diff --git a/docs/api.md b/docs/api.md
index 6d7ee604d9..a158638e1b 100644
--- a/docs/api.md
+++ b/docs/api.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Install packages.
 * `options.cwd` - *String* - the directory in which the installation will be performed. By default the `process.cwd()` value is used.
 * `options.quiet` - *Boolean* - `false` by default. No output to the console.
 * `options.metaCache` - *Map* - a cache for package meta info.
-* `options.flatTree` - *Boolean* - `false` by default. Can be use only on Node.js >= 6.3.0. Emulates a flat dependency tree similar to the one created by npm v3 ([npm v3 Dependency Resolution](https://docs.npmjs.com/how-npm-works/npm3)).
+* `options.networkConcurrency` - *Number* - `16` by default. Max amount of network requests to perform concurrently.
 
 **Returns:** a Promise
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8e72442505..1d8fa07ecb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
     "npm-package-arg": "4.2.0",
     "npm-registry-client": "7.4.5",
     "os-homedir": "1.0.2",
+    "p-limit": "1.1.0",
     "path-name": "1.0.0",
     "pause-stream": "0.0.11",
     "pnpm-default-reporter": "0.1.0",
diff --git a/src/api/extendOptions.ts b/src/api/extendOptions.ts
index dcbc578739..eb21157e24 100644
--- a/src/api/extendOptions.ts
+++ b/src/api/extendOptions.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const defaults = () => (<StrictPnpmOptions>{
   depth: 0,
   engineStrict: false,
   metaCache: new Map(),
+  networkConcurrency: 16,
 })
 
 export default (opts?: PnpmOptions): StrictPnpmOptions => {
diff --git a/src/api/install.ts b/src/api/install.ts
index 347e18dfc4..1d91cdd954 100644
--- a/src/api/install.ts
+++ b/src/api/install.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async function installInContext (installType: string, packagesToInstall: Depende
     tag: opts.tag,
     engineStrict: opts.engineStrict,
     nodeVersion: opts.nodeVersion,
-    got: createGot(client),
+    got: createGot(client, {networkConcurrency: opts.networkConcurrency}),
     fetchingFiles: Promise.resolve(),
     baseNodeModules: nodeModulesPath,
     metaCache: opts.metaCache,
diff --git a/src/network/got.ts b/src/network/got.ts
index 65675af936..32644c8de1 100644
--- a/src/network/got.ts
+++ b/src/network/got.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import {IncomingMessage} from 'http'
 import pauseStream = require('pause-stream')
 import getRegistryAuthInfo = require('registry-auth-token')
 import memoize = require('lodash.memoize')
+import pLimit = require('p-limit')
 
 export type RequestParams = {
   auth?: {
@@ -26,19 +27,20 @@ export type NpmRegistryClient = {
   fetch: Function
 }
 
-export default (client: NpmRegistryClient): Got => {
+export default (client: NpmRegistryClient, opts: {networkConcurrency: number}): Got => {
+  const limit = pLimit(opts.networkConcurrency)
 
   async function getJSON (url: string) {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    return limit(() => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       client.get(url, createOptions(url), (err: Error, data: Object, raw: Object, res: HttpResponse) => {
         if (err) return reject(err)
         resolve(data)
       })
-    })
+    }))
   }
 
   const getStream = function (url: string): Promise<IncomingMessage> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    return limit(() => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       client.fetch(url, createOptions(url), (err: Error, res: IncomingMessage) => {
         if (err) return reject(err)
         const ps = pauseStream()
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ export default (client: NpmRegistryClient): Got => {
         res.pipe(ps.pause())
         resolve(ps)
       })
-    })
+    }))
   }
 
   function createOptions (url: string): RequestParams {
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index d2de1f8353..adb2ecda5c 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export type PnpmOptions = {
   depth?: number,
   engineStrict?: boolean,
   nodeVersion?: string,
+  networkConcurrency?: number,
 
   // proxy
   proxy?: string,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ export type StrictPnpmOptions = {
   depth: number,
   engineStrict: boolean,
   nodeVersion: string,
+  networkConcurrency: number,
 
   // proxy
   proxy?: string,
diff --git a/typings/local.d.ts b/typings/local.d.ts
index db15d9b24b..c0ce228983 100644
--- a/typings/local.d.ts
+++ b/typings/local.d.ts
@@ -227,3 +227,8 @@ declare module 'module' {
   const anything: any;
   export = anything;
 }
+
+declare module 'p-limit' {
+  const anything: any;
+  export = anything;
+}