diff --git a/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommandSpecs.cs b/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommandSpecs.cs
index 59dd99d5f4..49cfaf8f5d 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommandSpecs.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey.tests/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommandSpecs.cs
@@ -108,7 +108,18 @@ public void should_add_short_version_of_password_to_the_option_set()
             {
                 optionSet.Contains("p").ShouldBeTrue();
             }
-      
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void should_add_ignore_pinned_to_the_option_set()
+            {
+                optionSet.Contains("ignore-pinned").ShouldBeTrue();
+            }
+
+            [Fact]
+            public void should_add_short_version_of_ignore_pinned_to_the_option_set()
+            {
+                optionSet.Contains("ip").ShouldBeTrue();
+            }
         }
         
         public class when_noop_is_called : ChocolateyOutdatedCommandSpecsBase
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommand.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommand.cs
index 7c9cbe6d81..09fef36db0 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommand.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/commands/ChocolateyOutdatedCommand.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@ public virtual void configure_argument_parser(OptionSet optionSet, ChocolateyCon
                      option => configuration.SourceCommand.Certificate = option.remove_surrounding_quotes())
                 .Add("cp=|certpassword=",
                      "Certificate Password - the client certificate's password to the source. Defaults to empty. Available in 0.9.10+.",
-                     option => configuration.SourceCommand.CertificatePassword = option.remove_surrounding_quotes())
+                     option => configuration.SourceCommand.CertificatePassword = option.remove_surrounding_quotes())                
+                .Add("ip|ignore-pinned",
+                     "IgnorePinned - Ignore pinned packages. Defaults to false.",
+                     option => configuration.OutdatedCommand.IgnorePinned = option != null)
                 ;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index 0af28bc32d..3b1f5538b9 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ namespace chocolatey.infrastructure.app.configuration
     using System.Collections.Generic;
     using System.Reflection;
     using System.Text;
+    using commands;
     using domain;
     using logging;
     using platforms;
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ public ChocolateyConfiguration()
             ApiKeyCommand = new ApiKeyCommandConfiguration();
             PushCommand = new PushCommandConfiguration();
             PinCommand = new PinCommandConfiguration();
-            Proxy = new ProxyConfiguration();
+            OutdatedCommand = new OutdatedCommandConfiguration();
+            Proxy = new ProxyConfiguration();            
 #if DEBUG
             AllowUnofficialBuild = true;
 #endif
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ private void output_tostring(StringBuilder propertyValues, IEnumerable<PropertyI
         }
 
         private const int MAX_CONSOLE_LINE_LENGTH = 72;
-        private int _currentLineLength = 0;
+        private int _currentLineLength = 0;        
 
         private void append_output(StringBuilder propertyValues, string append)
         {
@@ -309,8 +311,16 @@ private void append_output(StringBuilder propertyValues, string append)
         /// <remarks>
         ///   On .NET 4.0, get error CS0200 when private set - see http://stackoverflow.com/a/23809226/18475
         /// </remarks>
-        public PinCommandConfiguration PinCommand { get; set; }     
-        
+        public PinCommandConfiguration PinCommand { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Configuration related specifically to Outdated command
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///   On .NET 4.0, get error CS0200 when private set - see http://stackoverflow.com/a/23809226/18475
+        /// </remarks>
+        public OutdatedCommandConfiguration OutdatedCommand { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Configuration related specifically to proxies.
         /// </summary>
@@ -452,6 +462,12 @@ public sealed class PinCommandConfiguration
         public PinCommandType Command { get; set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
+    public sealed class OutdatedCommandConfiguration
+    {
+        public bool IgnorePinned { get; set; }
+    }
+
     [Serializable]
     public sealed class ApiKeyCommandConfiguration
     {
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs
index fc3b59e7bb..803f487fc9 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/NugetService.cs
@@ -578,6 +578,14 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> upgrade_run(ChocolateyConfigu
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                var pkgInfo = _packageInfoService.get_package_information(installedPackage);
+                bool isPinned = pkgInfo != null && pkgInfo.IsPinned;
+
+                if (isPinned && config.OutdatedCommand.IgnorePinned)
+                {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 if (version != null && version < installedPackage.Version && !config.AllowMultipleVersions && !config.AllowDowngrade)
                 {
                     string logMessage = "A newer version of {0} (v{1}) is already installed.{2} Use --allow-downgrade or --force to attempt to upgrade to older versions, or use side by side to allow multiple versions.".format_with(installedPackage.Id, installedPackage.Version, Environment.NewLine);
@@ -585,11 +593,7 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> upgrade_run(ChocolateyConfigu
                     nullResult.Messages.Add(new ResultMessage(ResultType.Error, logMessage));
                     this.Log().Error(ChocolateyLoggers.Important, logMessage);
                     continue;
-                }
-
-                var pkgInfo = _packageInfoService.get_package_information(installedPackage);
-                bool isPinned = pkgInfo != null && pkgInfo.IsPinned;
-
+                }                
 
                 IPackage availablePackage = packageManager.SourceRepository.FindPackage(packageName, version, config.Prerelease, allowUnlisted: false);
                 if (availablePackage == null)