diff --git a/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt b/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt
index 0134f8a..1754979 100644
--- a/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/javascript/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ set_target_properties (mraajs PROPERTIES
   OUTPUT_NAME mraa
   SUFFIX ".node"
 )
+macro (mraa_CREATE_INSTALL_PACKAGE_JSON generated_file install_location)
+  configure_file (${generated_file}.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${generated_file} @ONLY)
+  install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${generated_file} DESTINATION ${install_location})
+endmacro (mraa_CREATE_INSTALL_PACKAGE_JSON)
+mraa_create_install_package_json (package.json lib/node_modules/mraa)
 
-install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/package.json
-         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mraa.node
+install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mraa.node
          DESTINATION lib/node_modules/mraa)
diff --git a/src/javascript/package.json b/src/javascript/package.json.cmake
similarity index 67%
rename from src/javascript/package.json
rename to src/javascript/package.json.cmake
index 15d388e..dc1f9a2 100644
--- a/src/javascript/package.json
+++ b/src/javascript/package.json.cmake
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 1.0.x"
   },
-  "license": "MIT"
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "version": "@VERSION@"
 }