diff --git a/.changeset/angry-moles-give.md b/.changeset/angry-moles-give.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5589100b17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/angry-moles-give.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": major
+---
+
+Pass `packageExtensions`, `overrides`, and `neverBuiltDependencies` to the core API. Take this information from `rootProjectManifest`, which should be passed in via the options.
diff --git a/.changeset/chatty-toys-talk.md b/.changeset/chatty-toys-talk.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01a8e2b8ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/chatty-toys-talk.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/core": major
+---
+
+`packageExtensions`, `overrides`, and `neverBuiltDependencies` are passed through as options to the core API. These settings are not read from the root manifest's `package.json`.
diff --git a/.changeset/six-suits-float.md b/.changeset/six-suits-float.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..94fe222393e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/six-suits-float.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/config": minor
+---
+
+Read the root project manifest and write it to the config object.
diff --git a/packages/config/package.json b/packages/config/package.json
index 267f8045d5d..585382d27fb 100644
--- a/packages/config/package.json
+++ b/packages/config/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "@pnpm/error": "workspace:2.0.0",
     "@pnpm/global-bin-dir": "workspace:3.0.0",
     "@pnpm/pnpmfile": "workspace:1.2.0",
+    "@pnpm/read-project-manifest": "workspace:2.0.7",
     "@pnpm/types": "workspace:7.6.0",
     "@zkochan/npm-conf": "2.0.2",
     "camelcase": "^6.2.0",
diff --git a/packages/config/src/Config.ts b/packages/config/src/Config.ts
index 0cabb65c844..fb3565cc1c9 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/Config.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/Config.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   Project,
+  ProjectManifest,
   ProjectsGraph,
   Registries,
 } from '@pnpm/types'
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export interface Config {
   testPattern?: string[]
   changedFilesIgnorePattern?: string[]
   extendNodePath?: boolean
+  rootProjectManifest?: ProjectManifest
 }
 
 export interface ConfigWithDeprecatedSettings extends Config {
diff --git a/packages/config/src/index.ts b/packages/config/src/index.ts
index 73961e18a5c..eea1032a77d 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { LAYOUT_VERSION } from '@pnpm/constants'
 import PnpmError from '@pnpm/error'
 import globalBinDir from '@pnpm/global-bin-dir'
 import { requireHooks } from '@pnpm/pnpmfile'
+import { safeReadProjectManifestOnly } from '@pnpm/read-project-manifest'
 import camelcase from 'camelcase'
 import loadNpmConf from '@zkochan/npm-conf'
 import npmTypes from '@zkochan/npm-conf/lib/types'
@@ -483,6 +484,7 @@ export default async (
   if (!pnpmConfig.ignorePnpmfile) {
     pnpmConfig.hooks = requireHooks(pnpmConfig.lockfileDir ?? pnpmConfig.dir, pnpmConfig)
   }
+  pnpmConfig.rootProjectManifest = await safeReadProjectManifestOnly(pnpmConfig.lockfileDir ?? pnpmConfig.dir) ?? undefined
 
