diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 64f658d..7e654f3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@
  - sudo apt-get install -qq ghc6 cabal-install libghc6-binary-dev libghc6-network-dev libghc6-http-dev
 # Thrift Compiler for Windows
  - sudo apt-get install -qq mingw32 mingw32-binutils mingw32-runtime
+# node.js
+ - sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs npm
+ - sudo npm install nodeunit -g
+ - cd lib/nodejs; npm install; cd ../..
 
 
 install:
@@ -66,4 +70,3 @@
 # TODO: add these steps
 #  - sh bootstrap.sh ; sh contrib/mingw-cross-compile.sh
 #  - sh bootstrap.sh ; dpkg-buildpackage -tc
-