diff --git a/doc/rpm.8 b/doc/rpm.8
index af495d9ed..80055b675 100644
--- a/doc/rpm.8
+++ b/doc/rpm.8
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ included in the binary package relocation hint(s).
 Don't install files whose name begins with
 \fIOLDPATH\fR.
 .TP
+\fB--excludeartifacts\fR
+Don't install any files which are marked as artifacts,
+such as build-id links.
+.TP
 \fB--excludedocs\fR
 Don't install any files which are marked as documentation
 (which includes man pages and texinfo documents).
diff --git a/lib/poptI.c b/lib/poptI.c
index f655f7862..e475924bf 100644
--- a/lib/poptI.c
+++ b/lib/poptI.c
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ struct poptOption rpmInstallPoptTable[] = {
  { "erase", 'e', POPT_BIT_SET,
 	&rpmIArgs.installInterfaceFlags, INSTALL_ERASE,
 	N_("erase (uninstall) package"), N_("<package>+") },
+ { "excludeartifacts", '\0', POPT_BIT_SET|POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN,
+	&rpmIArgs.transFlags, RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOARTIFACTS,
+	N_("do not install artifacts"), NULL},
  { "excludeconfigs", '\0', POPT_BIT_SET|POPT_ARGFLAG_DOC_HIDDEN,
 	&rpmIArgs.transFlags, RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOCONFIGS,
 	N_("do not install configuration files"), NULL},
diff --git a/lib/rpmts.h b/lib/rpmts.h
index c13ffadb2..4f88bc867 100644
--- a/lib/rpmts.h
+++ b/lib/rpmts.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ enum rpmtransFlags_e {
     /* bit 26 unused */
     RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOMD5		= (1 << 27),	/*!< from --nomd5 */
     RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOFILEDIGEST	= (1 << 27),	/*!< from --nofiledigest (alias to --nomd5) */
-    /* bits 28-29 unused */
+    /* bit 28 unused */
+    RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOARTIFACTS	= (1 << 29),	/*!< from --noartifacts */
     RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOCONFIGS	= (1 << 30),	/*!< from --noconfigs */
     RPMTRANS_FLAG_DEPLOOPS	= (1 << 31)	/*!< from --deploops */
 };
diff --git a/lib/transaction.c b/lib/transaction.c
index 9fea7b06b..893fb3ae7 100644
--- a/lib/transaction.c
+++ b/lib/transaction.c
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ static void skipInstallFiles(const rpmts ts, rpmfiles files, rpmfs fs)
     rpm_color_t FColor;
     int noConfigs = (rpmtsFlags(ts) & RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOCONFIGS);
     int noDocs = (rpmtsFlags(ts) & RPMTRANS_FLAG_NODOCS);
+    int noArtifacts = (rpmtsFlags(ts) & RPMTRANS_FLAG_NOARTIFACTS);
     int * drc;
     char * dff;
     int dc;
@@ -924,6 +925,13 @@ static void skipInstallFiles(const rpmts ts, rpmfiles files, rpmfs fs)
 	    rpmfsSetAction(fs, i, FA_SKIPNSTATE);
 	    continue;
 	}
+
+	/* Skip artifacts if requested. */
+	if (noArtifacts && (rpmfiFFlags(fi) & RPMFILE_ARTIFACT)) {
+	    drc[ix]--;	dff[ix] = 1;
+	    rpmfsSetAction(fs, i, FA_SKIPNSTATE);
+	    continue;
+	}
     }
 
     /* Skip (now empty) directories that had skipped files. */
diff --git a/tests/rpmi.at b/tests/rpmi.at
index a7a18c756..a55a50116 100644
--- a/tests/rpmi.at
+++ b/tests/rpmi.at
@@ -666,3 +666,20 @@ runroot rpm -e testdoc
 [])
 AT_CLEANUP
 
+AT_SETUP([rpm -i --excludeartifacts])
+AT_KEYWORDS([install])
+RPMDB_INIT
+runroot rpmbuild --quiet -bb /data/SPECS/vattrtest.spec
+
+AT_CHECK([
+RPMDB_INIT
+runroot rpm -i --excludeartifacts /build/RPMS/noarch/vattrtest-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
+test -e ${RPMTEST}/opt/vattrtest/a && exit 1
+runroot rpm -e vattrtest
+runroot rpm -i /build/RPMS/noarch/vattrtest-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
+test -e ${RPMTEST}/opt/vattrtest/a || exit 1
+],
+[0],
+[],
+[])
+AT_CLEANUP