   return { config: pnpmConfig, warnings }
 }
diff --git a/packages/config/tsconfig.json b/packages/config/tsconfig.json
index 1cfc6280d36..24d8b7d37ac 100644
--- a/packages/config/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/config/tsconfig.json
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
     {
       "path": "../pnpmfile"
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../read-project-manifest"
+    },
     {
       "path": "../types"
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts b/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
index 6c831ae0532..e60bb9275ea 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import normalizeRegistries, { DEFAULT_REGISTRIES } from '@pnpm/normalize-registr
 import { WorkspacePackages } from '@pnpm/resolver-base'
 import { StoreController } from '@pnpm/store-controller-types'
 import {
+  PackageExtension,
   ReadPackageHook,
   Registries,
 } from '@pnpm/types'
@@ -44,8 +45,10 @@ export interface StrictInstallOptions {
   rawConfig: object
   verifyStoreIntegrity: boolean
   engineStrict: boolean
+  neverBuiltDependencies: string[]
   nodeExecPath?: string
   nodeVersion: string
+  packageExtensions: Record<string, PackageExtension>
   packageManager: {
     name: string
     version: string
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ export interface StrictInstallOptions {
   unsafePerm: boolean
   registries: Registries
   tag: string
+  overrides: Record<string, string>
   ownLifecycleHooksStdio: 'inherit' | 'pipe'
   workspacePackages: WorkspacePackages
   pruneStore: boolean
@@ -120,9 +124,12 @@ const defaults = async (opts: InstallOptions) => {
     },
     lockfileDir: opts.lockfileDir ?? opts.dir ?? process.cwd(),
     lockfileOnly: false,
+    neverBuiltDependencies: [] as string[],
     nodeVersion: process.version,
+    overrides: {},
     ownLifecycleHooksStdio: 'inherit',
     ignorePackageManifest: false,
+    packageExtensions: {},
     packageManager,
     preferFrozenLockfile: true,
     preferWorkspacePackages: false,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/install/index.ts b/packages/core/src/install/index.ts
index fc480bbc5e5..cdf07225570 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/install/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/install/index.ts
@@ -166,19 +166,11 @@ export async function mutateModules (
     // When running install/update on a subset of projects, the root project might not be included,
     // so reading its manifest explicitly here.
     await safeReadProjectManifestOnly(opts.lockfileDir)
-  // We read Yarn's resolutions field for compatibility
-  // but we really replace the version specs to any other version spec, not only to exact versions,
-  // so we cannot call it resolutions
-  const overrides = (rootProjectManifest != null)
-    ? rootProjectManifest.pnpm?.overrides ?? rootProjectManifest.resolutions
-    : undefined
-  const neverBuiltDependencies = rootProjectManifest?.pnpm?.neverBuiltDependencies ?? []
-  const packageExtensions = rootProjectManifest?.pnpm?.packageExtensions
   opts.hooks.readPackage = createReadPackageHook({
     readPackageHook: opts.hooks.readPackage,
-    overrides,
+    overrides: opts.overrides,
     lockfileDir: opts.lockfileDir,
-    packageExtensions,
+    packageExtensions: opts.packageExtensions,
   })
   const ctx = await getContext(projects, opts)
   const pruneVirtualStore = ctx.modulesFile?.prunedAt && opts.modulesCacheMaxAge > 0
@@ -225,15 +217,15 @@ export async function mutateModules (
         }
       )
     }
-    const packageExtensionsChecksum = isEmpty(packageExtensions ?? {}) ? undefined : createObjectChecksum(packageExtensions!)
+    const packageExtensionsChecksum = isEmpty(opts.packageExtensions ?? {}) ? undefined : createObjectChecksum(opts.packageExtensions!)
     let needsFullResolution = !maybeOpts.ignorePackageManifest && (
-      !equals(ctx.wantedLockfile.overrides ?? {}, overrides ?? {}) ||
-      !equals((ctx.wantedLockfile.neverBuiltDependencies ?? []).sort(), (neverBuiltDependencies ?? []).sort()) ||
+      !equals(ctx.wantedLockfile.overrides ?? {}, opts.overrides ?? {}) ||
+      !equals((ctx.wantedLockfile.neverBuiltDependencies ?? []).sort(), (opts.neverBuiltDependencies ?? []).sort()) ||
       ctx.wantedLockfile.packageExtensionsChecksum !== packageExtensionsChecksum) ||
       opts.fixLockfile
     if (needsFullResolution) {
-      ctx.wantedLockfile.overrides = overrides
-      ctx.wantedLockfile.neverBuiltDependencies = neverBuiltDependencies
+      ctx.wantedLockfile.overrides = opts.overrides
+      ctx.wantedLockfile.neverBuiltDependencies = opts.neverBuiltDependencies
       ctx.wantedLockfile.packageExtensionsChecksum = packageExtensionsChecksum
     }
     const frozenLockfile = opts.frozenLockfile ||
@@ -496,8 +488,6 @@ export async function mutateModules (
       currentLockfileIsUpToDate: !ctx.existsWantedLockfile || ctx.currentLockfileIsUpToDate,
       makePartialCurrentLockfile,
       needsFullResolution,
-      neverBuiltDependencies,
-      overrides,
       pruneVirtualStore,
       updateLockfileMinorVersion: true,
     })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts b/packages/core/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts
index 91556f7b04a..278ba70756d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/install/lifecycleScripts.ts
@@ -446,9 +446,9 @@ test('scripts have access to unlisted bins when hoisting is used', async () => {
 test('selectively ignore scripts in some dependencies', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
   const neverBuiltDependencies = ['pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example']
-  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({ pnpm: { neverBuiltDependencies } },
+  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({},
     ['pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example', 'install-script-example'],
-    await testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false })
+    await testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false, neverBuiltDependencies })
   )
 
