diff --git a/packages/nx/bin/post-install.ts b/packages/nx/bin/post-install.ts
index b48154b662888..acaffa0ea4565 100644
--- a/packages/nx/bin/post-install.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/bin/post-install.ts
@@ -4,24 +4,36 @@ import { fileExists } from '../src/utils/fileutils';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { daemonClient } from '../src/daemon/client/client';
 import { assertSupportedPlatform } from '../src/native/assert-supported-platform';
+import { verifyOrUpdateNxCloudClient } from '../src/nx-cloud/update-manager';
+import { getCloudOptions } from '../src/nx-cloud/utilities/get-cloud-options';
+import { isNxCloudUsed } from '../src/utils/nx-cloud-utils';
+import { readNxJson } from '../src/config/nx-json';
 
 (async () => {
   try {
     if (isMainNxPackage() && fileExists(join(workspaceRoot, 'nx.json'))) {
+      const b = new Date();
       assertSupportedPlatform();
 
       try {
         await daemonClient.stop();
       } catch (e) {}
-      const b = new Date();
-      await buildProjectGraphWithoutDaemon();
-      const a = new Date();
+      const tasks: Array<Promise<any>> = [buildProjectGraphWithoutDaemon()];
+      if (isNxCloudUsed(readNxJson())) {
+        tasks.push(verifyOrUpdateNxCloudClient(getCloudOptions()));
+      }
+      await Promise.all(
+        tasks.map((promise) => {
+          promise.catch((e) => {
+            if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
+              console.warn(e);
+            }
+          });
+        })
+      );
       if (process.env.NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING === 'true') {
-        console.log(
-          `Nx project graph has been precomputed in ${
-            a.getTime() - b.getTime()
-          }ms`
-        );
+        const a = new Date();
+        console.log(`Nx postinstall steps took ${a.getTime() - b.getTime()}ms`);
       }
     }
   } catch (e) {