diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bcf211b3..199fcd91 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ composer.lock
 phpunit.xml
 phpcs.xml
 .phpcs.xml
+.phpunit.result.cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/phpunit.xml.dist b/phpunit.xml.dist
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0522c856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpunit.xml.dist
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<phpunit xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="https://schema.phpunit.de/4.8/phpunit.xsd"
+         bootstrap="vendor/autoload.php"
+         backupGlobals="false"
+         beStrictAboutCoversAnnotation="true"
+         beStrictAboutOutputDuringTests="true"
+         beStrictAboutTestsThatDoNotTestAnything="true"
+         beStrictAboutTodoAnnotatedTests="true"
+         colors="true"
+         verbose="true">
+    <testsuites>
+        <testsuite name="default">
+            <directory suffix="Test.php">tests</directory>
+        </testsuite>
+    </testsuites>
+</phpunit>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/WP_CLI/CommandWithUpgrade.php b/src/WP_CLI/CommandWithUpgrade.php
index 53c45df7..f22016ba 100755
--- a/src/WP_CLI/CommandWithUpgrade.php
+++ b/src/WP_CLI/CommandWithUpgrade.php
@@ -196,6 +196,9 @@ public function install( $args, $assoc_args ) {
 					add_filter( 'upgrader_source_selection', $filter, 10, 3 );
 				}
 
+				// Check if the URL the URL is cachable and whitelist it then.
+				self::maybe_cache( $slug, $this->item_type );
+
 				if ( $file_upgrader->install( $slug ) ) {
 					$slug   = $file_upgrader->result['destination_name'];
 					$result = true;
@@ -771,4 +774,21 @@ private function parse_url_host_component( $url, $component ) {
 		// phpcs:ignore WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.parse_url_parse_url -- parse_url will only be used in absence of wp_parse_url.
 		return function_exists( 'wp_parse_url' ) ? wp_parse_url( $url, $component ) : parse_url( $url, $component );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Whitelist GitHub URLs for caching.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url The URL to check.
+	 */
+	public static function maybe_cache( $url, $item_type ) {
+		$matches = [];
+
+		// cache release URLs like `https://github.com/wp-cli-test/generic-example-plugin/releases/download/v0.1.0/generic-example-plugin.0.1.0.zip`
+		if ( preg_match( '#github\.com/[^/]+/([^/]+)/releases/download/tags/([^/]+)/(.+)\.zip#', $url, $matches ) ) {
+			WP_CLI::get_http_cache_manager()->whitelist_package( $url, $item_type, $matches[2], $matches[3] );
+		// cache archive URLs like `https://github.com/wp-cli-test/generic-example-plugin/archive/v0.1.0.zip`
+		} elseif ( preg_match( '#github\.com/[^/]+/([^/]+)/archive/(version/|)([^/]+)\.zip#', $url, $matches ) ) {
+			WP_CLI::get_http_cache_manager()->whitelist_package( $url, $item_type, $matches[1], $matches[3] );
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tests/PluginCommandTest.php b/tests/PluginCommandTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46ca78a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/PluginCommandTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace WP_CLI\Extension\Tests;
+
+use WP_CLI\Tests\TestCase;
+
+class PluginCommandTest extends TestCase {
+	public function test_sample() {
+		$this->assertTrue( true );
+	}
+}