   expect(await exists('node_modules/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/generated-by-preinstall.js')).toBeFalsy()
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ test('selectively ignore scripts in some dependencies', async () => {
 
   await rimraf('node_modules')
 
-  await install(manifest, await testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false, frozenLockfile: true }))
+  await install(manifest, await testDefaults({ fastUnpack: false, frozenLockfile: true, neverBuiltDependencies }))
 
   expect(await exists('node_modules/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/generated-by-preinstall.js')).toBeFalsy()
   expect(await exists('node_modules/pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example/generated-by-postinstall.js')).toBeFalsy()
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@ test('lockfile is updated if neverBuiltDependencies is changed', async () => {
   }
 
   const neverBuiltDependencies = ['pre-and-postinstall-scripts-example']
-  manifest.pnpm = { neverBuiltDependencies }
   await mutateModules([
     {
       buildIndex: 0,
@@ -492,7 +491,7 @@ test('lockfile is updated if neverBuiltDependencies is changed', async () => {
       mutation: 'install',
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
-  ], await testDefaults())
+  ], await testDefaults({ neverBuiltDependencies }))
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
diff --git a/packages/core/test/install/multipleImporters.ts b/packages/core/test/install/multipleImporters.ts
index f15c189d88d..c44cb733f77 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/install/multipleImporters.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/install/multipleImporters.ts
@@ -1174,16 +1174,6 @@ test('resolve a subdependency from the workspace and use it as a peer', async ()
 
 test('resolve a subdependency from the workspace, when it uses the workspace protocol', async () => {
   preparePackages([
-    {
-      location: '.',
-      package: {
-        pnpm: {
-          overrides: {
-            'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': 'workspace:*',
-          },
-        },
-      },
-    },
     {
       location: 'project',
       package: { name: 'project' },
@@ -1229,7 +1219,14 @@ test('resolve a subdependency from the workspace, when it uses the workspace pro
       },
     },
   }
-  await mutateModules(importers, await testDefaults({ linkWorkspacePackagesDepth: -1, workspacePackages }))
+  const overrides = {
+    'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': 'workspace:*',
+  }
+  await mutateModules(importers, await testDefaults({
+    linkWorkspacePackagesDepth: -1,
+    overrides,
+    workspacePackages,
+  }))
 
   const project = assertProject(process.cwd())
 
@@ -1241,6 +1238,7 @@ test('resolve a subdependency from the workspace, when it uses the workspace pro
   // Testing that headless installation does not fail with links in subdeps
   await mutateModules(importers, await testDefaults({
     frozenLockfile: true,
+    overrides,
     workspacePackages,
   }))
 })
diff --git a/packages/core/test/install/overrides.ts b/packages/core/test/install/overrides.ts
index fc4466f3c4f..a8d06681bbb 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/install/overrides.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/install/overrides.ts
@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@ import {
   testDefaults,
 } from '../utils'
 
-test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field', async () => {
+test('versions are replaced with versions specified through overrides option', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
 
   await addDistTag({ package: 'bar', version: '100.0.0', distTag: 'latest' })
   await addDistTag({ package: 'foo', version: '100.0.0', distTag: 'latest' })
 
