diff --git a/lib/ci.js b/lib/ci.js
index 1fbb28b570f6f..375c1448a1ea1 100644
--- a/lib/ci.js
+++ b/lib/ci.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
+const npm = require('./npm.js')
 const Installer = require('libcipm')
-const npmConfig = require('./config/figgy-config.js')
 const npmlog = require('npmlog')
 
 ci.usage = 'npm ci'
@@ -10,7 +10,13 @@ ci.completion = (cb) => cb(null, [])
 
 module.exports = ci
 function ci (args, cb) {
-  return new Installer(npmConfig({ log: npmlog })).run().then(details => {
+  const opts = Object.create({ log: npmlog })
+  for (const key in npm.config.list[0]) {
+    if (key !== 'log') {
+      opts[key] = npm.config.list[0][key]
+    }
+  }
+  return new Installer(opts).run().then(details => {
     npmlog.disableProgress()
     console.log(`added ${details.pkgCount} packages in ${
       details.runTime / 1000
diff --git a/test/tap/ci.js b/test/tap/ci.js
index 9150f26efeedc..3f3e251d03f1d 100644
--- a/test/tap/ci.js
+++ b/test/tap/ci.js
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ const EXEC_OPTS = { cwd: testDir }
 const PKG = {
   name: 'top',
   version: '1.2.3',
+  scripts: {
+    install: 'node -p process.env.npm_config_foo'
+  },
   dependencies: {
     optimist: '0.6.0',
     clean: '2.1.6'
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ test('basic installation', (t) => {
     .then(() => fixture.create(testDir))
     .then(() => common.npm([
       'ci',
+      '--foo=asdf',
       '--registry', common.registry,
       '--loglevel', 'warn'
     ], EXEC_OPTS))
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ test('basic installation', (t) => {
       t.equal(stderr.trim(), '', 'no output on stderr')
       t.match(
         stdout.trim(),
-        /^added 6 packages in \d+(?:\.\d+)?s$/,
+        /\nasdf\nadded 6 packages in \d+(?:\.\d+)?s$/,
         'no warnings on stderr, and final output has right number of packages'
       )
       return fs.readdirAsync(path.join(testDir, 'node_modules'))
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ test('supports npm-shrinkwrap.json as well', (t) => {
     .then(() => fixture.create(testDir))
     .then(() => common.npm([
       'ci',
+      '--foo=asdf',
       '--registry', common.registry,
       '--loglevel', 'warn'
     ], EXEC_OPTS))
@@ -155,7 +160,7 @@ test('supports npm-shrinkwrap.json as well', (t) => {
       t.equal(stderr.trim(), '', 'no output on stderr')
       t.match(
         stdout.trim(),
-        /^added 6 packages in \d+(?:\.\d+)?s$/,
+        /\nasdf\nadded 6 packages in \d+(?:\.\d+)?s$/,
         'no warnings on stderr, and final output has right number of packages'
       )
     })
@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ test('removes existing node_modules/ before installing', (t) => {
     .then(() => fixture.create(testDir))
     .then(() => common.npm([
       'ci',
+      '--foo=asdf',
       '--registry', common.registry,
       '--loglevel', 'warn'
     ], EXEC_OPTS))
@@ -232,6 +238,7 @@ test('errors if package-lock.json missing', (t) => {
     .then(() => fixture.create(testDir))
     .then(() => common.npm([
       'ci',
+      '--foo=asdf',
       '--registry', common.registry,
       '--loglevel', 'warn'
     ], EXEC_OPTS))
@@ -268,6 +275,7 @@ test('errors if package-lock.json invalid', (t) => {
     .then(() => fixture.create(testDir))
     .then(() => common.npm([
       'ci',
+      '--foo=asdf',
       '--registry', common.registry,
       '--loglevel', 'warn'
     ], EXEC_OPTS))