diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 4b56217..8ba5810 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ Default value: `'npm'`
 
 The location of the `npm` executable. Defaults to `'npm'` as it should be available in the `$PATH` environment variable.
 
+#### options.npmInstallArgs
+Type: `array`  
+Default value: `['install']`
+
+The command and arguments to pass to `npm install` operations. For example in CI environments you can use `['ci']` and we'd run `npm ci` for install operations instead.
+
+#### options.npmCleanArgs
+Type: `array`  
+Default value: `['prune', '--production']`
+
+The command and arguments to pass to `npm prune` operations. For example in CI environments you can use `['ci']` and we'd run `npm ci` for install operations instead.
+
 #### options.passGruntFlags
 Type: `bool`  
 Default value: `true`  
diff --git a/tasks/subgrunt.js b/tasks/subgrunt.js
index 1346bbf..fdc19e4 100644
--- a/tasks/subgrunt.js
+++ b/tasks/subgrunt.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   const runNpmInstall = function (path, options, next) {
     grunt.util.spawn({
       cmd: options.npmPath,
-      args: ['install'],
+      args: options.npmInstallArgs,
       opts: {cwd: path, stdio: 'inherit'}
     }, (err, result, code) => {
       if (err || code > 0) {
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
 
     grunt.util.spawn({
       cmd: options.npmPath,
-      args: ['prune', '--production'],
+      args: options.npmCleanArgs,
       opts: {cwd: path, stdio: 'inherit'}
     }, (err, result, code) => {
       if (err || code > 0) {
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
       npmInstall: true,
       npmClean: false,
       npmPath: 'npm',
+      npmInstallArgs: ['install'],
+      npmCleanArgs: ['prune', '--production'],
       passGruntFlags: true,
       limit: Math.max(require('os').cpus().length, 2)
     })