diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 1dd95290a1..3c5446a100 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 packages/babel/src/transformation/templates
+scripts
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb61dbfd5b..d24e48ceb1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@ publish: build-dist
 	./scripts/build-website.sh
 
 bootstrap:
-	./scripts/bootstrap.sh
+	npm install
+	node scripts/bootstrap.js
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.js b/scripts/bootstrap.js
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6109cc9f3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/bootstrap.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+var path = require("path");
+var fs   = require("fs");
+
+require("shelljs/global");
+
+exec("npm list --global --depth 1 babel >/dev/null 2>&1 && npm uninstall -g babel || true");
+
+// get packages
+var packages = [];
+ls("packages/*").forEach(function (loc) {
+  var name = path.basename(loc);
+  if (name[0] !== ".") {
+    var pkg = require("../packages/" + name + "/package.json");
+    packages.push({
+      folder: name,
+      pkg: pkg,
+      name: pkg.name
+    });
+  }
+});
+
+// create links
+packages.forEach(function (root) {
+  console.log(root.name);
+
+  var nodeModulesLoc = "packages/" + root.folder + "/node_modules";
+  mkdir("-p", nodeModulesLoc);
+
+  packages.forEach(function (sub) {
+    if (!root.pkg.dependencies || !root.pkg.dependencies[sub.name]) return;
+
+    if (!fs.existsSync(nodeModulesLoc + "/" + sub.name)) {
+      ln("-s", "packages/" + sub.folder, nodeModulesLoc + "/" + sub.name);
+    }
+  });
+
+  cd("packages/" + root.folder);
+  exec("npm install");
+  exec("npm link");
+  cd("../..");
+});
+
+exec("git submodule update --init");
+exec("make build");
diff --git a/scripts/bootstrap.sh b/scripts/bootstrap.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index adbbb949eb..0000000000
--- a/scripts/bootstrap.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-#
-export NODE_PATH="`pwd`/packages;$NODE_PATH"
-
-# install default set
-npm install
-
-# remove global babel
-npm list --global --depth 1 babel >/dev/null 2>&1 && npm uninstall -g babel || true
-
-for f in packages/*; do
-  if [ -d $f ]; then
-    cd $f
-    if [ -f "package.json" ]; then
-      npm install
-      npm link
-    fi
-    if [ -f "scripts/bootstrap.sh" ]; then
-      ./scripts/bootstrap.sh
-    fi
-    cd ../..
-  fi
-done
-
-git submodule update --init
-make build