diff --git a/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecs.cs b/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecs.cs
index f32acfd5e6..0e34855e57 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecs.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecs.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ namespace chocolatey.tests.infrastructure.app.commands
     using chocolatey.infrastructure.app.domain;
     using chocolatey.infrastructure.app.services;
     using chocolatey.infrastructure.commandline;
+    using chocolatey.infrastructure.commands;
     using Moq;
+    using NuGet;
     using Should;
 
     public class ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecs
@@ -34,12 +36,16 @@ public abstract class ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecsBase : TinySpec
         {
             protected ChocolateyInstallCommand command;
             protected Mock<IChocolateyPackageService> packageService = new Mock<IChocolateyPackageService>();
+            protected Mock<IChocolateyPackageInformationService> chocolateyPackageInformationService = new Mock<IChocolateyPackageInformationService>();
+            protected Mock<INugetService> nugetService = new Mock<INugetService>();
+            protected Mock<ILogger> nugetLogger = new Mock<ILogger>();
             protected ChocolateyConfiguration configuration = new ChocolateyConfiguration();
 
             public override void Context()
             {
                 configuration.Sources = "bob";
-                command = new ChocolateyInstallCommand(packageService.Object);
+                var chocolateyPinCommand = new ChocolateyPinCommand(chocolateyPackageInformationService.Object, nugetLogger.Object, nugetService.Object);
+                command = new ChocolateyInstallCommand(packageService.Object, chocolateyPinCommand, nugetLogger.Object);
             }
         }
 
@@ -235,6 +241,12 @@ public void should_add_short_version_of_password_to_the_option_set()
             {
                 optionSet.Contains("p").ShouldBeTrue();
             }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void should_add_pinVersion_to_the_option_set()
+            {
+                optionSet.Contains("pin-version").ShouldBeTrue();
+            }
         }
 
         public class when_handling_additional_argument_parsing : ChocolateyInstallCommandSpecsBase
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommand.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommand.cs
index ba9cf33556..242d5d09a6 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommand.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyInstallCommand.cs
@@ -20,21 +20,27 @@ namespace chocolatey.infrastructure.app.commands
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Linq;
     using attributes;
+    using chocolatey.infrastructure.app.nuget;
     using commandline;
     using configuration;
     using infrastructure.commands;
     using infrastructure.configuration;
     using logging;
+    using NuGet;
     using services;
 
     [CommandFor("install", "installs packages from various sources")]
     public class ChocolateyInstallCommand : ICommand
     {
         private readonly IChocolateyPackageService _packageService;
+        private readonly ChocolateyPinCommand _chocolateyPinCommand;
+        private readonly ILogger _nugetLogger;
 
-        public ChocolateyInstallCommand(IChocolateyPackageService packageService)
+        public ChocolateyInstallCommand(IChocolateyPackageService packageService, ChocolateyPinCommand chocolateyPinCommand, ILogger nugetLogger)
         {
             _packageService = packageService;
+            _chocolateyPinCommand = chocolateyPinCommand;
+            _nugetLogger = nugetLogger;
         }
 
         public virtual void configure_argument_parser(OptionSet optionSet, ChocolateyConfiguration configuration)
@@ -180,6 +186,15 @@ public virtual void configure_argument_parser(OptionSet optionSet, ChocolateyCon
                              configuration.Features.UsePackageRepositoryOptimizations = false;
                          }
                      })
+                .Add("pin-version",
+                     "Pin version to prevent future upgrades.",
+                     option =>
+                     {
+                         if (option != null)
+                         {
+                             configuration.Features.PinVersion = true;
+                         }
+                     })
                 ;
 
             //todo: package name can be a url / installertype
@@ -436,6 +451,17 @@ public virtual void run(ChocolateyConfiguration configuration)
         {
             _packageService.ensure_source_app_installed(configuration);
             _packageService.install_run(configuration);
+
+            if (configuration.Features.PinVersion)
+            {
+                var packageManager = NugetCommon.GetPackageManager(configuration, _nugetLogger,
+                                                       new PackageDownloader(),
+                                                       installSuccessAction: null,
+                                                       uninstallSuccessAction: null,
+                                                       addUninstallHandler: false);
+
+                _chocolateyPinCommand.set_pin(packageManager, configuration);
+            }
         }
 
         public virtual bool may_require_admin_access()
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index c5cc33f73f..9892ccb12e 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ public sealed class FeaturesConfiguration
         public bool ExitOnRebootDetected { get; set; }
         public bool LogValidationResultsOnWarnings { get; set; }
         public bool UsePackageRepositoryOptimizations { get; set; }
+        public bool PinVersion { get; set; }
 
         //todo remove in 0.11.0
         public bool ScriptsCheckLastExitCode { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/registration/ContainerBinding.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/registration/ContainerBinding.cs
index 67ffc551b5..e0f76ab512 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/registration/ContainerBinding.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/registration/ContainerBinding.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public void RegisterComponents(Container container)
                         {
                             new ChocolateyListCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageService>()),
                             new ChocolateyInfoCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageService>()),
-                            new ChocolateyInstallCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageService>()),
+                            new ChocolateyInstallCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageService>(), container.GetInstance<ChocolateyPinCommand>(), container.GetInstance<ILogger>()),
                             new ChocolateyPinCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageInformationService>(), container.GetInstance<ILogger>(), container.GetInstance<INugetService>()),
                             new ChocolateyOutdatedCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageService>()),
                             new ChocolateyUpgradeCommand(container.GetInstance<IChocolateyPackageService>()),