diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76029a04f2..d6e4a18103 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ static/third/gemoji/
 static/third/zxcvbn/
 tools/emoji_dump/bitmaps/
 tools/emoji_dump/*.ttx
+node_modules
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 071a6c2375..12357c5fa0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+before_install:
+   - nvm install 0.10 
 install:
   - tools/travis/setup-$TEST_SUITE
 cache:
diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_view.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_view.js
index c0c8615fed..ebf869056e 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_view.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/message_list_view.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var _ = require('third/underscore/underscore.js');
 var MessageListView = require('js/message_list_view.js');
 
 add_dependencies({
-    $: 'jquery',
+    $: 'jQuery',
     XDate: 'third/xdate/xdate.dev.js',
     util: 'js/util.js'
 });
diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_list.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_list.js
index c99f778fba..e2eee874a6 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_list.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/stream_list.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set_global('unread', {});
 
 var stream_list = require('js/stream_list.js');
 
-global.$ = require('jquery');
+global.$ = require('jQuery');
 $.fn.expectOne = function () {
     assert(this.length === 1);
     return this;
diff --git a/frontend_tests/node_tests/templates.js b/frontend_tests/node_tests/templates.js
index 00628e0714..a6b644aa7e 100644
--- a/frontend_tests/node_tests/templates.js
+++ b/frontend_tests/node_tests/templates.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ add_dependencies({
     templates: 'js/templates'
 });
 
-global.$ = require('jquery');
+global.$ = require('jQuery');
 var _ = global._;
 
 // When writing these tests, the following command might be helpful:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..804cd3d83d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "zulip",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "",
+  "dependencies": {},
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "jQuery": "1.7.4",
+    "jsdom": "0.5.7",
+    "xmlhttprequest": "1.5.0",
+    "nwmatcher": "1.3.6",
+    "htmlparser2": "3.8.3",
+    "cssstyle": "0.2.29"
+  },
+  "scripts": {},
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/zulip/zulip.git"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/provision.py b/provision.py
index e2ac1d0f1b..ea70e45478 100644
--- a/provision.py
+++ b/provision.py
@@ -35,23 +35,12 @@ APT_DEPENDENCIES = {
         "supervisor",
         "git",
         "npm",
-        "node-jquery",
         "yui-compressor",
         "puppet",               # Used by lint-all
         "gettext",              # Used by makemessages i18n
     ]
 }
 
-# TODO: backport node-{cssstyle,htmlparser2,nwmatcher} to trusty,
-# so we can eliminate npm (above) and this section.
-NPM_DEPENDENCIES = {
-    "trusty": [
-        "cssstyle",
-        "htmlparser2",
-        "nwmatcher",
-    ]
-}
-
 VENV_PATH="/srv/zulip-venv"
 ZULIP_PATH="/srv/zulip"
 
@@ -163,13 +152,11 @@ def main():
     with sh.sudo:
         sh.cp(REPO_STOPWORDS_PATH, TSEARCH_STOPWORDS_PATH, **LOUD)
 
-    # Add additional node packages for test-js-with-node.
-    with sh.sudo:
-        sh.npm.install(*NPM_DEPENDENCIES["trusty"], g=True, prefix="/usr", **LOUD)
-
-    # Management commands expect to be run from the root of the project.
+    # npm install and management commands expect to be run from the root of the project.
     os.chdir(ZULIP_PATH)
 
+    sh.npm.install(**LOUD)
+
     os.system("tools/download-zxcvbn")
     os.system("tools/emoji_dump/build_emoji")
     os.system("generate_secrets.py -d")
diff --git a/tools/update-prod-static b/tools/update-prod-static
index ec4a58ccff..0e990db901 100755
--- a/tools/update-prod-static
+++ b/tools/update-prod-static
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ os.chdir(settings.DEPLOY_ROOT)
 # Redirect child processes' output to a log file (most recent run only).
 fp = open('update-prod-static.log', 'w')
 
-# Compile Handlebars templates and minify JavaScripts.
+# Install node packages
+subprocess.check_call(['npm', 'install'], stdout=fp, stderr=fp);
+
+# Compile Handlebars templates and minify JavaScript.
 subprocess.check_call(['python', 'tools/minify-js']
                       + (['--prev-deploy', prev_deploy] if prev_deploy else []),
                       stdout=fp, stderr=fp)