diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Setup.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Setup.java
index 8f310dea..0c7970cd 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Setup.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/Setup.java
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@ public class Setup extends AbstractServerTask {
 	@Parameter(property = "appShellVersion")
 	private String appShellVersion;
 
+	@Parameter(property = "ignorePeerDependencies", defaultValue = "false")
+	private boolean ignorePeerDependencies;
+
 	private ServerHelper serverHelper;
 
 	public Setup() {
@@ -285,7 +288,7 @@ public void setup(Server server, DistroProperties distroProperties) throws MojoE
 			moduleInstaller.installModulesForDistro(server, distroProperties, distroHelper);
 			setConfigFolder(server, distroProperties);
 			if (spaInstaller != null) {
-				spaInstaller.installFromDistroProperties(server.getServerDirectory(), distroProperties);
+				spaInstaller.installFromDistroProperties(server.getServerDirectory(), distroProperties, ignorePeerDependencies);
 			}
 			installOWAs(server, distroProperties);
 		} else {
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/NodeHelper.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/NodeHelper.java
index db2316ea..7e7bb900 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/NodeHelper.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/NodeHelper.java
@@ -59,23 +59,27 @@ public void installNodeAndNpm(String nodeVersion, String npmVersion) throws Mojo
 	}
 	
 	public void runNpx(String arguments) throws MojoExecutionException {
-		String npmExec = "exec -- " + arguments;
-		
+		runNpx(arguments, "");
+	}
+
+	public void runNpx(String arguments, String legacyPeerDeps) throws MojoExecutionException {
+		String npmExec = legacyPeerDeps + " exec -- " + arguments;
+
 		// it's a little weird to use a custom NPM cache for this; however, it seems to be necessary to get things working on Bamboo
 		// hack added in December 2021; it's use probably should be re-evaluated at some point
 		// additional hack: we do not use --cache on macs due to https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/3256
 		if (mavenProject != null && mavenProject.getBuild() != null && !SystemUtils.IS_OS_MAC_OSX) {
 			npmExec =
-					" --cache=" + tempDir.resolve("npm-cache").toAbsolutePath() + " exec -- " + arguments;
+					 legacyPeerDeps + " --cache=" + tempDir.resolve("npm-cache").toAbsolutePath() + " exec -- " + arguments;
 		}
-		
+
 		List<MojoExecutor.Element> configuration = new ArrayList<>(3);
 		configuration.add(element("arguments", npmExec));
-		
+
 		if (mavenProject != null && mavenProject.getBuild() != null) {
 			configuration.add(element("installDirectory", tempDir.toAbsolutePath().toString()));
 		}
-		
+
 		runFrontendMavenPlugin("npm", configuration);
 	}
 	
diff --git a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/SpaInstaller.java b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/SpaInstaller.java
index b5462d8b..797ce02d 100644
--- a/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/SpaInstaller.java
+++ b/maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/openmrs/maven/plugins/utility/SpaInstaller.java
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ public SpaInstaller(DistroHelper distroHelper,
 	public void installFromDistroProperties(File appDataDir, DistroProperties distroProperties)
 			throws MojoExecutionException {
 
+		installFromDistroProperties(appDataDir, distroProperties, false);
+	}
+
+	public void installFromDistroProperties(File appDataDir, DistroProperties distroProperties, boolean ignorePeerDependencies)
+			throws MojoExecutionException {
+
 		// We find all the lines in distro properties beginning with `spa` and convert these
 		// into a JSON structure. This is passed to the frontend build tool.
 		// If no SPA elements are present in the distro properties, the SPA is not installed.
@@ -74,14 +80,15 @@ public void installFromDistroProperties(File appDataDir, DistroProperties distro
 
 			nodeHelper.installNodeAndNpm(nodeVersion, npmVersion);
 			File buildTargetDir = new File(appDataDir, BUILD_TARGET_DIR);
-			
+
 			String program = "openmrs@" + coreVersion;
+			String legacyPeerDeps = ignorePeerDependencies ? "--legacy-peer-deps" : "";
 			// print frontend tool version number
-			nodeHelper.runNpx(String.format("%s --version", program));
+			nodeHelper.runNpx(String.format("%s --version", program), legacyPeerDeps);
 			nodeHelper.runNpx(
-					String.format("%s build --target %s --build-config %s", program, buildTargetDir, spaConfigFile));
+					String.format("%s build --target %s --build-config %s", program, buildTargetDir, spaConfigFile), legacyPeerDeps);
 			nodeHelper.runNpx(
-					String.format("%s assemble --target %s --mode config --config %s", program, buildTargetDir, spaConfigFile));
+					String.format("%s assemble --target %s --mode config --config %s", program, buildTargetDir, spaConfigFile), legacyPeerDeps);
 		}
 	}