diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 6863f81..b2f8697 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 default['nodejs']['src_url'] = "http://nodejs.org/dist"
 default['nodejs']['make_threads'] = node['cpu'] ? node['cpu']['total'].to_i : 2
 default['nodejs']['check_sha'] = true
+default['nodejs']['install_script_path'] = "/usr/local/bin"
 
 # Set this to true to install the legacy packages (0.8.x) from ubuntu/debian repositories; default is false (using the latest stable 0.10.x)
 default['nodejs']['legacy_packages'] = false
diff --git a/recipes/install_from_source.rb b/recipes/install_from_source.rb
index 710604a..2f40e34 100644
--- a/recipes/install_from_source.rb
+++ b/recipes/install_from_source.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   # OSX doesn't have the attribute so arbitrarily default 2
   cwd "/usr/local/src/node-v#{node['nodejs']['version']}"
   code <<-EOH
-    PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
+    PATH="#{node['nodejs']['install_script_path']}:$PATH"
     ./configure --prefix=#{node['nodejs']['dir']} && \
     make -j #{node['nodejs']['make_threads']}
   EOH