diff --git a/src/install/installMultiple.ts b/src/install/installMultiple.ts
index 9ab68f94cc..018634800a 100644
--- a/src/install/installMultiple.ts
+++ b/src/install/installMultiple.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import logger, {deprecationLogger} from 'pnpm-logger'
 import R = require('ramda')
 import getNpmTarballUrl from 'get-npm-tarball-url'
 import exists = require('path-exists')
+import url = require('url')
 import {
   Got,
   fetch,
@@ -138,13 +139,18 @@ function dependencyShrToResolution (
   depShr: DependencyShrinkwrap,
   registry: string
 ): Resolution {
-  if (!depShr.resolution['type'] && !depShr.resolution['tarball']) {
+  if (depShr.resolution['type']) {
+    return depShr.resolution as Resolution
+  }
+  if (!depShr.resolution['tarball']) {
     return Object.assign({}, depShr.resolution, {
       tarball: getTarball(),
       registry: depShr.resolution['registry'] || registry,
     })
   }
-  return depShr.resolution as Resolution
+  return Object.assign({}, depShr.resolution, {
+    tarball: url.resolve(registry, depShr.resolution['tarball'])
+  })
 
   function getTarball () {
     const parts = dependencyPath.split('/')
diff --git a/src/link/updateShrinkwrap.ts b/src/link/updateShrinkwrap.ts
index c55ff3ad5d..84e05270fa 100644
--- a/src/link/updateShrinkwrap.ts
+++ b/src/link/updateShrinkwrap.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ function toShrDependency (
     optional: boolean,
   }
 ): DependencyShrinkwrap {
-  const shrResolution = toShrResolution(opts.dependencyPath, opts.resolution)
+  const shrResolution = toShrResolution(opts.dependencyPath, opts.resolution, opts.registry)
   const newResolvedDeps = updateResolvedDeps(opts.prevResolvedDeps, opts.updatedDeps, opts.registry, opts.pkgsToLink)
   const newResolvedOptionalDeps = updateResolvedDeps(opts.prevResolvedOptionalDeps, opts.updatedOptionalDeps, opts.registry, opts.pkgsToLink)
   const result = {
@@ -104,7 +104,11 @@ function updateResolvedDeps (
   )
 }
 
-function toShrResolution (dependencyPath: string, resolution: Resolution): ShrinkwrapResolution {
+function toShrResolution (
+  dependencyPath: string,
+  resolution: Resolution,
+  registry: string
+): ShrinkwrapResolution {
   if (dp.isAbsolute(dependencyPath) || resolution.type !== undefined || !resolution.integrity) {
     return resolution
   }
@@ -113,10 +117,17 @@ function toShrResolution (dependencyPath: string, resolution: Resolution): Shrin
   if (!resolution.tarball.includes('/-/')) {
     return {
       integrity: resolution.integrity,
-      tarball: resolution.tarball,
+      tarball: relativeTarball(resolution.tarball, registry),
     }
   }
   return {
     integrity: resolution.integrity,
   }
 }
+
+function relativeTarball (tarball: string, registry: string) {
+  if (tarball.substr(0, registry.length) === registry) {
+    return tarball.substr(registry.length - 1)
+  }
+  return tarball
+}
diff --git a/test/shrinkwrap.ts b/test/shrinkwrap.ts
index 0fd287c409..d2e6388c85 100644
--- a/test/shrinkwrap.ts
+++ b/test/shrinkwrap.ts
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ test('installing from shrinkwrap when using npm enterprise', async (t: tape.Test
       '/is-positive/3.1.0': {
         resolution: {
           integrity: 'sha1-hX21hKG6XRyymAUn/DtsQ103sP0=',
-          tarball: 'https://npm-registry.compass.com/i/is-positive/_attachments/is-positive-3.1.0.tgz'
+          tarball: '/i/is-positive/_attachments/is-positive-3.1.0.tgz'
         }
       },
     },