diff --git a/.changeset/plenty-tomatoes-battle.md b/.changeset/plenty-tomatoes-battle.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b986f227b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/plenty-tomatoes-battle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation": minor
+---
+
+Add `--ignore-scripts` argument to `prune` command
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts
index cb2bb5eb949..621969daa5a 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/src/prune.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { docsUrl } from '@pnpm/cli-utils'
-import { UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS } from '@pnpm/common-cli-options-help'
+import { UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS, OPTIONS } from '@pnpm/common-cli-options-help'
 import { types as allTypes } from '@pnpm/config'
 import pick from 'ramda/src/pick'
 import renderHelp from 'render-help'
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export function cliOptionsTypes () {
     'dev',
     'optional',
     'production',
+    'ignore-scripts',
   ], allTypes)
 }
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export function help () {
             description: 'Remove the packages specified in `optionalDependencies`',
             name: '--no-optional',
           },
+          OPTIONS.ignoreScripts,
           ...UNIVERSAL_OPTIONS,
         ],
       },
diff --git a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/test/prune.ts b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/test/prune.ts
index 019cf0557e7..511f55de407 100644
--- a/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/test/prune.ts
+++ b/pkg-manager/plugin-commands-installation/test/prune.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { add, install, link, prune } from '@pnpm/plugin-commands-installation'
 import { prepare } from '@pnpm/prepare'
 import { REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT } from '@pnpm/registry-mock'
 import { fixtures } from '@pnpm/test-fixtures'
+import { createTestIpcServer } from '@pnpm/test-ipc-server'
+import fs from 'fs'
 
 const REGISTRY_URL = `http://localhost:${REGISTRY_MOCK_PORT}`
 const f = fixtures(__dirname)
@@ -110,3 +112,45 @@ test('prune removes dev dependencies', async () => {
   project.hasNot('is-negative')
   project.hasNot('.pnpm/is-negative@1.0.0')
 })
+
+test('prune: ignores all the lifecycle scripts when --ignore-scripts is used', async () => {
+  await using server = await createTestIpcServer()
+
+  prepare({
+    name: 'test-prune-with-ignore-scripts',
+    version: '0.0.0',
+
+    scripts: {
+      // eslint-disable:object-literal-sort-keys
+      preinstall: server.sendLineScript('preinstall'),
+      prepare: server.sendLineScript('prepare'),
+      postinstall: server.sendLineScript('postinstall'),
+      // eslint-enable:object-literal-sort-keys
+    },
+  })
+
+  const storeDir = path.resolve('store')
+
+  const opts = {
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS,
+    ignoreScripts: true,
+    cacheDir: path.resolve('cache'),
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    linkWorkspacePackages: true,
+    storeDir,
+  }
+
+  await install.handler(opts)
+
+  await prune.handler(opts)
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync('package.json')).toBeTruthy()
+  expect(server.getLines()).toStrictEqual([])
+})
+
+test('cliOptionsTypes', () => {
+  expect(prune.cliOptionsTypes()).toHaveProperty('production')
+  expect(prune.cliOptionsTypes()).toHaveProperty('dev')
+  expect(prune.cliOptionsTypes()).toHaveProperty('ignore-scripts')
+  expect(prune.cliOptionsTypes()).toHaveProperty('optional')
+})