diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 14d8a88..ddaa4f0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,39 +1,43 @@
 packages formula
 ================
 
-0.0.1 (2018-02-12)
+0.1.0 (2019-03-10)
 
-- Initial version
+- Add npm support
 
-0.0.2 (2018-02-23)
+0.0.9 (2018-10-03)
 
-- Add Fedora support
-
-0.0.3 (2018-03-02)
-
-- Allow to hold/unhold system packages (#8)
-- Add more tests
-
-0.0.4 (2018-03-06)
-
-- Allow to specify held system packages also as a list (#10)
-
-0.0.5 (2018-03-14)
-
-- Add snap support
-
-0.0.6 (2018-04-09)
-
-- Add snap with classic confinement support
-
-0.0.7 (2018-07-11)
-
-- Fix pip/gems for FreeBSD
+- Add support for plain files using archive
 
 0.0.8 (2018-08-23)
 
 - Add archive support
 
-0.0.9 (2018-10-03)
+0.0.7 (2018-07-11)
 
-- Add support for plain files using arcihve
+- Fix pip/gems for FreeBSD
+
+0.0.6 (2018-04-09)
+
+- Add snap with classic confinement support
+
+0.0.5 (2018-03-14)
+
+- Add snap support
+
+0.0.4 (2018-03-06)
+
+- Allow to specify held system packages also as a list (#10)
+
+0.0.3 (2018-03-02)
+
+- Allow to hold/unhold system packages (#8)
+
+0.0.2 (2018-02-23)
+
+- Add Fedora support
+- Add more tests
+
+0.0.1 (2018-02-12)
+
+- Initial version
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 7e6361f..1d8e3df 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -127,6 +127,28 @@ You can specify:
 * ``required states`` on which any of the ``wanted`` packages depend for their
   correct installation (ie, ``epel`` for RedHat families).
 
+``packages.npms``
+-----------------
+
+This formula **DOES NOT** install ``nodejs/npm``, as it's outside of its scope:
+nodejs/npm that comes with the distros is usually outdated, so it's required to add
+a repo, run scripts, etc, and this formula manages packages :)
+
+You can use the `nodejs-formula <https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/node-formula>`_
+and add a dependency for it in the pillar `npms:required:sls` (see the pillar.example)
+
+You can specify:
+
+* ``wanted`` npm packages, which will be installed using npm. Requires you
+  specify the correct ``npm`` package for your distro, as a dependency
+  (see the pillar.example)
+* ``unwanted`` npm packages, which will be uninstalled using npm.
+* ``required system packages`` on which any of the ``wanted`` npm packages
+  depend for their correct installation. Usually, a ``npm`` package and/or
+  some other compiler packages are required.
+* ``required states`` on which any of the ``wanted`` packages depend for their
+  correct installation (ie, ``epel`` for RedHat families).
+
 ``packages.archives``
 -------------------
 
diff --git a/kitchen.yml b/kitchen.yml
index 95fd485..6032baf 100644
--- a/kitchen.yml
+++ b/kitchen.yml
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ platforms:
       image: debian:9
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
-        - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales
+        - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
   - name: ubuntu-18.04
     driver_config:
       image: ubuntu:18.04
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
-        - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales
+        - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
   - name: ubuntu-16.04
     driver_config:
       image: ubuntu:16.04
       run_command: /lib/systemd/systemd
       provision_command:
-        - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales
+        - apt-get update && apt-get install -y udev locales git
         - locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
         - update-locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   - name: centos-7
@@ -106,6 +106,30 @@ suites:
       - centos-7
       - fedora
       - opensuse-leap-salt-minion
+    provisioner:
+      dependencies:
+        - name: node
+          repo: git
+          source: https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/node-formula.git
+      state_top:
+        base:
+          '*':
+            - node
+            - packages
+      pillars_from_files:
+        packages.sls: pillar.example
+      pillars:
+        top.sls:
+          base:
+            '*':
+            - node
+            - packages
+        node.sls:
+          node:
+            version: 11.11.0-1nodesource1
+            install_from_ppa: True
+            ppa:
+              repository_url: https://deb.nodesource.com/node_11.x
 
