diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
index 6b1e4fe76a3e68ae6bba1d094096e889d972e7f7..ae0d808033da8d3162800010a0b829a55b61545f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-nodejs
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ function mesh_install_nodejs {
         exit 7235728
     fi
 
+    $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix apt-get -qy install wget
     $mesh_install_nodejs_prefix wget https://www.npmjs.com/install.sh -O /root/npm_install.sh
     if [ ! -f $rootdir/root/npm_install.sh ]; then
         echo $'Unable to download npm installer'