diff --git a/bin/npm b/bin/npm
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..5fbcd3b035c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/npm
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ -x "`dirname "$0"`/node.exe" ]; then
+  "`dirname "$0"`/node.exe" "`dirname "$0"`/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "$@"
+else
+  node "`dirname "$0"`/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js" "$@"
+fi