diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index a4cf2b186de51..3254760fef03a 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ Installer.prototype.saveToDependencies = function (cb) {
   validate('F', arguments)
   if (this.failing) return cb()
   log.silly('install', 'saveToDependencies')
+  // Note idealTree will be mutated during the save operations below as the
+  // package is reloaded from disk to preserve additional details. This means
+  // steps after postInstall will see a slightly different package object.
   if (this.saveOnlyLock) {
     saveShrinkwrap(this.idealTree, cb)
   } else {
diff --git a/lib/install/save.js b/lib/install/save.js
index 92b44a108099b..986233a516a7c 100644
--- a/lib/install/save.js
+++ b/lib/install/save.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const iferr = require('iferr')
 const log = require('npmlog')
 const moduleName = require('../utils/module-name.js')
 const npm = require('../npm.js')
+const packageId = require('../utils/package-id.js')
 const parseJSON = require('../utils/parse-json.js')
 const path = require('path')
 const stringifyPackage = require('stringify-package')
@@ -131,6 +132,9 @@ function savePackageJson (tree, next) {
     } else {
       writeFileAtomic(saveTarget, json, next)
     }
+
+    // Restore derived id as it was removed when reloading from disk
+    tree.package._id = packageId(tree.package)
   }))
 }
 
diff --git a/test/common-tap.js b/test/common-tap.js
index 86a90571216cf..d0426ba6e1176 100644
--- a/test/common-tap.js
+++ b/test/common-tap.js
@@ -282,3 +282,8 @@ Environment.prototype.extend = function (env) {
   }
   return self
 }
+
+var reEscape = /[\\[\](){}*?+.^$|]/g
+exports.escapeForRe = function (string) {
+  return string.replace(reEscape, '\\$&')
+}
diff --git a/test/tap/install-lifecycle.js b/test/tap/install-lifecycle.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..c5b0fd35a020e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tap/install-lifecycle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+var fs = require('graceful-fs')
+var path = require('path')
+var test = require('tap').test
+var common = require('../common-tap.js')
+var pkg = common.pkg
+
+test('npm install execution order', function (t) {
+  const packageJson = {
+    name: 'life-test',
+    version: '0.0.1',
+    description: 'Test for npm install execution order',
+    scripts: {
+      install: 'true',
+      preinstall: 'true',
+      preshrinkwrap: 'true',
+      postinstall: 'true',
+      postshrinkwrap: 'true',
+      shrinkwrap: 'true'
+    }
+  }
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.resolve(pkg, 'package.json'), JSON.stringify(packageJson), 'utf8')
+  common.npm(['install', '--loglevel=error'], { cwd: pkg }, function (err, code, stdout, stderr) {
+    if (err) throw err
+
+    t.comment(stdout)
+    t.comment(stderr)
+
+    const steps = ['preinstall', 'install', 'postinstall', 'preshrinkwrap', 'shrinkwrap', 'postshrinkwrap']
+    const expectedLines = steps.map(function (step) {
+      return '> ' + packageJson.name + '@' + packageJson.version + ' ' + step
+    })
+    t.match(stdout, new RegExp(expectedLines.map(common.escapeForRe).join('(.|\n)*')))
+    t.end()
+  })
+})