diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json b/librarymanagement/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json
index 810ecc1ac..d28da3b69 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/contraband/librarymanagement.json
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@
         { "name": "missingOk",      "type": "boolean"                                               },
         { "name": "logging",        "type": "sbt.librarymanagement.UpdateLogging"                   },
         { "name": "artifactFilter", "type": "sbt.librarymanagement.ArtifactTypeFilter"              },
-        { "name": "offline",        "type": "boolean"                                               }
+        { "name": "offline",        "type": "boolean"                                               },
+        { "name": "frozen",         "type": "boolean"                                               }
       ]
     },
     {
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
index 4d8465a10..638aa4770 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/librarymanagement/IvyActions.scala
@@ -469,6 +469,10 @@ object IvyActions {
     resolveOptions.setArtifactFilter(updateConfiguration.artifactFilter)
     resolveOptions.setUseCacheOnly(updateConfiguration.offline)
     resolveOptions.setLog(ivyLogLevel(logging))
+    if (updateConfiguration.frozen) {
+      resolveOptions.setTransitive(false)
+      resolveOptions.setCheckIfChanged(false)
+    }
     ResolutionCache.cleanModule(
       moduleDescriptor.getModuleRevisionId,
       resolveId,
@@ -522,6 +526,10 @@ object IvyActions {
     resolveOptions.setArtifactFilter(updateConfiguration.artifactFilter)
     resolveOptions.setUseCacheOnly(updateConfiguration.offline)
     resolveOptions.setLog(ivyLogLevel(updateConfiguration.logging))
+    if (updateConfiguration.frozen) {
+      resolveOptions.setTransitive(false)
+      resolveOptions.setCheckIfChanged(false)
+    }
     val acceptError = updateConfiguration.missingOk
     resolver.customResolve(descriptor, acceptError, logicalClock, resolveOptions, cache, log)
   }
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DefaultLibraryManagement.scala b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DefaultLibraryManagement.scala
index 3c5d38167..49af3cb71 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DefaultLibraryManagement.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/main/scala/sbt/librarymanagement/DefaultLibraryManagement.scala
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ class DefaultLibraryManagement(ivyConfiguration: IvyConfiguration, log: Logger)
       true,
       UpdateLogging.DownloadOnly,
       artifactFilter,
+      false,
       false
     )
 
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/BaseIvySpecification.scala b/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/BaseIvySpecification.scala
index 20041ab04..d87baa862 100644
--- a/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/BaseIvySpecification.scala
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/BaseIvySpecification.scala
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ trait BaseIvySpecification extends UnitSpec {
                         false,
                         UpdateLogging.Full,
                         ArtifactTypeFilter.forbid(Set("src", "doc")),
-                        offline)
+                        offline,
+                        false)
   }
 
   def ivyUpdateEither(module: IvySbt#Module): Either[UnresolvedWarning, UpdateReport] = {
diff --git a/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/FrozenModeSpec.scala b/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/FrozenModeSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e84abfe99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/librarymanagement/src/test/scala/FrozenModeSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package sbt.librarymanagement
+
+import sbt.internal.librarymanagement._
+import sbt.internal.librarymanagement.impl.DependencyBuilders
+
+class FrozenModeSpec extends BaseIvySpecification with DependencyBuilders {
+  private final val targetDir = Some(currentDependency)
+  private final val onlineConf = makeUpdateConfiguration(false)
+  private final val frozenConf = makeUpdateConfiguration(false).withFrozen(true)
+  private final val noClock = LogicalClock.unknown
+  private final val warningConf = UnresolvedWarningConfiguration()
+  private final val normalOptions = UpdateOptions()
+
+  final val stoml = Vector("me.vican.jorge" % "stoml_2.12" % "0.4" % "compile")
+
+  /* https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/me/vican/jorge/stoml_2.12/0.4/stoml_2.12-0.4.jar
+   * https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/scala-lang/scala-library/2.12.0/scala-library-2.12.0.jar
+   * https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/lihaoyi/fastparse_2.12/0.4.2/fastparse_2.12-0.4.2.jar
+   * https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/lihaoyi/fastparse-utils_2.12/0.4.2/fastparse-utils_2.12-0.4.2.jar
+   * https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/lihaoyi/sourcecode_2.12/0.1.3/sourcecode_2.12-0.1.3.jar */
+  final val explicitStoml = Vector(
+    "me.vican.jorge" % "stoml_2.12" % "0.4" % "compile",
+    "org.scala-lang" % "scala-library" % "2.12.0" % "compile",
+    "com.lihaoyi" % "fastparse_2.12" % "0.4.2" % "compile",
+    "com.lihaoyi" % "fastparse-utils_2.12" % "0.4.2" % "compile",
+    "com.lihaoyi" % "sourcecode_2.12" % "0.1.3" % "compile"
+  )
+
+  it should "fail when artifacts are missing in the cache" in {
+    cleanIvyCache()
+    def update(module: IvySbt#Module, conf: UpdateConfiguration) =
+      IvyActions.updateEither(module, conf, warningConf, noClock, targetDir, log)
+
+    val toResolve = module(defaultModuleId, stoml, None, normalOptions)
+    val onlineResolution = update(toResolve, onlineConf)
+    assert(onlineResolution.isRight)
+    val numberResolved = onlineResolution.right.get.allModules.size
+
+    cleanIvyCache()
+    val singleFrozenResolution = update(toResolve, frozenConf)
+    assert(singleFrozenResolution.isRight)
+    assert(
+      singleFrozenResolution.right.get.allModules.size == 1,
+      s"The number of explicit modules in frozen mode should 1"
+    )
+
+    cleanIvyCache()
+    // This relies on the fact that stoml has 5 transitive dependencies
+    val toExplicitResolve = module(defaultModuleId, explicitStoml, None, normalOptions)
+    val frozenResolution = update(toExplicitResolve, frozenConf)
+    assert(frozenResolution.isRight)
+    assert(frozenResolution.right.get.allModules.size == numberResolved,
+           s"The number of explicit modules in frozen mode should be equal than $numberResolved")
+  }
+}