diff --git a/lib/commands/test/cypress.js b/lib/commands/test/cypress.js
index 33b4f14..79bfff2 100644
--- a/lib/commands/test/cypress.js
+++ b/lib/commands/test/cypress.js
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ function cypressCommand(argv) {
   webpackConfig.mode = 'none';
 
   const cypressService = new CypressService(context.cwd);
-  cypressService.runCypressTests(webpackConfig, Object.assign({}, argv.cypress, { watch: argv.watch, cache: argv.cache }), context);
+  if (argv.cypress?.install) {
+    cypressService.installAndRun(webpackConfig, Object.assign({}, argv.cypress, { watch: argv.watch, cache: argv.cache }), context);
+  } else {
+    cypressService.runCypressTests(webpackConfig, Object.assign({}, argv.cypress, { watch: argv.watch, cache: argv.cache }), context);
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ module.exports = {
       .option('cypress', {
         describe: 'Options passed to Cypress using dot-notation and camelCase: --cypress.browsers=Chrome --cypress.singleRun',
       })
+      .option('cypress.install', { type: 'boolean', describe: 'install cypress manually to account for ignore-scripts' })
       .option('cypress.open', { type: 'boolean', describe: 'run cypress in ui mode' })
       .option('cypress.browsers', { type: 'array', hidden: true }) // defined but hidden so yargs will parse as an array
       .option('cypress.reporters', { type: 'array', hidden: true })
diff --git a/lib/test/cypress-service.js b/lib/test/cypress-service.js
index b868706..a6fb7a9 100644
--- a/lib/test/cypress-service.js
+++ b/lib/test/cypress-service.js
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const os = require('os');
+const util = require('util');
+const exec = util.promisify(require('child_process').exec);
+
 const _pickBy = require('lodash/pickBy');
 
 const { defineConfig, run, open } = require('cypress');
@@ -208,6 +211,11 @@ class CypressService {
       logger.log('Error running cypress tests:', e);
     }
   }
+
+  async installAndRun(...args) {
+    await exec('npx cypress install');
+    this.runCypressTests(args);
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = {