diff --git a/PHPCI/Plugin/Composer.php b/PHPCI/Plugin/Composer.php
index 87a558fe..38cf4d0e 100644
--- a/PHPCI/Plugin/Composer.php
+++ b/PHPCI/Plugin/Composer.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Composer implements PHPCI\Plugin, PHPCI\ZeroConfigPlugin
     protected $preferDist;
     protected $phpci;
     protected $build;
+    protected $nodev;
 
     /**
      * Check if this plugin can be executed.
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class Composer implements PHPCI\Plugin, PHPCI\ZeroConfigPlugin
         $this->directory = $path;
         $this->action = 'install';
         $this->preferDist = false;
+        $this->nodev = false;
 
         if (array_key_exists('directory', $options)) {
             $this->directory = $path . '/' . $options['directory'];
@@ -72,6 +74,10 @@ class Composer implements PHPCI\Plugin, PHPCI\ZeroConfigPlugin
         if (array_key_exists('prefer_dist', $options)) {
             $this->preferDist = (bool)$options['prefer_dist'];
         }
+
+        if (array_key_exists('no_dev', $options)) {
+            $this->nodev = (bool)$options['no_dev'];
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -97,6 +103,11 @@ class Composer implements PHPCI\Plugin, PHPCI\ZeroConfigPlugin
             $cmd .= '--prefer-source';
         }
 
+        if ($this->nodev) {
+            $this->phpci->log('Using --no-dev flag');
+            $cmd .= ' --no-dev';
+        }
+
         $cmd .= ' --working-dir="%s" %s';
 
         return $this->phpci->executeCommand($cmd, $this->directory, $this->action);