diff --git a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
index 4106128210..8e47bd703d 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/install/integration.js
@@ -212,6 +212,26 @@ test.concurrent('install file: protocol with relative paths', (): Promise<void>
   });
 });
 
+test.concurrent('install file: protocol without cache', async (): Promise<void> => {
+  const fixturesLoc = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'fixtures', 'install');
+  const compLoc = path.join(fixturesLoc, 'install-file-without-cache', 'comp', 'index.js');
+
+  return fs.writeFile(compLoc,'foo\n').then(() =>
+    runInstall({noLockfile: true}, 'install-file-without-cache', async (config) => {
+      assert.equal(
+        await fs.readFile(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'comp', 'index.js')),
+        'foo\n',
+      );
+      await fs.writeFile(compLoc, 'bar\n');
+      await runInstall({noLockfile: true}, 'install-file-without-cache');
+      assert.equal(
+        await fs.readFile(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', 'comp', 'index.js')),
+        'bar\n',
+      );
+    })
+  );
+});
+
 test.concurrent('install file: protocol', (): Promise<void> => {
   return runInstall({noLockfile: true}, 'install-file', async (config) => {
     assert.equal(
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/comp/.gitignore b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/comp/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d8a81a138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/comp/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# this file will be generated
+index.js
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/comp/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/comp/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7af479c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/comp/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "comp",
+  "version": "1.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..478addfb42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-file-without-cache/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "comp": "file:comp"
+  }
+}