   - name: ubu18
     excludes:
diff --git a/packages/defaults.yaml b/packages/defaults.yaml
index 8bf4520..6ef3638 100644
--- a/packages/defaults.yaml
+++ b/packages/defaults.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ packages:
     required:
       states: []
       pkgs: []
+  npms:
+    wanted: []
+    unwanted: []
+    required:
+      states: []
+      pkgs: []
   snaps:
     packages: ['snapd', 'fuse',]
     collides: []
diff --git a/packages/gems.sls b/packages/gems.sls
index df98299..2fd2b00 100644
--- a/packages/gems.sls
+++ b/packages/gems.sls
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 {% set wanted_gems = packages.gems.wanted %}
 {% set unwanted_gems = packages.gems.unwanted %}
 
+{% if req_states %}
+include:
+  {% for dep in req_states %}
+  - {{ dep }}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
 ### REQ PKGS (without these, some of the WANTED GEMS will fail to install)
 gem_req_pkgs:
   pkg.installed:
diff --git a/packages/init.sls b/packages/init.sls
index 2438cb3..b273e2c 100644
--- a/packages/init.sls
+++ b/packages/init.sls
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ include:
   - packages.remote_pkgs
   - packages.pips
   - packages.gems
+  - packages.npms
   - packages.archives
   - packages.snaps
diff --git a/packages/npms.sls b/packages/npms.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6315965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/npms.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=sls
+{% from "packages/map.jinja" import packages with context %}
+
+{% set req_states = packages.npms.required.states %}
+{% set req_pkgs = packages.npms.required.pkgs %}
+{% set wanted_npms = packages.npms.wanted %}
+{% set unwanted_npms = packages.npms.unwanted %}
+
+{% if req_states %}
+include:
+  {% for dep in req_states %}
+  - {{ dep }}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
+# As we depend on npm installed, if this state file is invoked every time
+# if will fail with 'npm not found'. This condition makes sure it's run
+# only when explicitly asking for adding/removing npms
+{% if wanted_npms or unwanted_npms %}
+
+### REQ PKGS (without these, some of the WANTED NPMS will fail to install)
+npm_req_pkgs:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - pkgs: {{ req_pkgs | json }}
+
+### NPM PKGS to install using npm
+# (requires the npm binary installed, either by the system or listed in
+# the required packages
+
+{% if packages.npms.dir is defined %}
+npms_dir:
+  file.directory:
+    - name: {{ packages.npms.dir }}
+    - user: {{ 'root' if 'user' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.user }}
+    - group: {{ 'root' if 'group' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.group }}
+    - mode: {{ '0755' if 'mode' not in packages.npms else packages.npms.mode }}
+    - makedirs: True
+{% endif %}
+
+wanted_npms:
+  npm.installed:
+    - pkgs: {{ wanted_npms | json }}
+    {% if packages.npms.dir is defined %}
+    - dir: {{ packages.npms.dir }}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if packages.npms.user is defined %}
+    - user: {{ packages.npms.user }}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if packages.npms.registry is defined %}
+    - registry: {{ packages.npms.registry }}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if packages.npms.env is defined %}
+    - env: {{ packages.npms.env | json }}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if packages.npms.force_reinstall is defined %}
+    - force_reinstall: {{ packages.npms.force_reinstall }}
+    {% endif %}
+    - require:
+      {% if packages.npms.dir is defined %}
+      - file: npms_dir
+      {% endif %}
+      - pkg: npm_req_pkgs
+      {% if req_states %}
+        {% for dep in req_states %}
+      - sls: {{ dep }}
+        {% endfor %}
+      {% endif %}
+
+{% for upn in unwanted_npms %}
+{{ upn }}:
+  npm.removed
+{% endfor %}
+
+{% endif %}
diff --git a/packages/pips.sls b/packages/pips.sls
index 45cd6ae..064abb3 100644
--- a/packages/pips.sls
+++ b/packages/pips.sls
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 {% set unwanted_pips = packages.pips.unwanted %}
 {% set pip_config = packages.pips.config %}
 
