diff --git a/packages/zpm/src/build.rs b/packages/zpm/src/build.rs
index 3c7066ff..ef6db22a 100644
--- a/packages/zpm/src/build.rs
+++ b/packages/zpm/src/build.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ impl BuildRequest {
             .with_project(project)
             .with_package(project, &self.locator)?
             .with_env_variable("INIT_CWD", cwd_abs.as_str())
+            // TODO: Use streams prefixed with STDOUT / STDERR just like in Yarn.
+            .with_shell_forwarding(project.config.project.enable_inline_builds.value)
             .with_cwd(cwd_abs.clone());
 
         let res = with_context_result(ReportContext::Locator(self.locator.clone()), async {
@@ -308,7 +310,7 @@ impl<'a> BuildManager<'a> {
         }
 
         self.trigger(project, &build_state_in);
-        
+
         let mut current_build_state_out
             = self.build_state_out.clone();
 
diff --git a/packages/zpm/src/commands/install.rs b/packages/zpm/src/commands/install.rs
index f69fca05..a8b67b66 100644
--- a/packages/zpm/src/commands/install.rs
+++ b/packages/zpm/src/commands/install.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ pub struct Install {
     #[cli::option("--refresh-lockfile", default = false)]
     refresh_lockfile: bool,
 
+    #[cli::option("--inline-builds", default = false)]
+    inline_builds: bool,
+
     #[cli::option("--mode")]
     mode: Option<InstallMode>,
 }
@@ -40,6 +43,10 @@ impl Install {
             project.config.project.enable_immutable_cache.value = true;
         }
 
+        if self.inline_builds {
+            project.config.project.enable_inline_builds.value = true;
+        }
+
         project.run_install(RunInstallOptions {
             check_checksums: self.check_checksums,
             check_resolutions: self.check_resolutions,
diff --git a/packages/zpm/src/script.rs b/packages/zpm/src/script.rs
index fc369b97..b2ea23cc 100644
--- a/packages/zpm/src/script.rs
+++ b/packages/zpm/src/script.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,11 @@ impl ScriptEnvironment {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn with_shell_forwarding(mut self, shell_forwarding: bool) -> Self {
+        self.shell_forwarding = shell_forwarding;
+        self
+    }
+
     pub fn with_stdin(mut self, stdin: Option<String>) -> Self {
         self.stdin = stdin;
         self
@@ -421,7 +426,7 @@ impl ScriptEnvironment {
         let manifest_location_abs = project.project_cwd
             .with_join(package_location_rel)
             .with_join_str("package.json");
-        
+
         self.env.insert("npm_package_name".to_string(), Some(locator.ident.to_file_string()));
         self.env.insert("npm_package_version".to_string(), Some(resolution.version.to_file_string()));
         self.env.insert("npm_package_json".to_string(), Some(manifest_location_abs.to_file_string()));
@@ -439,7 +444,7 @@ impl ScriptEnvironment {
 
         self.cwd = project.project_cwd
             .with_join(package_cwd_rel);
-    
+
         self.attach_package_variables(project, locator)?;
 
         let binaries
@@ -490,7 +495,7 @@ impl ScriptEnvironment {
             for binary in &self.binaries.binaries {
                 make_path_wrapper(&temp_dir, &binary.name, &binary.argv0, &binary.args)?;
             }
-    
+
             temp_dir
                 .fs_rename(&dir)?;
         }
@@ -555,7 +560,7 @@ impl ScriptEnvironment {
 
         let mut child
             = cmd.spawn().unwrap();
-        
+
         if let Some(stdin) = &self.stdin {
             if let Some(mut child_stdin) = child.stdin.take() {
                 use tokio::io::AsyncWriteExt;
diff --git a/packages/zpm/src/settings.rs b/packages/zpm/src/settings.rs
index da65d23d..1a040747 100644
--- a/packages/zpm/src/settings.rs
+++ b/packages/zpm/src/settings.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use zpm_semver::RangeKind;
 use zpm_utils::{FromFileString, Path, ToFileString, ToHumanString};
 
 use crate::{
-    config::ConfigPaths, 
+    config::ConfigPaths,
     config_fields::{BoolField, DictField, EnumField, GlobField, PathField, StringField, UintField, VecField},
     primitives::{
         descriptor::{descriptor_map_deserializer, descriptor_map_serializer},
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub enum NodeLinker {
 /**
  * Configuration settings obtained from the environment variables only. Those
  * variables are extracted whenever the program starts and are never updated.
- * 
+ *
  * In general you only want to use this for one-off debugging settings.
  */
 #[yarn_config]
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ pub struct ProjectConfig {
     #[default(false)]
     pub enable_immutable_installs: BoolField,
 
+    #[default(|_| zpm_ci::is_ci().is_some())]
+    pub enable_inline_builds: BoolField,
+
     #[default(true)]
     pub enable_scripts: BoolField,