diff --git a/debian/control.in b/debian/control.in
index 7481d0d..e7245b6 100644
--- a/debian/control.in
+++ b/debian/control.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Source: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Priority: extra
 Maintainer: @AUTHOR@
-Build-Depends: debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release, doxygen, graphviz, mscgen, nodejs
+Build-Depends: debhelper, subversion, pkg-config, automake, libtool, autotools-dev, lsb-release, doxygen, graphviz, mscgen, nodejs, git
 
 Package: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Section: web
diff --git a/nodejs/makefile.am b/nodejs/makefile.am
index c121139..a2df96c 100644
--- a/nodejs/makefile.am
+++ b/nodejs/makefile.am
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ dist_sysconfinit_DATA = etc/init/servicedock.conf
 all: node_modules
 
 node_modules: package.json.in
-	npm install
+	HOME=. npm install
 
 clean-local:
-	-rm -r node_modules
+	-rm -r node_modules .npm
 
 install-data-hook:
 	test -d $(DESTDIR)${nodejsdir} || mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)${nodejsdir}