diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e..07e6e47 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-node_modules
+/node_modules
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6429c1b..a25cedb 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -119,7 +119,9 @@ function wrappedSpawnFunction (fn, workingDir) {
       )) {
       cmdi = options.args.indexOf('/c')
       if (cmdi !== -1) {
-        options.args[cmdi + 1] = winRebase(options.args[cmdi + 1], workingDir + '/node.cmd')
+        options.args[cmdi + 1] = winRebase(options.args[cmdi + 1],
+                                           workingDir + '/node.cmd',
+                                           whichOrUndefined)
       }
     } else if (file === 'node' || file === 'iojs' || cmdname === file) {
       // make sure it has a main script.
diff --git a/lib/win-rebase.js b/lib/win-rebase.js
index 3436c28..d4af5fe 100644
--- a/lib/win-rebase.js
+++ b/lib/win-rebase.js
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 var re = /^\s*("*)([^"]*?\b(?:node|iojs)(?:\.exe)?)("*)( |$)/
+var npmre = /^\s*("*)([^"]*?\b(?:npm))("*)( |$)/
+var path_ = require('path')
+if (path_.win32) path_ = path_.win32
 
-module.exports = function (path, rebase) {
+module.exports = function (path, rebase, whichOrUndefined) {
   var m = path.match(re)
-  if (!m) return path
+  if (!m) {
+    m = path.match(npmre)
+    if (!m) return path
+    var npmPath = whichOrUndefined('npm') || 'npm'
+    npmPath = path_.dirname(npmPath) + '\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js'
+    return path.replace(npmre, m[1] + rebase + ' "' + npmPath + '"' + m[3] + m[4])
+  }
   // preserve the quotes
   var replace = m[1] + rebase + m[3] + m[4]
   return path.replace(re, replace)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js b/test/fixtures/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3c4007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+'use strict';
+console.log('%j', process.execArgv)
+console.log('%j', process.argv.slice(2))
+setTimeout(function () {}, 100)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/npm.cmd b/test/fixtures/npm.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521ec9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/npm.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@echo This code should never be executed.
+exit /B 1
diff --git a/test/win-rebase.js b/test/win-rebase.js
index 6d09849..b9d09fe 100644
--- a/test/win-rebase.js
+++ b/test/win-rebase.js
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ t.test('handles many quotes', function (t) {
   t.equal(result, '""C:\\foo" "foo.js""')
   t.end()
 })
+
+t.test('handles npm invocations', function (t) {
+  var result = winRebase('""npm" "install""',
+                         'C:\\foo',
+                         function() { return 'C:\\path-to-npm\\npm' })
+  t.equal(result, '""C:\\foo "C:\\path-to-npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js"" "install""')
+  t.end()
+})