-  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({
-    pnpm: {
-      overrides: {
-        'foobarqar>foo': 'npm:qar@100.0.0',
-        'bar@^100.0.0': '100.1.0',
-        'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
-      },
-    },
-  }, ['pkg-with-1-dep@100.0.0', 'foobar@100.0.0', 'foobarqar@1.0.0'], await testDefaults())
+  const overrides = {
+    'foobarqar>foo': 'npm:qar@100.0.0',
+    'bar@^100.0.0': '100.1.0',
+    'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
+  }
+  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({},
+    ['pkg-with-1-dep@100.0.0', 'foobar@100.0.0', 'foobarqar@1.0.0'],
+    await testDefaults({ overrides })
+  )
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
@@ -44,12 +44,12 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
       mutation: 'install',
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
-  ], { ...await testDefaults(), ignorePackageManifest: true })
+  ], { ...await testDefaults(), ignorePackageManifest: true, overrides })
 
   // The lockfile is updated if the overrides are changed
-  manifest.pnpm!.overrides!['bar@^100.0.0'] = '100.0.0'
+  overrides['bar@^100.0.0'] = '100.0.0'
   // A direct dependency may be overriden as well
-  manifest.pnpm!.overrides!['foobarqar'] = '1.0.1'
+  overrides['foobarqar'] = '1.0.1'
   await mutateModules([
     {
       buildIndex: 0,
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
       mutation: 'install',
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
-  ], await testDefaults())
+  ], await testDefaults({ overrides }))
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
       mutation: 'install',
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
-  ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true }))
+  ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true, overrides }))
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
     expect(lockfile.overrides).toStrictEqual(currentLockfile.overrides)
   }
 
-  manifest.pnpm!.overrides!['bar@^100.0.0'] = '100.0.1'
+  overrides['bar@^100.0.0'] = '100.0.1'
   await expect(
     mutateModules([
       {
@@ -104,54 +104,10 @@ test('versions are replaced with versions specified through pnpm.overrides field
         mutation: 'install',
         rootDir: process.cwd(),
       },
-    ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true }))
+    ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true, overrides }))
   ).rejects.toThrow(
     new PnpmError('FROZEN_LOCKFILE_WITH_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE',
       'Cannot perform a frozen installation because the lockfile needs updates'
     )
   )
 })
-
-test('versions are replaced with versions specified through "resolutions" field (for Yarn compatibility)', async () => {
-  const project = prepareEmpty()
-
-  await addDistTag({ package: 'bar', version: '100.0.0', distTag: 'latest' })
-
-  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({
-    resolutions: {
-      'bar@^100.0.0': '100.1.0',
-      'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
-    },
-  }, ['pkg-with-1-dep@100.0.0', 'foobar@100.0.0'], await testDefaults())
-
-  {
-    const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
-    expect(lockfile.packages).toHaveProperty(['/dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep/101.0.0'])
-    expect(lockfile.packages).toHaveProperty(['/bar/100.1.0'])
-    expect(lockfile.overrides).toStrictEqual({
-      'bar@^100.0.0': '100.1.0',
-      'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
-    })
-  }
-
-  // The lockfile is updated if the resolutions are changed
-  manifest.resolutions!['bar@^100.0.0'] = '100.0.0'
-  await mutateModules([
-    {
-      buildIndex: 0,
-      manifest,
-      mutation: 'install',
-      rootDir: process.cwd(),
-    },
-  ], await testDefaults())
-
-  {
-    const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
-    expect(lockfile.packages).toHaveProperty(['/dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep/101.0.0'])
-    expect(lockfile.packages).toHaveProperty(['/bar/100.0.0'])
-    expect(lockfile.overrides).toStrictEqual({
-      'bar@^100.0.0': '100.0.0',
-      'dep-of-pkg-with-1-dep': '101.0.0',
-    })
-  }
-})
diff --git a/packages/core/test/install/packageExtensions.ts b/packages/core/test/install/packageExtensions.ts
index a8330865e00..f6f6bd8c41e 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/install/packageExtensions.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/install/packageExtensions.ts
@@ -6,20 +6,21 @@ import {
   testDefaults,
 } from '../utils'
 
-test('manifests are extended with fields specified by pnpm.packageExtensions', async () => {
+test('manifests are extended with fields specified by packageExtensions', async () => {
   const project = prepareEmpty()
 
