diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/base.py b/repo2docker/buildpacks/base.py
index 76ba863a..edb95376 100644
--- a/repo2docker/buildpacks/base.py
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/base.py
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ RUN adduser --disabled-password \
     ${NB_USER}
 WORKDIR ${HOME}
 
+RUN wget --quiet -O - https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key |  apt-key add - \
+    DISTRO="$(lsb_release -s -c)" \
+    echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/$VERSION $DISTRO main" |  tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list \
+    echo "deb-src https://deb.nodesource.com/$VERSION $DISTRO main" |  tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list 
+
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends \
        {% for package in base_packages -%}
@@ -183,9 +188,7 @@ class BuildPack:
             # Utils!
             "less",
 
-            # FIXME: Use npm from nodesource!
-            # Everything seems to depend on npm these days, unfortunately.
-            "npm",
+            "nodejs",
 
             "unzip",
         }