diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 38e871c3..9f76dcac 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
             before => Anchor['nodejs::repo'],
           }
         }
+
+        apt::ppa { 'ppa:chris-lea/node.js-devel':
+          before => Anchor['nodejs::repo'],
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -86,10 +90,12 @@
     require => Anchor['nodejs::repo']
   }
 
-  package { 'npm':
-    name    => $nodejs::params::npm_pkg,
-    ensure  => present,
-    require => Anchor['nodejs::repo']
+  if $::operatingsystem != 'ubuntu' or $::lsbdistcodename == 'Precise' {
+    package { 'npm':
+      name    => $nodejs::params::npm_pkg,
+      ensure  => present,
+      require => Anchor['nodejs::repo']
+    }
   }
 
   if $proxy {
diff --git a/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb b/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
index 7934be39..3c25356d 100644
--- a/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/nodejs_spec.rb
@@ -75,16 +75,17 @@
         should_not contain_apt__ppa('ppa:chris-lea/node.js')
       end
     end
+
+    it { should contain_class('apt') }
+    it { should contain_apt__ppa('ppa:chris-lea/node.js') }
+    it { should contain_apt__ppa('ppa:chris-lea/node.js-devel') }
     it { should contain_package('nodejs') }
     it { should contain_package('nodejs').with({
       'name'    => 'nodejs',
       'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
     }) }
     it { should contain_package('nodejs-dev') }
-    it { should contain_package('npm').with({
-      'name'    => 'npm',
-      'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
-    }) }
+    it { should_not contain_package('npm') }
     it { should_not contain_package('nodejs-stable-release') }
   end
 
@@ -212,10 +213,7 @@
       { :proxy => 'http://proxy.puppetlabs.lan:80/' }
     end
 
-    it { should contain_package('npm').with({
-      'name'    => 'npm',
-      'require' => 'Anchor[nodejs::repo]',
-    }) }
+    it { should_not contain_package('npm') }
     it { should contain_exec('npm_proxy').with({
       'command' => 'npm config set proxy http://proxy.puppetlabs.lan:80/',
       'require' => 'Package[npm]',