diff --git a/HISTORY.txt b/HISTORY.txt
index b0f1e4f2..0a7db4eb 100644
--- a/HISTORY.txt
+++ b/HISTORY.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  - Fix bug resolving & locking markers correctly.
  - Fix locking failure for packages not available on the default PyPI.
  - Upgrade python-dotenv to support "export" syntax.
+ - Bugfix for allow_global with new resolver fixes.
 11.9.0:
  - Vastly improve markers capabilities.
  - Support for environment variables in Pipfiles.
diff --git a/docs/basics.rst b/docs/basics.rst
index f77d850b..5bb0cf7f 100644
--- a/docs/basics.rst
+++ b/docs/basics.rst
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ Example Pipfile.lock
 - Generally, keep both ``Pipfile`` and ``Pipfile.lock`` in version control.
 - Do not keep ``Pipfile.lock`` in version control if multiple versions of Python are being targeted.
 - Specify your target Python version in your `Pipfile`'s ``[requires]`` section. Ideally, you should only have one target Python version, as this is a deployment tool.
+- ``pipenv install`` is fully compatible with ``pip install`` syntax, for which the full documentation can be found `here <https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#installing-packages>`_.
 
 
 
@@ -234,11 +235,13 @@ automatically, falling back to whatever your system's default ``python`` install
 You can tell Pipenv to install a path as editable — often this is useful for
 the current working directory when working on packages::
 
-    $ pipenv install '-e .' --dev
+    $ pipenv install --dev -e .
 
     $ cat Pipfile
+    ...
     [dev-packages]
     "e1839a8" = {path = ".", editable = true}
+    ...
 
 Note that all sub-dependencies will get added to the ``Pipfile.lock`` as well.
 
@@ -325,12 +328,15 @@ You should do this for your shell too, in your ``~/.profile`` or ``~/.bashrc`` o
 ☤ A Note about VCS Dependencies
 -------------------------------
 
-Pipenv will resolve the sub–dependencies of VCS dependencies, but only if they are editable, like so::
+Pipenv will resolve the sub–dependencies of VCS dependencies, but only if they are installed in editable mode::
 
+    $ pipenv install -e git+https://github.com/requests/requests.git#egg=requests
+
+    $ cat Pipfile
     [packages]
     requests = {git = "https://github.com/requests/requests.git", editable=true}
 
-If editable is not true, sub–dependencies will not get resolved.
+If editable is not true, sub–dependencies will not be resolved.
 
 For more information about other options available when specifying VCS dependencies, please check the `Pipfile spec <https://github.com/pypa/pipfile>`__.
 
diff --git a/pipenv/core.py b/pipenv/core.py
index 1f43a232..955ae461 100644
--- a/pipenv/core.py
+++ b/pipenv/core.py
@@ -1028,6 +1028,7 @@ def do_lock(
         project=project,
         clear=clear,
         pre=pre,
+        allow_global=system,
     )
     # Add develop dependencies to lockfile.
     for dep in results:
@@ -1087,6 +1088,7 @@ def do_lock(
         project=project,
         clear=False,
         pre=pre,
+        allow_global=system,
     )
     # Add default dependencies to lockfile.
     for dep in results:
diff --git a/pipenv/resolver.py b/pipenv/resolver.py
index 300acf20..c04a6b3c 100644
--- a/pipenv/resolver.py
+++ b/pipenv/resolver.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def main():
     do_pre = '--pre' in ' '.join(sys.argv)
     do_clear = '--clear' in ' '.join(sys.argv)
     is_debug = '--debug' in ' '.join(sys.argv)
+    system = '--system' in ' '.join(sys.argv)
     new_sys_argv = []
     for v in sys.argv:
         if v.startswith('--'):
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def main():
                 del packages[i]
     project = pipenv.core.project
 
-    def resolve(packages, pre, sources, verbose, clear):
+    def resolve(packages, pre, sources, verbose, clear, system):
         import pipenv.utils
         return pipenv.utils.resolve_deps(
             packages,
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ def main():
             sources=sources,
             clear=clear,
             verbose=verbose,
+            allow_global=system,
         )
 
     results = resolve(
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ def main():
         sources=project.sources,
         verbose=is_verbose,
         clear=do_clear,
+        system=system,
     )
     print('RESULTS:')
     if results:
diff --git a/pipenv/utils.py b/pipenv/utils.py
index 80db89d4..58bbbe27 100644
--- a/pipenv/utils.py
+++ b/pipenv/utils.py
@@ -372,18 +372,19 @@ def actually_resolve_reps(
 
 
 def venv_resolve_deps(
-    deps, which, project, pre=False, verbose=False, clear=False
+    deps, which, project, pre=False, verbose=False, clear=False, allow_global=False
 ):
     from . import resolver
     import json
 
     resolver = escape_grouped_arguments(resolver.__file__.rstrip('co'))
-    cmd = '{0} {1} {2} {3} {4}'.format(
+    cmd = '{0} {1} {2} {3} {4} {5}'.format(
         escape_grouped_arguments(which('python')),
         resolver,
         '--pre' if pre else '',
         '--verbose' if verbose else '',
         '--clear' if clear else '',
+        '--system' if allow_global else '',
     )
     os.environ['PIPENV_PACKAGES'] = '\n'.join(deps)
     c = delegator.run(cmd, block=True)