-  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage({
-    pnpm: {
-      packageExtensions: {
-        'is-positive': {
-          dependencies: {
-            bar: '100.1.0',
-          },
-        },
+  const packageExtensions = {
+    'is-positive': {
+      dependencies: {
+        bar: '100.1.0',
       },
     },
-  }, ['is-positive@1.0.0'], await testDefaults())
+  }
+  const manifest = await addDependenciesToPackage(
+    {},
+    ['is-positive@1.0.0'],
+    await testDefaults({ packageExtensions })
+  )
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ test('manifests are extended with fields specified by pnpm.packageExtensions', a
   }
 
   // The lockfile is updated if the overrides are changed
-  manifest.pnpm!.packageExtensions!['is-positive'].dependencies!['foobar'] = '100.0.0'
+  packageExtensions['is-positive'].dependencies!['foobar'] = '100.0.0'
   await mutateModules([
     {
       buildIndex: 0,
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ test('manifests are extended with fields specified by pnpm.packageExtensions', a
       mutation: 'install',
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
-  ], await testDefaults())
+  ], await testDefaults({ packageExtensions }))
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ test('manifests are extended with fields specified by pnpm.packageExtensions', a
       mutation: 'install',
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
-  ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true }))
+  ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true, packageExtensions }))
 
   {
     const lockfile = await project.readLockfile()
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ test('manifests are extended with fields specified by pnpm.packageExtensions', a
     expect(lockfile.packageExtensionsChecksum).toStrictEqual(currentLockfile.packageExtensionsChecksum)
   }
 
-  manifest.pnpm!.packageExtensions!['is-positive'].dependencies!['bar'] = '100.0.1'
+  packageExtensions['is-positive'].dependencies!['bar'] = '100.0.1'
   await expect(
     mutateModules([
       {
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ test('manifests are extended with fields specified by pnpm.packageExtensions', a
         mutation: 'install',
         rootDir: process.cwd(),
       },
-    ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true }))
+    ], await testDefaults({ frozenLockfile: true, packageExtensions }))
   ).rejects.toThrow(
     new PnpmError('FROZEN_LOCKFILE_WITH_OUTDATED_LOCKFILE',
       'Cannot perform a frozen installation because the lockfile needs updates'
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71f89bdd23f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/getOptionsFromRootManifest.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { ProjectManifest } from '@pnpm/types'
+
+export default function getOptionsFromRootManifest (manifest: ProjectManifest) {
+  // We read Yarn's resolutions field for compatibility
+  // but we really replace the version specs to any other version spec, not only to exact versions,
+  // so we cannot call it resolutions
+  const overrides = manifest.pnpm?.overrides ?? manifest.resolutions
+  const neverBuiltDependencies = manifest.pnpm?.neverBuiltDependencies ?? []
+  const packageExtensions = manifest.pnpm?.packageExtensions
+  return {
+    overrides,
+    neverBuiltDependencies,
+    packageExtensions,
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/import/index.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/import/index.ts
index 82b73018b05..65092869eed 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/import/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/import/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { parse as parseYarnLock } from '@yarnpkg/lockfile'
 import * as yarnCore from '@yarnpkg/core'
 import { parseSyml } from '@yarnpkg/parsers'
 import exists from 'path-exists'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from '../getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 import recursive from '../recursive'
 import { yarnLockFileKeyNormalizer } from './yarnUtil'
 
@@ -143,14 +144,16 @@ export async function handler (
   }
 
   const store = await createOrConnectStoreController(opts)
+  const manifest = await readProjectManifestOnly(opts.dir)
   const installOpts = {
     ...opts,
+    ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(manifest),
     lockfileOnly: true,
     preferredVersions,
     storeController: store.ctrl,
     storeDir: store.dir,
   }
-  await install(await readProjectManifestOnly(opts.dir), installOpts)
+  await install(manifest, installOpts)
 }
 
 async function readYarnLockFile (dir: string) {
@@ -279,4 +282,4 @@ function getYarnLockfileType (
   return lockFileContents.includes('__metadata')
     ? YarnLockType.yarn2
     : YarnLockType.yarn
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
index 71708460a39..12063a84f2c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/installDeps.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
 import logger from '@pnpm/logger'
 import { sequenceGraph } from '@pnpm/sort-packages'
 import isSubdir from 'is-subdir'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from './getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 import getPinnedVersion from './getPinnedVersion'
 import getSaveType from './getSaveType'
 import getNodeExecPath from './nodeExecPath'
@@ -161,9 +162,18 @@ when running add/update with the --workspace option')
     workspacePackages = arrayOfWorkspacePackagesToMap(allProjects)
   }
 
