diff --git a/src/chrome/plugin-manager/PluginInstaller.tsx b/src/chrome/plugin-manager/PluginInstaller.tsx
index cb78fbdef..755f8cd64 100644
--- a/src/chrome/plugin-manager/PluginInstaller.tsx
+++ b/src/chrome/plugin-manager/PluginInstaller.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   LoadingIndicator,
   Tooltip,
 } from 'flipper';
+import {default as FileSelector} from '../../ui/components/FileSelector';
 import React, {useCallback, useState, useMemo, useEffect} from 'react';
 import {List} from 'immutable';
 import {SearchIndex} from 'algoliasearch';
@@ -144,6 +145,8 @@ export function annotatePluginsWithUpdates(
 const PluginInstaller = function props(props: Props) {
   const [restartRequired, setRestartRequired] = useState(false);
   const [query, setQuery] = useState('');
+  const [_localPackagePath, setLocalPackagePath] = useState('');
+  const [isLocalPackagePathValid, setIsLocalPackagePathValud] = useState(false);
   const rows = useNPMSearch(
     setRestartRequired,
     query,
@@ -158,34 +161,56 @@ const PluginInstaller = function props(props: Props) {
   }, []);
 
   return (
-    <Container>
-      {restartRequired && (
-        <RestartBar onClick={restartApp}>
-          To activate this plugin, Flipper needs to restart. Click here to
-          restart!
-        </RestartBar>
-      )}
+    <>
+      <Container>
+        {restartRequired && (
+          <RestartBar onClick={restartApp}>
+            To activate this plugin, Flipper needs to restart. Click here to
+            restart!
+          </RestartBar>
+        )}
+        <Toolbar>
+          <SearchBox>
+            <SearchInput
+              onChange={e => setQuery(e.target.value)}
+              value={query}
+              placeholder="Search Flipper plugins..."
+            />
+          </SearchBox>
+        </Toolbar>
+        <ManagedTable_immutable
+          rowLineHeight={28}
+          floating={false}
+          multiline={true}
+          columnSizes={columnSizes}
+          columns={columns}
+          highlightableRows={false}
+          highlightedRows={new Set()}
+          autoHeight={props.autoHeight}
+          rows={rows}
+        />
+      </Container>
       <Toolbar>
-        <SearchBox>
-          <SearchInput
-            onChange={e => setQuery(e.target.value)}
-            value={query}
-            placeholder="Search Flipper plugins..."
-          />
-        </SearchBox>
+        <FileSelector
+          placeholderText="Specify path to a Flipper package or just drag and drop it here..."
+          onPathChanged={e => {
+            setLocalPackagePath(e.path);
+            setIsLocalPackagePathValud(e.isValid);
+          }}
+        />
+        <Button
+          compact
+          type="primary"
+          disabled={!isLocalPackagePathValid}
+          title={
+            isLocalPackagePathValid
+              ? 'Click to install the specified plugin package'
+              : 'Cannot install plugin package by the specified path'
+          }>
+          Install
+        </Button>
       </Toolbar>
-      <ManagedTable_immutable
-        rowLineHeight={28}
-        floating={false}
-        multiline={true}
-        columnSizes={columnSizes}
-        columns={columns}
-        highlightableRows={false}
-        highlightedRows={new Set()}
-        autoHeight={props.autoHeight}
-        rows={rows}
-      />
-    </Container>
+    </>
   );
 };
 PluginInstaller.defaultProps = defaultProps;
diff --git a/src/ui/components/FileSelector.tsx b/src/ui/components/FileSelector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e6298fb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/components/FileSelector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import React, {useState} from 'react';
+import FlexRow from './FlexRow';
+import FlexColumn from './FlexColumn';
+import Glyph from './Glyph';
+import Input from './Input';
+import electron from 'electron';
+import styled from '@emotion/styled';
+import {colors} from './colors';
+import Electron from 'electron';
+import fs from 'fs';
+
+const CenteredGlyph = styled(Glyph)({
+  flexGrow: 0,
+  margin: 'auto',
+  marginLeft: 10,
+});
+
