diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/index.js b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
index d5afee43b8f..6a5dcbdc4ed 100755
--- a/packages/create-react-app/index.js
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/index.js
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ var path = require('path');
 var execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 var spawn = require('cross-spawn');
 var semver = require('semver');
+var https = require('https');
+var request = require('request');
 
 var projectName;
 
@@ -145,12 +147,14 @@ function shouldUseYarn() {
   }
 }
 
-function install(dependencies, verbose, callback) {
+function install(dependencies, verbose, useYarnLock, callback) {
   var command;
   var args;
   if (shouldUseYarn()) {
     command = 'yarnpkg';
-    args = [ 'add', '--exact'].concat(dependencies);
+
+    // If the yarn.lock exists, just run `yarnpkg`.
+    args = useYarnLock ? [] : ['add', '--exact'].concat(dependencies);
   } else {
     checkNpmVersion();
     command = 'npm';
@@ -173,6 +177,56 @@ function run(root, appName, version, verbose, originalDirectory, template) {
 
   var allDependencies = ['react', 'react-dom', packageToInstall];
 
+  var installDependencies = function(yarnLockExists) {
+    install(allDependencies, verbose, yarnLockExists, function(code, command, args) {
+      if (code !== 0) {
+        console.log();
+        console.error('Aborting installation.', chalk.cyan(command + ' ' + args.join(' ')), 'has failed.');
+        // On 'exit' we will delete these files from target directory.
+        var knownGeneratedFiles = [
+          'package.json', 'npm-debug.log', 'yarn-error.log', 'yarn-debug.log', 'node_modules'
+        ];
+        var currentFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(root));
+        currentFiles.forEach(function (file) {
+          knownGeneratedFiles.forEach(function (fileToMatch) {
+            // This will catch `(npm-debug|yarn-error|yarn-debug).log*` files
+            // and the rest of knownGeneratedFiles.
+            if ((fileToMatch.match(/.log/g) && file.indexOf(fileToMatch) === 0) || file === fileToMatch) {
+              console.log('Deleting generated file...', chalk.cyan(file));
+              fs.removeSync(path.join(root, file));
+            }
+          });
+        });
+        var remainingFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(root));
+        if (!remainingFiles.length) {
+          // Delete target folder if empty
+          console.log('Deleting', chalk.cyan(appName + '/'), 'from', chalk.cyan(path.resolve(root, '..')));
+          fs.removeSync(path.join(root));
+        }
+        console.log('Done.');
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+
+      checkNodeVersion(packageName);
+
+      // Since react-scripts has been installed with --save
+      // We need to move it into devDependencies and rewrite package.json
+      if (!yarnLockExists) {
+        moveReactScriptsToDev(packageName);
+      }
+
+      var scriptsPath = path.resolve(
+        process.cwd(),
+        'node_modules',
+        packageName,
+        'scripts',
+        'init.js'
+      );
+      var init = require(scriptsPath);
+      init(root, appName, verbose, originalDirectory, template);
+    });
+  }
+
   console.log('Installing packages. This might take a couple minutes.');
   console.log(
     'Installing ' + chalk.cyan('react') + ', ' + chalk.cyan('react-dom') +
@@ -180,51 +234,43 @@ function run(root, appName, version, verbose, originalDirectory, template) {
   );
   console.log();
 
