1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/npm.bbclass b/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
index fce4c1146f..43228c57d3 100644
--- a/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@ npm_do_compile() {
 
 npm_do_install() {
         mkdir -p ${NPM_INSTALLDIR}/
-        cp -a ${S}/* ${NPM_INSTALLDIR}/ --no-preserve=ownership
+        npm install --prefix ${D}${prefix} -g --arch=${NPM_ARCH} --target_arch=${NPM_ARCH} --production --no-registry
+        if [ -d ${D}${prefix}/etc ] ; then
+                # This will be empty
+                rmdir ${D}${prefix}/etc
+        fi
 }
 
 python populate_packages_prepend () {