+const Container = styled(FlexRow)({
+  width: '100%',
+});
+
+const FileInputBox = styled(Input)<{isValid: boolean}>(({isValid}) => ({
+  flexGrow: 1,
+  color: isValid ? undefined : colors.red,
+  '&::-webkit-input-placeholder': {
+    color: colors.placeholder,
+    fontWeight: 300,
+  },
+}));
+
+function strToArr<T extends string>(item: T): T[] {
+  return [item];
+}
+
+export interface Props {
+  onPathChanged: (evtArgs: {path: string; isValid: boolean}) => void;
+  placeholderText: string;
+  defaultPath: string;
+  showHiddenFiles: boolean;
+}
+
+const defaultProps: Props = {
+  onPathChanged: () => {},
+  placeholderText: '',
+  defaultPath: '/',
+  showHiddenFiles: false,
+};
+
+export default function FileSelector({
+  onPathChanged,
+  placeholderText,
+
+  defaultPath,
+  showHiddenFiles,
+}: Props) {
+  const [value, setValue] = useState('');
+  const [isValid, setIsValid] = useState(false);
+  const options: Electron.OpenDialogOptions = {
+    properties: [
+      'openFile',
+      ...(showHiddenFiles ? strToArr('showHiddenFiles') : []),
+    ],
+    defaultPath,
+  };
+  const onChange = (path: string) => {
+    setValue(path);
+    let isNewPathValid = false;
+    try {
+      isNewPathValid = fs.statSync(path).isFile();
+    } catch {
+      isNewPathValid = false;
+    }
+    setIsValid(isNewPathValid);
+    onPathChanged({path, isValid: isNewPathValid});
+  };
+  return (
+    <Container>
+      <FileInputBox
+        placeholder={placeholderText}
+        value={value}
+        isValid={true}
+        onDrop={e => {
+          if (e.dataTransfer.files.length) {
+            onChange(e.dataTransfer.files[0].path);
+          }
+        }}
+        onChange={e => {
+          onChange(e.target.value);
+        }}
+      />
+      <FlexColumn
+        onClick={() =>
+          electron.remote.dialog
+            .showOpenDialog(options)
+            .then((result: electron.OpenDialogReturnValue) => {
+              if (result && !result.canceled && result.filePaths.length) {
+                onChange(result.filePaths[0]);
+              }
+            })
+        }>
+        <CenteredGlyph
+          name="dots-3-circle"
+          variant="outline"
+          title="Open file selection dialog"
+        />
+      </FlexColumn>
+      {isValid ? null : (
+        <CenteredGlyph
+          name="caution-triangle"
+          color={colors.yellow}
+          title="Path is invalid"
+        />
+      )}
+    </Container>
+  );
+}
+
+FileSelector.defaultProps = defaultProps;
diff --git a/src/ui/components/Glyph.tsx b/src/ui/components/Glyph.tsx
index 47146dbfb..90f710233 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/Glyph.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/components/Glyph.tsx
@@ -48,12 +48,20 @@ function ColoredIcon(
     className?: string;
     color?: string;
     style?: React.CSSProperties;
+    title?: string;
   },
   context: {
     glyphColor?: string;
   },
 ) {
-  const {color = context.glyphColor, name, size = 16, src, style} = props;
+  const {
+    color = context.glyphColor,
+    name,
+    size = 16,
+    src,
+    style,
+    title,
+  } = props;
 
   const isBlack =
     color == null ||
@@ -69,6 +77,7 @@ function ColoredIcon(
         size={size}
         className={props.className}
         style={style}
+        title={title}
       />
     );
   } else {
@@ -79,6 +88,7 @@ function ColoredIcon(
         src={src}
         className={props.className}
         style={style}
+        title={title}
       />
     );
   }
@@ -98,7 +108,15 @@ export default class Glyph extends React.PureComponent<{
   title?: string;
 }> {
   render() {
-    const {name, size = 16, variant, color, className, style} = this.props;
+    const {
+      name,
+      size = 16,
+      variant,
+      color,
+      className,
+      style,
+      title,
+    } = this.props;
 
     return (
       <ColoredIcon
@@ -106,6 +124,7 @@ export default class Glyph extends React.PureComponent<{
         className={className}
         color={color}
         size={size}
+        title={title}
         src={getIconURL(
           variant === 'outline' ? `${name}-outline` : name,
           size,