diff --git a/src/controllers/doMeESLint.ts b/src/controllers/doMeESLint.ts
index 1101fa6..4f59f58 100644
--- a/src/controllers/doMeESLint.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/doMeESLint.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export const doMeESLint = async (context: Context): Promise<void> => {
   log.info('Checking required NPM dependencies for ESLint')
   installDependencies({
     dependencyManager: context.dependencyManager,
+    hasPnpmWorkspaces: context.hasPnpmWorkspaces,
     dependencies,
     installedPackages: context.installedPackages,
     cwd: context.projectDirectory,
diff --git a/src/controllers/getMeContext.ts b/src/controllers/getMeContext.ts
index 4cadd49..9b2c09b 100644
--- a/src/controllers/getMeContext.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/getMeContext.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const getGitignore = (projectDirectory: string): string[] => {
 
 export interface Context {
   installedPackages: InstalledPackage[]
+  hasPnpmWorkspaces: boolean
   projectDirectory: string
   monorepoRoot?: string
   patterns: Patterns
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ export const getMeContext = (): Context => {
   const dependencyManager = packageJson && getDependencyManager(projectDirectory)
   log.debug(`project type:\t\t${dependencyManager ?? 'start from scratch'}`)
 
+  const hasPnpmWorkspaces =
+    dependencyManager === 'pnpm' && fileExists(path.join(projectDirectory, 'pnpm-workspace.yaml'))
+
   const installedPackages: InstalledPackage[] =
     packageJson && dependencyManager
       ? getInstalledPackages({ packageJson, dependencyManager, projectDirectory })
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ export const getMeContext = (): Context => {
 
   return {
     dependencyManager,
+    hasPnpmWorkspaces,
     installedPackages,
     projectDirectory,
     monorepoRoot,
diff --git a/src/lib/eslint/installDependencies.ts b/src/lib/eslint/installDependencies.ts
index 45d2976..8aec46b 100644
--- a/src/lib/eslint/installDependencies.ts
+++ b/src/lib/eslint/installDependencies.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ function getDependenciesToUpdate(
 interface InstallDependenciesParameters {
   dependenciesToUpdate: ExactDependency[]
   devDependenciesToUpdate: ExactDependency[]
+  hasWorkspaces: boolean
   cwd: string
   debug: boolean
 }
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ const installYarnDependencies = (parameters: InstallDependenciesParameters): voi
 }
 
 const installPnpmDependencies = (parameters: InstallDependenciesParameters): void => {
-  const { dependenciesToUpdate, devDependenciesToUpdate, cwd, debug } = parameters
+  const { dependenciesToUpdate, hasWorkspaces, devDependenciesToUpdate, cwd, debug } = parameters
   const dependencyList = dependenciesToUpdate
     .map(([dependency, version]) => `${dependency}@${version}`)
     .join(' ')
@@ -85,11 +86,14 @@ const installPnpmDependencies = (parameters: InstallDependenciesParameters): voi
     .join(' ')
 
   if (dependencyList) {
-    execSync(`pnpm add ${dependencyList}`, { cwd, stdio: debug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore' })
+    execSync(`pnpm add ${dependencyList}${hasWorkspaces ? ' -w' : ''}`, {
+      cwd,
+      stdio: debug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
+    })
   }
 
   if (developmentDependencyList) {
-    execSync(`pnpm add -D ${developmentDependencyList}`, {
+    execSync(`pnpm add -D ${developmentDependencyList}${hasWorkspaces ? ' -w' : ''}`, {
       cwd,
       stdio: debug ? 'inherit' : 'ignore',
     })
@@ -98,13 +102,16 @@ const installPnpmDependencies = (parameters: InstallDependenciesParameters): voi
 
 interface Parameters {
   dependencyManager?: DependencyManager
+  hasPnpmWorkspaces: boolean
   dependencies: ExactDependency[]
   installedPackages: InstalledPackage[]
   cwd: string
   debug: boolean
 }
 export const installDependencies = (parameters: Parameters) => {
-  const { dependencyManager, dependencies, installedPackages, cwd, debug } = parameters
+  const { dependencyManager, hasPnpmWorkspaces, dependencies, installedPackages, cwd, debug } =
+    parameters
+
   const { dependenciesToUpdate, devDependenciesToUpdate } = getDependenciesToUpdate(
     dependencies,
     installedPackages
@@ -130,6 +137,7 @@ export const installDependencies = (parameters: Parameters) => {
         devDependenciesToUpdate,
         cwd,
         debug,
+        hasWorkspaces: false, // currently not needed
       })
 
       break
@@ -140,6 +148,7 @@ export const installDependencies = (parameters: Parameters) => {
         devDependenciesToUpdate,
         cwd,
         debug,
+        hasWorkspaces: false, // currently not needed
       })
 
       break
@@ -150,6 +159,7 @@ export const installDependencies = (parameters: Parameters) => {
         devDependenciesToUpdate,
         cwd,
         debug,
+        hasWorkspaces: hasPnpmWorkspaces,
       })
 
       break
@@ -161,6 +171,7 @@ export const installDependencies = (parameters: Parameters) => {
         devDependenciesToUpdate,
         cwd,
         debug,
+        hasWorkspaces: false, // currently not needed
       })
     }
   }