diff --git a/install_scripts/setup_frappe.sh b/install_scripts/setup_frappe.sh
index 24b811b3..7bb8d88e 100755
--- a/install_scripts/setup_frappe.sh
+++ b/install_scripts/setup_frappe.sh
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ install_packages() {
 	elif [ $OS == "debian" ] || [ $OS == "Ubuntu" ]; then
 		export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 		setup_debconf
+		if [ $OS == "debian" ]; then
+			run_cmd bash -c "curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | bash -"
+		fi
 		run_cmd sudo apt-get update
 		run_cmd sudo apt-get install -y python-dev python-setuptools build-essential python-mysqldb git ntp vim screen htop mariadb-server mariadb-common libmariadbclient-dev  libxslt1.1 libxslt1-dev redis-server libssl-dev libcrypto++-dev postfix nginx supervisor python-pip fontconfig libxrender1 libxext6 xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base nodejs npm