+{% if req_states %}
+include:
+  {% for dep in req_states %}
+  - {{ dep }}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
 ### REQ PKGS (without these, some of the WANTED PIPS will fail to install)
 pip_req_pkgs:
   pkg.installed:
diff --git a/packages/pkgs.sls b/packages/pkgs.sls
index 06b77a3..8948c77 100644
--- a/packages/pkgs.sls
+++ b/packages/pkgs.sls
@@ -9,6 +9,13 @@
 {% set wanted_packages = packages.pkgs.wanted %}
 {% set unwanted_packages = packages.pkgs.unwanted %}
 
+{% if req_states %}
+include:
+  {% for dep in req_states %}
+  - {{ dep }}
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endif %}
+
 ### PRE-REQ PKGS (without these, some of the WANTED PKGS will fail to install)
 pkg_req_pkgs:
   pkg.installed:
diff --git a/packages/snaps.sls b/packages/snaps.sls
index 66b8c3d..1c65134 100644
--- a/packages/snaps.sls
+++ b/packages/snaps.sls
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@
 ### REQ PKGS (without this, SNAPS can fail to install/uninstall)
 include:
   - packages.pkgs
+  {% if req_states %}
+    {% for dep in req_states %}
+  - {{ dep }}
+    {% endfor %}
+  {% endif %}
 
 extend: 
   unwanted_pkgs:
diff --git a/pillar.example b/pillar.example
index b2f950f..681d04d 100644
--- a/pillar.example
+++ b/pillar.example
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ packages:
         timeout: 120
         default-timeout: 120
         # proxy: http://proxy.example.com:3128
+
   gems:
     wanted:
       - progressbar
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ packages:
       - diff-lcs
       - kitchen-vagrant
       - kwalify
+
   snaps:
     wanted:
       - hello-world
@@ -58,6 +60,33 @@ packages:
       - test-snapd-hello-classic
     unwanted:
       - goodbye-world
+
+  npms:
+    dir: /home/kitchen/npms      # The target directory in which to install the package, or None for global installation
+    user: kitchen                # The user to run NPM with (and to assign to `dir`)
+    group: kitchen               # The group to assign to `dir`
+    mode: 0755                 # The permissions to assign to `dir`
+    # registry: None             # The NPM registry from which to install the package 
+    # env: None                  # A list of environment variables to be set prior to execution
+    # force_reinstall: False     # Install the package even if it is already installed
+    required:
+      states:
+        - node.pkg
+    wanted:
+      # Valid formats:
+      #
+      # @google-cloud/bigquery@^0.9.6
+      # @foobar
+      # buffer-equal-constant-time@1.0.1
+      # coffee-script
+      # You need to quote the package if it starts with '@'
+      - '@davidodio/hello@2.3.0'
+      - hello-world-npm
+      - sax
+      - coffee-script@1.0.1
+    unwanted:
+      - gist
+
   archives:
     wanted:
       terminator:
diff --git a/test/integration/default/npms_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/npms_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5f766b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/default/npms_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+## FIXME! inspec's npm resource fails to check correctly (sudo issues, path issues)
+## so I added some "poor man's checks" to ensure, at least, that npms are in place
+
+npms_path = '/home/kitchen/npms'
+
+wanted_npms = {
+  '@davidodio/hello': '2.3.0',
+  'hello-world-npm': '1.1.1',
+  'sax': '1.2.4',
+  'coffee-script': '1.0.1'
+}
+
+### WANTED/REQUIRED
+control 'Wanted/Required npm packages' do
+  title 'should be installed'
+  desc '(only testing in the Debian platform, as the node-formula dependency is too specific)'
+
+  only_if do
+    os.name == 'debian'
+  end
+
+  describe directory(npms_path) do
+    it { should exist }
+    its('owner') { should cmp 'kitchen' }
+    its('group') { should cmp 'kitchen' }
+    its('mode') { should cmp '0755' }
+  end
+
+  wanted_npms.each do |p,v|
+    describe directory("#{npms_path}/node_modules/#{p}") do
+      it { should exist }
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+### UNWANTED
+control 'Unwanted npm packages' do
+  title 'should be uninstalled'
+  desc '(only testing in the Debian platform, as the node-formula dependency is too specific)'
+
+  only_if do
+    os.name == 'debian'
+  end
+
+  %w{
+    gist
+  }.each do |p|
+    describe npm(p) do
+      it { should_not be_installed }
+    end
+  end
+end