diff --git a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
index a0a1ac9bdb..4323995d82 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
@@ -868,3 +868,47 @@ test.concurrent('a allows dependency with [] in os cpu requirements',
       assert(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'feed')));
     });
   });
+
+test.concurrent('should skip integrity check and do install when --skip-integrity-check flag is passed',
+  (): Promise<void> => {
+    return runInstall({}, 'skip-integrity-check', async (config, reporter) => {
+      assert.equal(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'sub-dep')), true);
+      await fs.unlink(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'sub-dep'));
+
+      let lockContent = await fs.readFile(
+        path.join(config.cwd, 'yarn.lock'),
+      );
+      lockContent += `
+# changed the file, integrity should be fine
+    `;
+      await fs.writeFile(
+        path.join(config.cwd, 'yarn.lock'),
+        lockContent,
+      );
+
+      let reinstall = new Install({}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
+      await reinstall.init();
+
+      // reinstall will be successful but it won't reinstall anything
+      assert.equal(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'sub-dep')), false);
+
+      reinstall = new Install({skipIntegrityCheck: true}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
+      await reinstall.init();
+      // reinstall will reinstall deps
+      assert.equal(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'sub-dep')), true);
+
+      let newLockContent = await fs.readFile(
+        path.join(config.cwd, 'yarn.lock'),
+      );
+      assert.equal(lockContent, newLockContent);
+
+      reinstall = new Install({force: true}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
+      await reinstall.init();
+      // force rewrites lockfile
+      newLockContent = await fs.readFile(
+        path.join(config.cwd, 'yarn.lock'),
+      );
+      assert.notEqual(lockContent, newLockContent);
+
+    });
+  });
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e000202c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "sub-dep": "file:sub-dep"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/sub-dep/install.js b/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/sub-dep/install.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dcbbff6c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/sub-dep/install.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+process.exit(0);
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/sub-dep/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/sub-dep/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ceee1431ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/skip-integrity-check/sub-dep/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "sub-dep",
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/install.js b/src/cli/commands/install.js
index 58b9569081..c3fd07ad9e 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/install.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/install.js
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ type Flags = {
   flat: boolean,
   lockfile: boolean,
   pureLockfile: boolean,
-  skipIntegrity: boolean,
+  skipIntegrityCheck: boolean,
 
   // add
   peer: boolean,
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ function normalizeFlags(config: Config, rawFlags: Object): Flags {
     flat: !!rawFlags.flat,
     lockfile: rawFlags.lockfile !== false,
     pureLockfile: !!rawFlags.pureLockfile,
-    skipIntegrity: !!rawFlags.skipIntegrity,
+    skipIntegrityCheck: !!rawFlags.skipIntegrityCheck,
     frozenLockfile: !!rawFlags.frozenLockfile,
     linkDuplicates: !!rawFlags.linkDuplicates,
 
@@ -301,14 +301,17 @@ export class Install {
   async bailout(
     patterns: Array<string>,
   ): Promise<boolean> {
-    const match = await this.matchesIntegrityHash(patterns);
-    const haveLockfile = await fs.exists(path.join(this.config.cwd, constants.LOCKFILE_FILENAME));
-
     if (this.flags.frozenLockfile && !this.lockFileInSync(patterns)) {
       throw new MessageError(this.reporter.lang('frozenLockfileError'));
     }
+    if (this.flags.skipIntegrityCheck || this.flags.force) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const match = await this.matchesIntegrityHash(patterns);
+    const haveLockfile = await fs.exists(path.join(this.config.cwd, constants.LOCKFILE_FILENAME));
 
-    if (!this.flags.skipIntegrity && !this.flags.force && match.matches && haveLockfile) {
+    if (match.matches && haveLockfile) {
       this.reporter.success(this.reporter.lang('upToDate'));
       return true;
     }
diff --git a/src/cli/index.js b/src/cli/index.js
index 505afe325f..8a15761ce8 100644
--- a/src/cli/index.js
+++ b/src/cli/index.js
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ commander.option('--har', 'save HAR output of network traffic');
 commander.option('--ignore-platform', 'ignore platform checks');
 commander.option('--ignore-engines', 'ignore engines check');
 commander.option('--ignore-optional', 'ignore optional dependencies');
-commander.option('--force', 'ignore all caches');
+commander.option('--force', 'install and build scripts even if they were built before, overwrite lockfile');
+commander.option('--skip-integrity-check', 'run install without checking if node_modules is installed');
 commander.option('--no-bin-links', "don't generate bin links when setting up packages");
 commander.option('--flat', 'only allow one version of a package');
 commander.option('--prod, --production [prod]', '');