diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 24da43a..5c2526a 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: Setup composer
 description: Install and cache composer dependencies
 author: Jamie Schouten
 inputs:
+  args:
+    description: 'install arguments'
+    required: false
+    default: '--verbose --prefer-dist --no-progress --no-interaction --no-dev --optimize-autoloader --ignore-platform-reqs'
   file:
     description: 'file to hash for cache key'
     required: false
@@ -29,4 +33,4 @@ runs:
           ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
 
     - name: Install dependencies
-      run: composer install
+      run: composer install ${{ inputs.args }}