diff --git a/.yarn/versions/34906c89.yml b/.yarn/versions/34906c89.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f198b962fb44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.yarn/versions/34906c89.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+releases:
+  "@yarnpkg/cli": patch
+  "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm": patch
+
+declined:
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-compat"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-constraints"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-dlx"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-init"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-interactive-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-nm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-npm-cli"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pack"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-patch"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnp"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-pnpm"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-stage"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-typescript"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-version"
+  - "@yarnpkg/plugin-workspace-tools"
+  - "@yarnpkg/builder"
+  - "@yarnpkg/core"
+  - "@yarnpkg/doctor"
diff --git a/packages/plugin-npm/sources/NpmTarballResolver.ts b/packages/plugin-npm/sources/NpmTarballResolver.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14063a3b8654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-npm/sources/NpmTarballResolver.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import {Descriptor, Locator, MinimalResolveOptions, ResolveOptions, Resolver, Package} from '@yarnpkg/core';
+import {structUtils}                                                                   from '@yarnpkg/core';
+
+import {PROTOCOL}                                                                      from './constants';
+
+export class NpmTarballResolver implements Resolver {
+  supportsDescriptor(descriptor: Descriptor, opts: MinimalResolveOptions) {
+    if (!descriptor.range.startsWith(PROTOCOL))
+      return false;
+
+    const {params} = structUtils.parseRange(descriptor.range);
+    if (params === null || typeof params.__archiveUrl !== `string`)
+      return false;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  supportsLocator(locator: Locator, opts: MinimalResolveOptions) {
+    // Once transformed into locators, the descriptors are resolved by the NpmSemverResolver
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  shouldPersistResolution(locator: Locator, opts: MinimalResolveOptions): never {
+    // Once transformed into locators, the descriptors are resolved by the NpmSemverResolver
+    throw new Error(`Unreachable`);
+  }
+
+  bindDescriptor(descriptor: Descriptor, fromLocator: Locator, opts: MinimalResolveOptions) {
+    return descriptor;
+  }
+
+  getResolutionDependencies(descriptor: Descriptor, opts: MinimalResolveOptions) {
+    return {};
+  }
+
+  async getCandidates(descriptor: Descriptor, dependencies: Record<string, Package>, opts: ResolveOptions) {
+    return [structUtils.convertDescriptorToLocator(descriptor)];
+  }
+
+  async getSatisfying(descriptor: Descriptor, dependencies: Record<string, Package>, locators: Array<Locator>, opts: ResolveOptions) {
+    const baseLocator = structUtils.convertDescriptorToLocator(descriptor);
+    return {locators: locators.filter(locator => structUtils.areLocatorsEqual(locator, baseLocator)), sorted: false};
+  }
+
+  resolve(locator: Locator, opts: ResolveOptions): never {
+    // Once transformed into locators, the descriptors are resolved by the NpmSemverResolver
+    throw new Error(`Unreachable`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-npm/sources/index.ts b/packages/plugin-npm/sources/index.ts
index 64a60d2885a0..e94724bcca4f 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-npm/sources/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-npm/sources/index.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {NpmRemapResolver}                                      from './NpmRemapR
 import {NpmSemverFetcher}                                      from './NpmSemverFetcher';
 import {NpmSemverResolver}                                     from './NpmSemverResolver';
 import {NpmTagResolver}                                        from './NpmTagResolver';
+import {NpmTarballResolver}                                    from './NpmTarballResolver';
 import * as npmConfigUtils                                     from './npmConfigUtils';
 import * as npmHttpUtils                                       from './npmHttpUtils';
 import * as npmPublishUtils                                    from './npmPublishUtils';
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ const plugin: Plugin = {
     NpmRemapResolver,
     NpmSemverResolver,
     NpmTagResolver,
+    NpmTarballResolver,
   ],
 };