diff --git a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
index 60a6f4dcfb..cad6455f0e 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ async function mockConstants(base: Config, mocks: Object, cb: (config: Config) =
 beforeEach(request.__resetAuthedRequests);
 afterEach(request.__resetAuthedRequests);
 
+test('install should not copy the .bin folders from the cache', () =>
+  runInstall({}, 'install-no-bin', async config => {
+    expect(await fs.exists(`${config.cwd}/node_modules/is-pnp/.bin`)).toEqual(false);
+  }));
+
 test('install should not hoist packages above their peer dependencies', () =>
   runInstall({}, 'install-should-not-hoist-through-peer-deps', async config => {
     expect(await fs.exists(`${config.cwd}/node_modules/a/node_modules/c`)).toEqual(true);
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-no-bin/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-no-bin/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5736570f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-no-bin/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "dependencies": {
+        "is-pnp": "^1.0.2"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/package-linker.js b/src/package-linker.js
index c0f69d921a..463a9835ce 100644
--- a/src/package-linker.js
+++ b/src/package-linker.js
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ export default class PackageLinker {
       possibleExtraneous,
       artifactFiles,
 
-      ignoreBasenames: [constants.METADATA_FILENAME, constants.TARBALL_FILENAME],
+      ignoreBasenames: [constants.METADATA_FILENAME, constants.TARBALL_FILENAME, '.bin'],
 
       onStart: (num: number) => {
         tick = this.reporter.progress(num);