diff --git a/bin/semantic-release.js b/bin/semantic-release.js
index 37fc2fff..c0d21dd0 100755
--- a/bin/semantic-release.js
+++ b/bin/semantic-release.js
@@ -30,7 +30,11 @@ if (~argv._.indexOf('pre')) {
   if (npmArgv['semantic-release-rerun']) process.exit(0)
   // the `prepublish` hook is also executed when the package is installed
   // in this case we abort the command and do nothing.
-  if (isAbbrev(npmArgv, 'install') || isAbbrev(npmArgv, 'link')) process.exit(0)
+  if (
+    isAbbrev(npmArgv, 'install') ||
+    isAbbrev(npmArgv, 'link') ||
+    isAbbrev(npmArgv, 'pack')
+  ) process.exit(0)
 
   if (argv.debug) console.log('This is a dry run')