+  let { manifest, writeProjectManifest } = await tryReadProjectManifest(opts.dir, opts)
+  if (manifest === null) {
+    if (opts.update) {
+      throw new PnpmError('NO_IMPORTER_MANIFEST', 'No package.json found')
+    }
+    manifest = {}
+  }
+
   const store = await createOrConnectStoreController(opts)
   const installOpts = {
     ...opts,
+    ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(manifest),
     forceHoistPattern,
     forcePublicHoistPattern,
     // In case installation is done in a multi-package repository
@@ -184,14 +194,6 @@ when running add/update with the --workspace option')
     }
   }
 
-  let { manifest, writeProjectManifest } = await tryReadProjectManifest(opts.dir, opts)
-  if (manifest === null) {
-    if (opts.update) {
-      throw new PnpmError('NO_IMPORTER_MANIFEST', 'No package.json found')
-    }
-    manifest = {}
-  }
-
   const updateMatch = opts.update && (params.length > 0) ? createMatcher(params) : null
   if (updateMatch != null) {
     params = matchDependencies(updateMatch, manifest, includeDirect)
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/link.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/link.ts
index f016aae8292..f9fe9f87a69 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/link.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/link.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import pick from 'ramda/src/pick'
 import partition from 'ramda/src/partition'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
 import * as installCommand from './install'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from './getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 import getSaveType from './getSaveType'
 
 const isWindows = process.platform === 'win32' || global['FAKE_WINDOWS']
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export async function handler (
       await install(
         await readProjectManifestOnly(dir, opts), {
           ...config,
+          ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(config.rootProjectManifest ?? {}),
           include: {
             dependencies: config.production !== false,
             devDependencies: config.dev !== false,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts
index 7e457acbf69..c7c68d56d60 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { createOrConnectStoreController, CreateStoreControllerOptions } from '@p
 import { InstallOptions, mutateModules } from '@pnpm/core'
 import pick from 'ramda/src/pick'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from './getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 
 export const rcOptionsTypes = cliOptionsTypes
 
@@ -44,19 +45,21 @@ export function help () {
 }
 
 export async function handler (
-  opts: Pick<Config, 'dev' | 'engineStrict' | 'optional' | 'production'> & CreateStoreControllerOptions
+  opts: Pick<Config, 'dev' | 'engineStrict' | 'optional' | 'production' | 'rootProjectManifest'> & CreateStoreControllerOptions
 ) {
   const store = await createOrConnectStoreController(opts)
+  const manifest = await readProjectManifestOnly(process.cwd(), opts)
   return mutateModules([
     {
       buildIndex: 0,
-      manifest: await readProjectManifestOnly(process.cwd(), opts),
+      manifest,
       mutation: 'install',
       pruneDirectDependencies: true,
       rootDir: process.cwd(),
     },
   ], {
     ...opts,
+    ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(opts.rootProjectManifest ?? {}),
     include: {
       dependencies: opts.production !== false,
       devDependencies: opts.dev !== false,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts
index 4b6aad9c143..caf9bd21751 100755
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/recursive.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import mem from 'mem'
 import pFilter from 'p-filter'
 import pLimit from 'p-limit'
 import readIniFile from 'read-ini-file'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from './getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 import { createWorkspaceSpecs, updateToWorkspacePackagesFromManifest } from './updateWorkspaceDependencies'
 import updateToLatestSpecsFromManifest, { createLatestSpecs } from './updateToLatestSpecsFromManifest'
 import getSaveType from './getSaveType'
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ export default async function recursive (
     : {}
   const targetDependenciesField = getSaveType(opts)
   const installOpts = Object.assign(opts, {
+    ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(manifestsByPath[opts.lockfileDir ?? opts.dir]?.manifest ?? {}),
     linkWorkspacePackagesDepth: opts.linkWorkspacePackages === 'deep' ? Infinity : opts.linkWorkspacePackages ? 0 : -1,
     ownLifecycleHooksStdio: 'pipe',
     peer: opts.savePeer,
@@ -356,6 +358,7 @@ export default async function recursive (
           {
             ...installOpts,
             ...localConfig,
+            ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(manifest),
             bin: path.join(rootDir, 'node_modules', '.bin'),
             dir: rootDir,
             hooks,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/remove.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/remove.ts
index 66796c5a6fc..72f7743f937 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/remove.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/remove.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
 import pick from 'ramda/src/pick'
 import without from 'ramda/src/without'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from './getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 import getSaveType from './getSaveType'
 import recursive from './recursive'
 
