diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v4.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v4.nix
index be5a0abc4fca..99cb7ca40441 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v4.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v4.nix
@@ -38,4 +38,13 @@ nodePackages // {
   npm2nix = nodePackages."npm2nix-git://github.com/NixOS/npm2nix.git#5.12.0".override {
     postInstall = "npm run-script prepublish";
   };
+
+  bower2nix = nodePackages.bower2nix.override (oldAttrs: {
+    buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+    postInstall = ''
+      for prog in bower2nix fetch-bower; do
+        wrapProgram "$out/bin/$prog" --prefix PATH : "${pkgs.git}/bin"
+      done
+    '';
+  });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v5.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v5.nix
index c858c580d2a4..00dce5966aae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v5.nix
@@ -32,4 +32,13 @@ nodePackages // {
     
     dontNpmInstall = true; # We face an error with underscore not found, but the package will work fine if we ignore this.
   });
+
+  bower2nix = nodePackages.bower2nix.override (oldAttrs: {
+    buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+    postInstall = ''
+      for prog in bower2nix fetch-bower; do
+        wrapProgram "$out/bin/$prog" --prefix PATH : "${pkgs.git}/bin"
+      done
+    '';
+  });
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
index c858c580d2a4..00dce5966aae 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v6.nix
@@ -32,4 +32,13 @@ nodePackages // {
     
     dontNpmInstall = true; # We face an error with underscore not found, but the package will work fine if we ignore this.
   });
+
+  bower2nix = nodePackages.bower2nix.override (oldAttrs: {
+    buildInputs = oldAttrs.buildInputs ++ [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+    postInstall = ''
+      for prog in bower2nix fetch-bower; do
+        wrapProgram "$out/bin/$prog" --prefix PATH : "${pkgs.git}/bin"
+      done
+    '';
+  });
 }