diff --git a/Modulefile b/Modulefile
index 1ac2f93c..2838ae4d 100644
--- a/Modulefile
+++ b/Modulefile
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ project_page 'https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-nodejs'
 ## Add dependencies, if any:
 # dependency 'username/name', '>= 1.2.0'
 dependency 'puppetlabs/apt', '>= 0.0.3'
+dependency 'puppetlabs/stdlib', '>= 2.0.0'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67ec9632..2bc5c509 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,19 +2,21 @@
 
 ## Overview
 
-Install nodejs package and npm package provider for Debian.
+Install nodejs package and npm package provider for Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, and RedHat.
 
 ## Usage
 
 ### class nodejs
 
-Installs nodejs via sid repo per [nodejs documentation](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager) and npm via the bash script per [npm documentation](https://github.com/isaacs/npm).
+Installs nodejs and npm per [nodejs documentation](https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager).
+
+* dev_package: whether to install optional dev packages. dev packages not available on all platforms, default: false.
 
 Example:
 
     include nodejs
 
-You may want to use apt::pin to pin package installation priority. See [puppet-apt](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-apt) for more information.
+You may want to use apt::pin to pin package installation priority on sqeeze. See [puppet-apt](https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet-apt) for more information.
 
     apt::pin { 'sid': priority => 100 }
 
@@ -62,4 +64,5 @@ nodejs::npm title consists of filepath and package name seperate via ':', and su
 
 The module have been tested on the following operating systems. Testing and patches for other platforms are welcomed.
 
-* Debian Wheezy
+* Debian Wheezy.
+* RedHat EL5.
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index aaa8d5b8..d2fe828b 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
 #
 # Usage:
 #
-class nodejs {
+class nodejs(
+  $dev_package = false
+) inherits nodejs::params {
 
   case $::operatingsystem {
     'Debian': {
@@ -18,39 +20,56 @@
         location    => 'http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/',
         release     => 'sid',
         repos       => 'main',
+        pin         => 100,
         include_src => false,
-        before      => Package['nodejs'],
+        before      => Anchor['nodejs::repo'],
       }
+
     }
 
     'Ubuntu': {
       include 'apt'
 
       apt::ppa { 'ppa:chris-lea/node.js':
-        before => Package['nodejs'],
+        before => Anchor['nodejs::repo'],
+      }
+    }
+
+    'Fedora', 'RedHat', 'CentOS', 'Amazon': {
+      package { 'nodejs-stable-release':
+        ensure   => present,
+        source   => $nodejs::params::pkg_src,
+        provider => 'rpm',
+        before   => Anchor['nodejs::repo'],
       }
     }
 
     default: {
-      fail("Class nodejs does not support $::operatingsystem")
+      fail("Class nodejs does not support ${::operatingsystem}")
     }
   }
 
+  # anchor resource provides a consistent dependency for prereq.
+  anchor { 'nodejs::repo': }
+
   package { 'nodejs':
+    name    => $nodejs::params::node_pkg,
     ensure  => present,
+    require => Anchor['nodejs::repo']
   }
 
-  package { 'curl':
-    ensure => present,
+  package { 'npm':
+    name    => $nodejs::params::npm_pkg,
+    ensure  => present,
+    require => Anchor['nodejs::repo']
   }
 
-  # npm installation is a hack since there's no packages:
-  exec { 'install_npm':
-    command   => 'curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sed "s/<\/dev\/tty//g" > /tmp/install_$$.sh; chmod 755 /tmp/install_$$.sh; /tmp/install_$$.sh',
-    unless    => 'which npm',
-    path      => $::path,
-    logoutput => 'on_failure',
-    require   => Package['nodejs', 'curl'],
+  if $dev_package and $nodejs::params::dev_pkg {
+    package { 'nodejs-dev':
+      name    => $nodejs::params::dev_pkg,
+      ensure  => present,
+      require => Anchor['nodejs::repo']
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74d06b15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Class: nodejs::parms
+#
+# Parameters:
+#
+# Actions:
+#
+# Requires:
+#
+# Usage:
+#
+class nodejs::params {
+
+  case $::operatingsystem {
+    'Debian', 'Ubuntu': {
+      $node_pkg = 'nodejs'
+      $npm_pkg  = 'npm'
+      $dev_pkg  = 'nodejs-dev'
+    }
+
+    'SLES', 'OpenSuSE': {
+      $node_pkg = 'nodejs'
+      $npm_pkg  = 'npm'
+      $dev_pkg  = 'nodejs-devel'
+    }
+
+    'RedHat', 'CentOS': {
+      $node_pkg = 'nodejs-compat-symlinks'
+      $npm_pkg  = 'npm'
+      $pkg_src  = 'http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/el/nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm'
+    }
+
+    'Fedora': {
+      $node_pkg = 'nodejs-compat-symlinks'
+      $npm_pkg  = 'npm'
+      $pkg_src  = 'http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/fedora/nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm'
+    }
+
+    'Amazon': {
+      $node_pkg = 'nodejs-compat-symlinks'
+      $npm_pkg  = 'npm'
+      $pkg_src  = 'http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/amzn1/nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm'
+    }
+
+    default: {
+      fail("Class nodejs does not support ${::operatingsystem}")
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
index ce9e33d4..c0055ebd 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,15 @@
     it { should contain_apt__source('sid').with({
       'location' => 'http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/',
     }) }
-    it { should contain_package('nodejs') }
+    it { should contain_package('nodejs').with({
+      'name'    => 'nodejs',
+      'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
+    }) }
+    it { should contain_package('npm').with({
+      'name'    => 'npm',
+      'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
+    }) }
+    it { should_not contain_package('nodejs-stable-release') }
   end
 
   describe 'when deploying on ubuntu' do
@@ -28,16 +36,45 @@
     it { should contain_class('apt') }
     it { should contain_apt__ppa('ppa:chris-lea/node.js') }
     it { should contain_package('nodejs') }
+    it { should contain_package('nodejs').with({
+      'name'    => 'nodejs',
+      'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
+    }) }
+    it { should contain_package('npm').with({
+      'name'    => 'npm',
+      'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
+    }) }
+    it { should_not contain_package('nodejs-stable-release') }
   end
 
-  describe 'when deploying on RedHat' do
-    let :facts do
-      {
-        :operatingsystem => 'RedHat',
-      }
-    end
+  { 'Redhat' => 'el',
+    'CentOS' => 'el',
+    'Fedora' => 'fedora',
+    'Amazon' => 'amzn1'
+  }.each do |os, repo|
+    describe 'when deploying on RedHat' do
+      let :facts do
+        { :operatingsystem => os, }
+      end
 
-    it { expect { should contain_package('nodejs') }.to raise_error(Puppet::Error) }
+      let :params do
+        { :dev_package => true, }
+      end
+
+      it { should contain_package('nodejs-stable-release').with({
+        'source'   => "http://nodejs.tchol.org/repocfg/#{repo}/nodejs-stable-release.noarch.rpm",
+        'provider' => 'rpm',
+      }) }
+      it { should contain_package('nodejs').with({
+        'name'    => 'nodejs-compat-symlinks',
+        'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
+      }) }
+      it { should contain_package('npm').with({
+        'name'    => 'npm',
+        'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
+      }) }
+      it { should_not contain_package('nodejs-dev') }
+    end
   end
 end