-  install(allDependencies, verbose, function(code, command, args) {
-    if (code !== 0) {
-      console.log();
-      console.error('Aborting installation.', chalk.cyan(command + ' ' + args.join(' ')), 'has failed.');
-      // On 'exit' we will delete these files from target directory.
-      var knownGeneratedFiles = [
-        'package.json', 'npm-debug.log', 'yarn-error.log', 'yarn-debug.log', 'node_modules'
-      ];
-      var currentFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(root));
-      currentFiles.forEach(function (file) {
-        knownGeneratedFiles.forEach(function (fileToMatch) {
-          // This will catch `(npm-debug|yarn-error|yarn-debug).log*` files
-          // and the rest of knownGeneratedFiles.
-          if ((fileToMatch.match(/.log/g) && file.indexOf(fileToMatch) === 0) || file === fileToMatch) {
-            console.log('Deleting generated file...', chalk.cyan(file));
-            fs.removeSync(path.join(root, file));
-          }
-        });
-      });
-      var remainingFiles = fs.readdirSync(path.join(root));
-      if (!remainingFiles.length) {
-        // Delete target folder if empty
-        console.log('Deleting', chalk.cyan(appName + '/'), 'from', chalk.cyan(path.resolve(root, '..')));
-        fs.removeSync(path.join(root));
+  // Try to download the yarn.lock file.
+  if (shouldUseYarn()) {
+    var releaseRequest = request({
+      uri: 'https://api.github.com/repos/facebookincubator/create-react-app/releases/latest',
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        'User-Agent': 'create-react-app'
       }
-      console.log('Done.');
-      process.exit(1);
-    }
-
-    checkNodeVersion(packageName);
-
-    // Since react-scripts has been installed with --save
-    // We need to move it into devDependencies and rewrite package.json
-    moveReactScriptsToDev(packageName);
-
-    var scriptsPath = path.resolve(
-      process.cwd(),
-      'node_modules',
-      packageName,
-      'scripts',
-      'init.js'
-    );
-    var init = require(scriptsPath);
-    init(root, appName, verbose, originalDirectory, template);
-  });
+    }, function(err, response, releasesBody) {
+      var yarnLockUrl = JSON.parse(releasesBody).assets.reduce(function(acc, asset) {
+        return asset.name === 'yarn.lock' ? asset.browser_download_url : acc;
+      }, "");
+
+      // TODO: We'll want to copy the package.json && yarn.lock,
+      // `yarn install` will change the lockfile if the deps don't
+      // satisfy versions in the package.json.
+
+      if (!yarnLockUrl) {
+        installDependencies(false);
+
+        return;
+      }
+
+      var yarnLockRequest = request(yarnLockUrl, function(err, response, body) {
+        fs.writeFileSync('yarn.lock', body); // TODO: Async
+
+        // Success. Write the package.json dependencies manually.
+        writePackageJsonFromYarnLock(packageName, packageToInstall);
+        installDependencies(true);
+      }).on('error', function(err) {
+        fs.unlink(dest);
+        installDependencies(false);
+      });
+    });
+  } else {
+    installDependencies(false);
+  }
 }
 
 function getInstallPackage(version) {
@@ -352,6 +398,26 @@ function moveReactScriptsToDev(packageName) {
   fs.writeFileSync(packagePath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
 }
 
+// TODO: Get rid of most this - we'll copy a package.json
+// Will need to write the name, though.
+function writePackageJsonFromYarnLock(packageName, packageVersion) {
+  var packagePath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json');
+  var packageJson = require(packagePath);
+
+  packageJson.devDependencies = packageJson.devDependencies || {};
+  packageJson.devDependencies[packageName] = packageVersion;
+
+  var reactVersion = 'latest';
+  var reactDomVersion = 'latest';
+
+  packageJson.dependencies = {
+    'react': reactVersion,
+    'react-dom': reactDomVersion
+  };
+
+  fs.writeFileSync(packagePath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
+}
+
 // If project only contains files generated by GH, it’s safe.
 // We also special case IJ-based products .idea because it integrates with CRA:
 // https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app/pull/368#issuecomment-243446094
diff --git a/packages/create-react-app/package.json b/packages/create-react-app/package.json
index e1eb1c45ef2..bc6bcf4f952 100644
--- a/packages/create-react-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-react-app/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "cross-spawn": "^4.0.0",
     "fs-extra": "^1.0.0",
+    "request": "^2.79.0",
     "semver": "^5.0.3"
   }
 }