diff --git a/.changeset/fast-snakes-promise.md b/.changeset/fast-snakes-promise.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c89585014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fast-snakes-promise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@segment/analytics-next': minor
+---
+
+Allow snippet users to access the inner analytics instance on 'initialize'
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/browser/index.ts b/packages/browser/src/browser/index.ts
index 64d577f56..0889c32c9 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/browser/index.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/browser/index.ts
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ async function loadAnalytics(
   }
 
   analytics.initialized = true
-  analytics.emit('initialize', settings, options)
+  analytics.emit('initialize', settings, options, analytics)
 
   await flushFinalBuffer(analytics, preInitBuffer)