diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v10.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v10.nix
index 9bdba59b5357..d7df19066bb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v10.nix
@@ -5,4 +5,20 @@ let
     inherit pkgs system nodejs;
   };
 in
-nodePackages
+nodePackages // {
+
+  pnpm = nodePackages.pnpm.override {
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+    postInstall = let
+      pnpmLibPath = stdenv.lib.makeBinPath [
+        nodejs.passthru.python
+        nodejs
+      ];
+    in ''
+      for prog in $out/bin/*; do
+        wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix PATH : ${pnpmLibPath}
+      done
+    '';
+  };
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.json b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.json
index a298a6b95225..50cc105e7fff 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.json
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.json
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
   "bower"
 , "coffee-script"
 , "grunt-cli"
+, "pnpm"
 ]
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.nix
index 45b698320431..30b63e5ca4da 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-packages-v10.nix
@@ -210,4 +210,21 @@ in
     production = true;
     bypassCache = true;
   };
+  pnpm = nodeEnv.buildNodePackage {
+    name = "pnpm";
+    packageName = "pnpm";
+    version = "2.9.0";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/pnpm/-/pnpm-2.9.0.tgz";
+      sha1 = "1c2f5ade46b87cc3b1f3b7c66eeb7b0f4df4d968";
+    };
+    buildInputs = globalBuildInputs;
+    meta = {
+      description = "Fast, disk space efficient package manager";
+      homepage = https://pnpm.js.org/;
+      license = "MIT";
+    };
+    production = true;
+    bypassCache = true;
+  };
 }
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