diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
index e7a8a7406d..475ecf688d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/keg.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Keg < Pathname
       when /^gdk-pixbuf/ then :mkpath
       when 'ghc' then :mkpath
       when 'lua' then :mkpath
-      when 'node' then :mkpath
+      when /^node/ then :mkpath
       when /^ocaml/ then :mkpath
       when /^perl5/ then :mkpath
       when 'php' then :mkpath