diff --git a/commands/link.js b/commands/link.js
index 38fe923..55e0623 100644
--- a/commands/link.js
+++ b/commands/link.js
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
+const semver = require('semver');
 const executeSyncExit = require('roc').executeSyncExit;
 
 const previous = [];
 
 // We will link all previous with the next one, this might not be needed but we do it
 // because it's easy and it does not really hurt in any way.
-const linkPrevious = (name, yarn) => {
+const linkPrevious = (extension, yarn, useInstall) => {
     const pkg = yarn ? 'yarn' : 'npm';
 
-    const links = previous.map((prev) => `${pkg} link ${prev}`);
-    previous.push(name);
+    const operation = useInstall ? 'install' : 'link';
+    const links = previous
+      .map(({ path, name }) => `${pkg} ${operation} ${useInstall ? path : name}`);
+    previous.push(extension);
     if (yarn) {
         links.push('yarn install');
     }
@@ -29,15 +32,25 @@ const linkExtra = (extra, yarn) => {
     }`;
 };
 
-const link = (extension, extra, yarn) =>
-    `cd ${extension.path}${linkExtra(extra, yarn)} && ${linkPrevious(extension.name, yarn)}`;
+const link = (extension, extra, yarn, useInstall) =>
+    `cd ${extension.path}${linkExtra(extra, yarn)} && ${linkPrevious(extension, yarn, useInstall)}`;
 
 module.exports = (extensions) => (commandObject) => {
     const extra = commandObject.arguments.managed.modules || [];
     const yarn = commandObject.options.managed.yarn;
+
+    // We want to use "npm install" over "npm link" when running with npm 5+
+    // This since the behaviour seems to have changed when using "link" and
+    // in general direct install seems to be the recommended way for monorepos
+    // We only want to do this when using npm, not when using yarn
+    const useInstall = semver.satisfies(
+        executeSyncExit('npm -v', { silent: true }),
+        '>=5'
+    ) && !yarn;
+
     executeSyncExit(
       extensions
-        .map((extension) => link(extension, extra, yarn))
+        .map((extension) => link(extension, extra, yarn, useInstall))
         .join(' && ')
     );
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89b04d0..8e9bf66 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "~1.14.0",
     "readline-sync": "~1.4.4",
     "rimraf": "~2.5.4",
-    "roc": "^1.0.0-rc.11"
+    "roc": "^1.0.0-rc.11",
+    "semver": "^5.3.0"
   }
 }