binary} --version`).replace(/^.* ([^ ]*)/g, '$1')
+}
+
+function getMacAppVersion (bundleIdentifier) {
+  const bundlePath = tryRun(`mdfind "kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier=='${bundleIdentifier}'"`)
+
+  if (bundlePath) {
+    return tryRun(`/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c Print:CFBundleShortVersionString ${
+      bundlePath.replace(/(\s)/g, '\\ ')
+    }/Contents/Info.plist`)
+  }
+}
+
+Object.defineProperty(exports, 'installedBrowsers', {
+  enumerable: true,
+  get () {
+    if (hasCheckedBrowsers) {
+      return browsers
+    }
+    hasCheckedBrowsers = true
+
+    if (exports.isLinux) {
+      browsers.chrome = getLinuxAppVersion('google-chrome')
+      browsers.firefox = getLinuxAppVersion('firefox')
+    } else if (exports.isMacintosh) {
+      browsers.chrome = getMacAppVersion('com.google.Chrome')
+      browsers.firefox = getMacAppVersion('org.mozilla.firefox')
+    } else if (exports.isWindows) {
+      // get chrome stable version
+      // https://stackoverflow.com/a/51773107/2302258
+      const chromeQueryResult = tryRun(
+        'reg query "HKLM\\Software\\Google\\Update\\Clients\\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}" /v pv /reg:32'
+      ) || tryRun(
+        'reg query "HKCU\\Software\\Google\\Update\\Clients\\{8A69D345-D564-463c-AFF1-A69D9E530F96}" /v pv /reg:32'
+      )
+      if (chromeQueryResult) {
+        const matched = chromeQueryResult.match(/REG_SZ\s+(\S*)$/)
+        browsers.chrome = matched && matched[1]
+      }
+
+      // get firefox version
+      // https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/111518-how-to-determine-version-of-installed-firefox-in-windows-batchscript
+      const ffQueryResult = tryRun(
+        'reg query "HKLM\\Software\\Mozilla\\Mozilla Firefox" /v CurrentVersion'
+      )
+      if (ffQueryResult) {
+        const matched = ffQueryResult.match(/REG_SZ\s+(\S*)$/)
+        browsers.firefox = matched && matched[1]
+      }
+    }
+
+    return browsers
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/__tests__/e2e.spec.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/__tests__/e2e.spec.js
index 52f25394b1..40994e5a85 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/__tests__/e2e.spec.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/__tests__/e2e.spec.js
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ test('nightwatch', async () => {
       message: 'Pick a E2E testing solution',
       choices: ['Cypress', 'Nightwatch'],
       choose: 1
+    },
+    {
+      message: 'Pick browsers to run end-to-end test on',
+      choice: ['Chrome', 'Firefox'],
+      check: [0, 1]
     }
   ]
 
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/e2e.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/e2e.js
index c7a21520dd..09bc05bece 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/e2e.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/promptModules/e2e.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const { installedBrowsers } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')
+
 module.exports = cli => {
   cli.injectFeature({
     name: 'E2E Testing',
@@ -20,13 +22,33 @@ module.exports = cli => {
         short: 'Cypress'
       },
       {
-        name: 'Nightwatch (Selenium-based)',
+        name: 'Nightwatch (WebDriver-based)',
         value: 'nightwatch',
         short: 'Nightwatch'
       }
     ]
   })
 
+  cli.injectPrompt({
+    name: 'webdrivers',
+    when: answers => answers.e2e === 'nightwatch',
+    type: `checkbox`,
+    message: `Pick browsers to run end-to-end test on`,
+    choices: [
+      {
+        name: `Chrome`,
+        value: 'chrome',
+        checked: true
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'Firefox',
+        value: 'firefox',
+        // check the "Firefox" option if user has installed it
+        checked: !!installedBrowsers.firefox
+      }
+    ]
+  })
+
   cli.onPromptComplete((answers, options) => {
     if (answers.e2e === 'cypress') {
       options.plugins['@vue/cli-plugin-e2e-cypress'] = {}