diff --git a/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh b/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
index 75e3ddbc4..7aeb12ada 100755
--- a/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
+++ b/Tools/travis-linux-install.sh
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ case "$SWIGLANG" in
 	"javascript")
 		case "$ENGINE" in
 			"node")
-				travis_retry wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xtuple/nvm/master/install.sh | sudo bash
-				travis_retry sudo nvm install ${VER}
-				sudo nvm use ${VER}
-				travis_retry npm install -g node-gyp
+				if [[ -z "$VER" ]]; then
+					travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq nodejs node-gyp
+				else
+					travis_retry wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xtuple/nvm/master/install.sh | sudo bash
+					travis_retry sudo nvm install ${VER}
+					sudo nvm use ${VER}
+					travis_retry npm install -g node-gyp
+				fi
 				;;
 			"jsc")
 				travis_retry sudo apt-get install -qq libwebkitgtk-dev