diff --git a/__tests__/__mocks__/request.js b/__tests__/__mocks__/request.js
index 7acf72febc..fcb75d5bc3 100644
--- a/__tests__/__mocks__/request.js
+++ b/__tests__/__mocks__/request.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 
 const CACHE_DIR = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'request-cache');
 
+const authedPackages = require('../fixtures/authed-packages/config');
+const UNAUTHORIZED_LOC = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'authed-packages', 'unauthorized.bin');
+
 function getRequestAlias(params: Object): string {
   const parts = url.parse(params.path);
   const pathname = cleanAlias(parts.pathname);
@@ -32,6 +35,22 @@ function cleanAlias(str: string): string {
     .replace(/-+$/, ''); // remove trailing dashes
 }
 
+function getAuthInfo(path: string): ?{token: string, registry: string} {
+  path = decodeURIComponent(path);
+  const pkgs = Object.keys(authedPackages);
+  const match = pkgs.find((pkgName) => path.endsWith(pkgName) || path.includes(pkgName + '/'));
+  return match ? authedPackages[match] : null;
+}
+
+function requestFile(path: string, httpModule: Object, options: Object, callback?: ?Function): ClientRequest {
+  options.agent = null;
+  options.socketPath = null;
+  options.createConnection = (): ReadStream => {
+    return fs.createReadStream(path);
+  };
+  return httpModule.request(options, callback);
+}
+
 class Request extends RealRequest {
   init(params: Object) {
     RealRequest.prototype.init.call(this, params);
@@ -55,14 +74,21 @@ const httpMock = {
     // TODO better way to do this
     const httpModule = options.uri.href.startsWith('https:') ? https : http;
 
+    const {token, registry} = getAuthInfo(options.uri.path) || {};
+    if (token && registry) {
+      if (!options.uri.href.startsWith(registry)) {
+        // request is being made to the wrong registry, token gets disclosed
+        throw new Error(`Wrong registry, expected ${registry} to be used.`);
+      }
+      if ((options.headers.authorization || '').split('Bearer ')[1] !== token) {
+        // token missing
+        return requestFile(UNAUTHORIZED_LOC, httpModule, options, callback);
+      }
+    }
+
     if (allowCache && fs.existsSync(loc)) {
       // cached
-      options.agent = null;
-      options.socketPath = null;
-      options.createConnection = (): ReadStream => {
-        return fs.createReadStream(loc);
-      };
-      return httpModule.request(options, callback);
+      return requestFile(loc, httpModule, options, callback);
     } else {
       // not cached
       const req = httpModule.request(options, callback);
diff --git a/__tests__/commands/install.js b/__tests__/commands/install.js
index 246021a166..4cf4302b1d 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/install.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/install.js
@@ -692,3 +692,12 @@ test.concurrent('lockfile should be created when missing even if integrity match
     expect(await fs.exists(path.join(config.cwd, 'yarn.lock')));
   });
 });
+
+test.concurrent('install from authed private registry', (): Promise<void> => {
+  return runInstall({noLockfile: true}, 'install-from-authed-private-registry', async (config) => {
+    assert.equal(
+      (await fs.readFile(path.join(config.cwd, 'node_modules', '@types', 'lodash', 'index.d.ts'))).split('\n')[0],
+      '// Type definitions for Lo-Dash 4.14',
+    );
+  });
+});
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/authed-packages/config.js b/__tests__/fixtures/authed-packages/config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48af3f970c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/authed-packages/config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module.exports = {
+  '@types/lodash': {
+    registry: 'https://registry.yarnpkg.com/',
+    token: 'abc123'
+  }
+};
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/authed-packages/unauthorized.bin b/__tests__/fixtures/authed-packages/unauthorized.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c632e9cfe3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/authed-packages/unauthorized.bin
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+HTTP/1.1 401 OK
+Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 21:05:22 GMT
+Content-Type: application/json
+Transfer-Encoding: chunked
+Connection: keep-alive
+
+49
+{"error":"unauthorized","reason":"token missing"}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-from-authed-private-registry/.npmrc b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-from-authed-private-registry/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c86299f566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-from-authed-private-registry/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+//registry.yarnpkg.com/:_authToken=abc123
+@types:registry=https://registry.yarnpkg.com/
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-from-authed-private-registry/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-from-authed-private-registry/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a02c5b41b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/install/install-from-authed-private-registry/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@types/lodash": "4.14.37"
+  }
+}