diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js
index 3c66418034..de5b383929 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env.js
@@ -79,32 +79,37 @@ exports.hasProjectGit = (cwd) => {
 }
 
 let _hasPnpm
-let _hasPnpm3orLater
+let _pnpmVersion
 const _pnpmProjects = new LRU({
   max: 10,
   maxAge: 1000
 })
 
-exports.hasPnpm3OrLater = () => {
-  if (process.env.VUE_CLI_TEST) {
-    return true
-  }
-  if (_hasPnpm3orLater != null) {
-    return _hasPnpm3orLater
+function getPnpmVersion () {
+  if (_pnpmVersion != null) {
+    return _pnpmVersion
   }
   try {
-    const pnpmVersion = execSync('pnpm --version', {
+    _pnpmVersion = execSync('pnpm --version', {
       stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'ignore']
     }).toString()
     // there's a critical bug in pnpm 2
     // https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/1678#issuecomment-469981972
     // so we only support pnpm >= 3.0.0
     _hasPnpm = true
-    _hasPnpm3orLater = semver.gte(pnpmVersion, '3.0.0')
-    return _hasPnpm3orLater
-  } catch (e) {
-    return (_hasPnpm3orLater = false)
+  } catch (e) {}
+  return _pnpmVersion || '0.0.0'
+}
+
+exports.hasPnpmVersionOrLater = (version) => {
+  if (process.env.VUE_CLI_TEST) {
+    return true
   }
+  return semver.gte(getPnpmVersion(), version)
+}
+
+exports.hasPnpm3OrLater = () => {
+  return this.hasPnpmVersionOrLater('3.0.0')
 }
 
 exports.hasProjectPnpm = (cwd) => {
diff --git a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js
index 2242137e5b..ce4865ad71 100644
--- a/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js
+++ b/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/ProjectPackageManager.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const {
   hasYarn,
   hasProjectYarn,
   hasPnpm3OrLater,
+  hasPnpmVersionOrLater,
   hasProjectPnpm
 } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/env')
 const { isOfficialPlugin, resolvePluginId } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils/lib/pluginResolution')
@@ -32,6 +33,18 @@ const isTestOrDebug = process.env.VUE_CLI_TEST || process.env.VUE_CLI_DEBUG
 
 const TAOBAO_DIST_URL = 'https://npm.taobao.org/dist'
 const SUPPORTED_PACKAGE_MANAGERS = ['yarn', 'pnpm', 'npm']
+const PACKAGE_MANAGER_PNPM4_CONFIG = {
+  install: ['install', '--reporter', 'silent', '--shamefully-hoist'],
+  add: ['install', '--reporter', 'silent', '--shamefully-hoist'],
+  upgrade: ['update', '--reporter', 'silent'],
+  remove: ['uninstall', '--reporter', 'silent']
+}
+const PACKAGE_MANAGER_PNPM3_CONFIG = {
+  install: ['install', '--loglevel', 'error', '--shamefully-flatten'],
+  add: ['install', '--loglevel', 'error', '--shamefully-flatten'],
+  upgrade: ['update', '--loglevel', 'error'],
+  remove: ['uninstall', '--loglevel', 'error']
+}
 const PACKAGE_MANAGER_CONFIG = {
   npm: {
     install: ['install', '--loglevel', 'error'],
@@ -39,12 +52,7 @@ const PACKAGE_MANAGER_CONFIG = {
     upgrade: ['update', '--loglevel', 'error'],
     remove: ['uninstall', '--loglevel', 'error']
   },
-  pnpm: {
-    install: ['install', '--loglevel', 'error', '--shamefully-flatten'],
-    add: ['install', '--loglevel', 'error', '--shamefully-flatten'],
-    upgrade: ['update', '--loglevel', 'error'],
-    remove: ['uninstall', '--loglevel', 'error']
-  },
+  pnpm: hasPnpmVersionOrLater('4.0.0') ? PACKAGE_MANAGER_PNPM4_CONFIG : PACKAGE_MANAGER_PNPM3_CONFIG,
   yarn: {
     install: [],
     add: ['add'],