1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/npm.bbclass b/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
index b5db99d2b9..33ff5e3f45 100644
--- a/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/npm.bbclass
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 DEPENDS_prepend = "nodejs-native "
 S = "${WORKDIR}/npmpkg"
 
+NPM_INSTALLDIR = "${D}${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}"
+
 npm_do_compile() {
         # changing the home directory to the working directory, the .npmrc will
         # be created in this directory
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@ npm_do_compile() {
 }
 
 npm_do_install() {
-        mkdir -p ${D}${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}/
-        cp -a ${S}/* ${D}${libdir}/node_modules/${PN}/ --no-preserve=ownership
+        mkdir -p ${NPM_INSTALLDIR}/
+        cp -a ${S}/* ${NPM_INSTALLDIR}/ --no-preserve=ownership
 }
 
 python populate_packages_prepend () {