diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1c1fb6a220..0b78a703e9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Please add one entry in this file for each change in Yarn's behavior. Use the sa
 
   [#6951](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6951) - [**John-David Dalton**](https://twitter.com/jdalton)
 
+- Packages won't be auto-unplugged anymore if `ignore-scripts` is set in the yarnrc file
+
+  [#6983](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6983) - [**Micha Reiser**](https://github.com/MichaReiser)  
+
 ## 1.14.0
 
 - Improves PnP compatibility with Node 6
diff --git a/__tests__/commands/_helpers.js b/__tests__/commands/_helpers.js
index 1bd4d9f590..b7c641903b 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/_helpers.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/_helpers.js
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export function makeConfigFromDirectory(cwd: string, reporter: Reporter, flags:
     {
       binLinks: !!flags.binLinks,
       cwd,
+      ignoreScripts: flags.ignoreScripts,
       globalFolder: flags.globalFolder || path.join(cwd, '.yarn-global'),
       cacheFolder: flags.cacheFolder || path.join(cwd, '.yarn-cache'),
       linkFolder: flags.linkFolder || path.join(cwd, '.yarn-link'),
diff --git a/__tests__/commands/check.js b/__tests__/commands/check.js
index f210e3a541..6a6b2d5d08 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/check.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/check.js
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ test.concurrent('--integrity should fail if --ignore-scripts is changed', async
     async (config, reporter, install, getStdout): Promise<void> => {
       let thrown = false;
       try {
+        config.ignoreScripts = false;
         await checkCmd.run(config, reporter, {integrity: true, ignoreScripts: false}, []);
       } catch (e) {
         thrown = true;
diff --git a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
index 116f59c4c4..e3df495d88 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
@@ -1139,3 +1139,11 @@ test('install will not warn for missing optional peer dependencies', () =>
     const warningMessage = messageParts.every(part => stdout.includes(part));
     expect(warningMessage).toBe(false);
   }));
+
+test('install skips the scripts if the yarnrc specifies skip-scripts true', () =>
+  runInstall({}, 'ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc', (config, reporter, install, getStdout) => {
+    const stdout = getStdout();
+
+    const ignoredScriptsMessage = reporter.lang('ignoredScripts');
+    expect(stdout).toMatch(ignoredScriptsMessage);
+  }));
diff --git a/__tests__/commands/install/offline-mirror.js b/__tests__/commands/install/offline-mirror.js
index 176f76d356..843a761674 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/install/offline-mirror.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/install/offline-mirror.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ test.concurrent(
 
       // enable packing of built artifacts
       config.packBuiltPackages = true;
+      config.ignoreScripts = false;
 
       // after first run we observe both package and global side effects
       let reinstall = new Install({force: true}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ test.concurrent(
 
       // enable packing of built artifacts
       config.packBuiltPackages = true;
+      config.ignoreScripts = false;
 
       // after first run we observe package side effects
       let reinstall = new Install({force: true}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
@@ -89,6 +91,8 @@ test.concurrent('install without pack-built-packages should keep running install
     expect(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'dep-a', 'module-a-build.log'))).toEqual(false);
     expect(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'module-a-build.log'))).toEqual(false);
 
+    config.ignoreScripts = false;
+
     // after first run we observe both package and global side effects
     let reinstall = new Install({force: true}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
     await reinstall.init();
@@ -113,6 +117,7 @@ test.concurrent('removing prebuilt package .tgz file falls back to running scrip
 
     // enable packing of built artifacts
     config.packBuiltPackages = true;
+    config.ignoreScripts = false;
 
     // after first run we observe both package and global side effects
     let reinstall = new Install({force: true}, config, reporter, await Lockfile.fromDirectory(config.cwd));
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/.yarnrc b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/.yarnrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..13e317bfda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/.yarnrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+yarn-offline-mirror "./mirror-for-offline"
+ignore-scripts true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-a-1.0.0.tgz b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-a-1.0.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8219cb9a7d
Binary files /dev/null and b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-a-1.0.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-b-1.0.0.tgz b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-b-1.0.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..511a7d4bc3
Binary files /dev/null and b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-b-1.0.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-c-1.0.0.tgz b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-c-1.0.0.tgz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b12d36e32
Binary files /dev/null and b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/mirror-for-offline/dep-c-1.0.0.tgz differ
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0d4b7cf22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "dep-a": "1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/yarn.lock b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/yarn.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b044b0d81d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/ignore-scripts-by-yarnrc/yarn.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
+# yarn lockfile v1
+dep-a@1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved dep-a-1.0.0.tgz#63970c7301ec8a5d37dac4e454fff354f31c31b4
+  integrity sha1-Y5cMcwHsil032sTkVP/zVPMcMbQ=
+  dependencies:
+    dep-b "1.0.0"
+dep-b@1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved dep-b-1.0.0.tgz#569c27a4e30b1679eaa7e2299e741f30a7f70926
+  integrity sha1-VpwnpOMLFnnqp+IpnnQfMKf3CSY=
+  dependencies:
+    dep-c "1.0.0"
+dep-c@1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved dep-c-1.0.0.tgz#100eef2bf00fc31b596542fb9af18186e37716cc
+  integrity sha1-EA7vK/APwxtZZUL7mvGBhuN3Fsw=
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/install.js b/src/cli/commands/install.js
index e72e2b6924..962520d48f 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/install.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/install.js
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ type Flags = {
   har: boolean,
   ignorePlatform: boolean,
   ignoreEngines: boolean,
-  ignoreScripts: boolean,
   ignoreOptional: boolean,
   linkDuplicates: boolean,
   force: boolean,
@@ -685,7 +684,7 @@ export class Install {
           emoji.get('hammer'),
         );
 
-        if (this.flags.ignoreScripts) {
+        if (this.config.ignoreScripts) {
           this.reporter.warn(this.reporter.lang('ignoredScripts'));
         } else {
           await this.scripts.init(flattenedTopLevelPatterns);
diff --git a/src/config.js b/src/config.js
index e09d8e5b34..77de5c4889 100644
--- a/src/config.js
+++ b/src/config.js
@@ -416,6 +416,8 @@ export default class Config {
     this.plugnplayShebang = String(this.getOption('plugnplay-shebang') || '') || '/usr/bin/env node';
     this.plugnplayBlacklist = String(this.getOption('plugnplay-blacklist') || '') || null;
 
+    this.ignoreScripts = opts.ignoreScripts || Boolean(this.getOption('ignore-scripts', false));
+
     this.workspacesEnabled = this.getOption('workspaces-experimental') !== false;
     this.workspacesNohoistEnabled = this.getOption('workspaces-nohoist-experimental') !== false;
 
diff --git a/src/integrity-checker.js b/src/integrity-checker.js
index 3f4ab4dbf1..c1f7500d26 100644
--- a/src/integrity-checker.js
+++ b/src/integrity-checker.js
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ export default class InstallationIntegrityChecker {
     if (flags.flat) {
       result.flags.push('flat');
     }
-    if (flags.ignoreScripts) {
+
+    if (this.config.ignoreScripts) {
       result.flags.push('ignoreScripts');
     }
     if (this.config.focus) {