diff --git a/lib/node.js b/lib/node.js
index 45c288bcf..f8b4964ff 100644
--- a/lib/node.js
+++ b/lib/node.js
@@ -522,6 +522,18 @@ class Node {
     return this === this.root || this === this.root.target
   }
 
+  get isRegistryDependency () {
+    if (this.edgesIn.size === 0) {
+      return false
+    }
+    for (const edge of this.edgesIn) {
+      if (!npa(edge.spec).registry) {
+        return false
+      }
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+
   * ancestry () {
     for (let anc = this; anc; anc = anc.resolveParent) {
       yield anc
diff --git a/lib/shrinkwrap.js b/lib/shrinkwrap.js
index 2f0c0877c..16bc7bc9d 100644
--- a/lib/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/lib/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
     return s
   }
 
-  static metaFromNode (node, path) {
+  static metaFromNode (node, path, options = {}) {
     if (node.isLink) {
       return {
         resolved: relpath(path, node.realpath),
@@ -299,7 +299,9 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
     })
 
     const resolved = consistentResolve(node.resolved, node.path, path, true)
-    if (resolved) {
+    // hide resolved from registry dependencies.
+    if (resolved &&
+      !(options.omitLockfileRegistryResolved && node.isRegistryDependency)) {
       meta.resolved = resolved
     }
 
@@ -331,6 +333,7 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
       hiddenLockfile = false,
       log = procLog,
       lockfileVersion,
+      omitLockfileRegistryResolved = false,
     } = options
 
     this.lockfileVersion = hiddenLockfile ? 3
@@ -349,6 +352,7 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
     this.yarnLock = null
     this.hiddenLockfile = hiddenLockfile
     this.loadingError = null
+    this.resolvedOptions = { omitLockfileRegistryResolved }
     // only load npm-shrinkwrap.json in dep trees, not package-lock
     this.shrinkwrapOnly = shrinkwrapOnly
   }
@@ -823,7 +827,7 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
           resolved,
           integrity,
           hasShrinkwrap,
-        } = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(node, this.path)
+        } = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(node, this.path, this.resolvedOptions)
         node.resolved = node.resolved || resolved || null
         node.integrity = node.integrity || integrity || null
         node.hasShrinkwrap = node.hasShrinkwrap || hasShrinkwrap || false
@@ -879,7 +883,10 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
   [_updateWaitingNode] (loc) {
     const node = this[_awaitingUpdate].get(loc)
     this[_awaitingUpdate].delete(loc)
-    this.data.packages[loc] = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(node, this.path)
+    this.data.packages[loc] = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(
+      node,
+      this.path,
+      this.resolvedOptions)
   }
 
   commit () {
@@ -887,7 +894,10 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
       if (this.yarnLock) {
         this.yarnLock.fromTree(this.tree)
       }
-      const root = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(this.tree.target, this.path)
+      const root = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(
+        this.tree.target,
+        this.path,
+        this.resolvedOptions)
       this.data.packages = {}
       if (Object.keys(root).length) {
         this.data.packages[''] = root
@@ -898,7 +908,10 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
           continue
         }
         const loc = relpath(this.path, node.path)
-        this.data.packages[loc] = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(node, this.path)
+        this.data.packages[loc] = Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(
+          node,
+          this.path,
+          this.resolvedOptions)
       }
     } else if (this[_awaitingUpdate].size > 0) {
       for (const loc of this[_awaitingUpdate].keys()) {
@@ -999,6 +1012,8 @@ class Shrinkwrap {
     // git, file, dir, or remote, then the resolved value is necessary.
     if (node.resolved &&
         !node.isLink &&
+        !(node.isRegistryDependency &&
+          this.resolvedOptions.omitLockfileRegistryResolved) &&
         rSpec.type !== 'git' &&
         rSpec.type !== 'file' &&
         rSpec.type !== 'directory' &&
diff --git a/test/node.js b/test/node.js
index ecdf72c22..29f23aafb 100644
--- a/test/node.js
+++ b/test/node.js
@@ -2842,3 +2842,26 @@ t.test('overrides', (t) => {
 