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export async function handler (
   | 'production'
   | 'rawLocalConfig'
   | 'registries'
+  | 'rootProjectManifest'
   | 'saveDev'
   | 'saveOptional'
   | 'saveProd'
@@ -162,6 +164,7 @@ export async function handler (
   }
   const store = await createOrConnectStoreController(opts)
   const removeOpts = Object.assign(opts, {
+    ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(opts.rootProjectManifest ?? {}),
     storeController: store.ctrl,
     storeDir: store.dir,
     include,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/unlink.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/unlink.ts
index 9218d1b5fd7..0065f25aeff 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/unlink.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/src/unlink.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Config } from '@pnpm/config'
 import { createOrConnectStoreController, CreateStoreControllerOptions } from '@pnpm/store-connection-manager'
 import { mutateModules } from '@pnpm/core'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from './getOptionsFromRootManifest'
 import { cliOptionsTypes, rcOptionsTypes } from './install'
 import recursive from './recursive'
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ export async function handler (
   | 'selectedProjectsGraph'
   | 'rawLocalConfig'
   | 'registries'
+  | 'rootProjectManifest'
   | 'pnpmfile'
   | 'workspaceDir'
   > & {
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@ export async function handler (
   }
   const store = await createOrConnectStoreController(opts)
   const unlinkOpts = Object.assign(opts, {
+    ...getOptionsFromRootManifest(opts.rootProjectManifest ?? {}),
     globalBin: opts.bin,
     storeController: store.ctrl,
     storeDir: store.dir,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..496b0471dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-installation/test/getOptionsFromRootManifest.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import getOptionsFromRootManifest from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation/lib/getOptionsFromRootManifest'
+
+test('getOptionsFromRootManifest() should read "resolutions" field for compatibility with Yarn', () => {
+  const options = getOptionsFromRootManifest({
+    resolutions: {
+      foo: '1.0.0',
+    },
+  })
+  expect(options.overrides).toStrictEqual({ foo: '1.0.0' })
+})
+
+test('getOptionsFromRootManifest() should read "overrides" field', () => {
+  const options = getOptionsFromRootManifest({
+    pnpm: {
+      overrides: {
+        foo: '1.0.0',
+      },
+    },
+  })
+  expect(options.overrides).toStrictEqual({ foo: '1.0.0' })
+})
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 33f7829f8ca..2883835da03 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/global-bin-dir': workspace:3.0.0
       '@pnpm/pnpmfile': workspace:1.2.0
       '@pnpm/prepare': workspace:0.0.28
+      '@pnpm/read-project-manifest': workspace:2.0.7
       '@pnpm/types': workspace:7.6.0
       '@types/ramda': 0.27.39
       '@types/which': ^2.0.0
@@ -347,6 +348,7 @@ importers:
       '@pnpm/error': link:../error
       '@pnpm/global-bin-dir': link:../global-bin-dir
       '@pnpm/pnpmfile': link:../pnpmfile
+      '@pnpm/read-project-manifest': link:../read-project-manifest
       '@pnpm/types': link:../types
       '@zkochan/npm-conf': 2.0.2
       camelcase: 6.2.1