   t.end()
 })
+
+t.test('node with no edges in is not a registry dep', async t => {
+  const node = new Node({ path: '/foo' })
+  t.equal(node.isRegistryDependency, false)
+})
+
+t.test('node with non registry edge in is not a registry dep', async t => {
+  const root = new Node({ path: '/some/path', pkg: { dependencies: { registry: '', tar: '' } } })
+  const node = new Node({ pkg: { name: 'node', version: '1.0.0' }, parent: root })
+
+  new Node({ pkg: { name: 'registry', dependencies: { node: '^1.0.0' } }, parent: root })
+  new Node({ pkg: { name: 'tar', dependencies: { node: 'file:node' } }, parent: root })
+
+  t.equal(node.isRegistryDependency, false)
+})
+
+t.test('node with only registry edges in a registry dep', async t => {
+  const root = new Node({ path: '/some/path', pkg: { dependencies: { registry: '', tar: '' } } })
+  const node = new Node({ pkg: { name: 'node', version: '1.0.0' }, parent: root })
+  new Node({ pkg: { name: 'registry', dependencies: { node: '^1.0.0' } }, parent: root })
+
+  t.equal(node.isRegistryDependency, true)
+})
diff --git a/test/shrinkwrap.js b/test/shrinkwrap.js
index 2bf43fcf9..ed8b3b9ca 100644
--- a/test/shrinkwrap.js
+++ b/test/shrinkwrap.js
@@ -227,6 +227,76 @@ t.test('throws when attempting to access data before loading', t => {
   t.end()
 })
 
+t.test('omitLockfileRegistryResolved', async t => {
+  const url = 'https://registry.npmjs.org/registry/-/registry-1.2.3.tgz'
+  const getData = async (omitLockfileRegistryResolved) => {
+    const dir = t.testdir()
+    const meta = await Shrinkwrap.load({
+      path: dir,
+      omitLockfileRegistryResolved})
+
+    const root = new Node({
+      pkg: {
+        name: 'root',
+        dependencies: {
+          registry: '^1.0.0',
+          tar: url,
+        },
+      },
+      path: dir,
+      realpath: dir,
+      meta,
+    })
+
+    const registry = new Node({
+      pkg: {name: 'registry', version: '1.2.3' },
+      resolved: url,
+      integrity: 'sha512-registry',
+      parent: root,
+    })
+
+    const tar = new Node({
+      pkg: {name: 'tar', version: '1.2.3'},
+      resolved: url,
+      integrity: 'sha512-registry',
+      parent: root,
+    })
+
+    calcDepFlags(root)
+    meta.add(root)
+    return { data: meta.commit(), registry, tar, root }
+  }
+
+  await t.test('true', async t => {
+    const { data } = await getData(true)
+    // registry dependencies in v2 packages and v1 dependencies should
+    // have resolved stripped.
+    t.strictSame(data.packages['node_modules/registry'].resolved, undefined)
+    t.strictSame(data.dependencies.registry.resolved, undefined)
+
+    // tar should have resolved because it is not a registry dep.
+    t.strictSame(data.packages['node_modules/tar'].resolved, url)
+    // v1 url dependencies never have resolved.
+    t.strictSame(data.dependencies.tar.resolved, undefined)
+  })
+
+  await t.test('false', async t => {
+    const { data } = await getData(false)
+    t.strictSame(data.packages['node_modules/registry'].resolved, url)
+    t.strictSame(data.dependencies.registry.resolved, url)
+
+    t.strictSame(data.packages['node_modules/tar'].resolved, url)
+    // v1 url dependencies never have resolved.
+    t.strictSame(data.dependencies.tar.resolved, undefined)
+  })
+
+  t.test('metaFromNode default', async t => {
+    // test to cover options default.
+    const { registry } = await getData(false)
+    t.strictSame(Shrinkwrap.metaFromNode(registry, '').resolved, url)
+  })
+})
+
 t.test('construct metadata from node and package data', t => {
   const meta = new Shrinkwrap({ path: '/home/user/projects/root' })
   // fake load