diff --git a/_benchmarks/benchmarker/benchmarker.go b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/benchmarker.go
index cac1dbc4..fa9ceba9 100644
--- a/_benchmarks/benchmarker/benchmarker.go
+++ b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/benchmarker.go
@@ -12,23 +12,32 @@ import (
 
 var bundles = []bundle{
 	{
-		name:             "dotnet",
+		names:            []string{"dotnet"},
 		installDir:       "./dotnet_bin",
 		installArguments: []string{"-NoPath", "-InstallDir", "$installDir", "-Channel", "Current", "-Version", "3.0.100-preview6-012264"},
 	},
+	{
+		names:            []string{"node", "npm"},
+		installDir:       "./node_bin",
+		installArguments: []string{"$installDir", "12.4.0"},
+	},
 }
 
 func install(b bundle) error {
-	switch b.name {
-	case "dotnet":
-		return installDotnet(b)
-	default:
-		return nil
+	for _, name := range b.names {
+		switch name {
+		case "dotnet":
+			return installDotnet(b)
+		case "node", "nodejs", "npm":
+			return installNode(b)
+		}
 	}
+
+	return nil
 }
 
 type bundle struct {
-	name       string
+	names      []string
 	installDir string
 
 	installArguments []string
@@ -40,8 +49,11 @@ func (b bundle) parseArguments() []string {
 			// let's not use reflection here.
 			switch arg[1:] {
 			case "name":
-				b.installArguments[i] = b.name
+				b.installArguments[i] = b.names[0]
 			case "installDir":
+				if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+					b.installDir = filepath.FromSlash(b.installDir)
+				}
 				b.installArguments[i] = b.installDir
 			default:
 				panic(arg + " not a bundle struct field")
@@ -100,39 +112,40 @@ func attachCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
 
 func getPlatform(name string) (p *platform) {
 	for _, b := range bundles {
-		if b.name != name {
-			continue
-		}
+		for _, bName := range b.names {
+			if bName == name {
+				// temporarily set the path env to the installation directories
+				// in order the exec.LookPath to check for programs there too.
+				pathEnv := os.Getenv("PATH")
+				if len(pathEnv) > 1 {
+					if pathEnv[len(pathEnv)-1] != ';' {
+						pathEnv += ";"
+					}
+				}
 
-		// temporarily set the path env to the installation directories
-		// in order the exec.LookPath to check for programs there too.
-		pathEnv := os.Getenv("PATH")
-		if len(pathEnv) > 1 {
-			if pathEnv[len(pathEnv)-1] != ';' {
-				pathEnv += ";"
+				pathEnv += b.installDir
+				os.Setenv("PATH", pathEnv)
+				executable, err := exec.LookPath(name)
+				if err != nil {
+					golog.Debugf("%s executable couldn't be found from PATH. Trying to install it...", name)
+
+					err = install(b)
+					if err != nil {
+						golog.Fatalf("unable to auto-install %s, please do it yourself: %v", name, err)
+					}
+
+					executable = b.installDir + "/" + name
+
+					if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+						executable += ".exe"
+					}
+				}
+
+				return &platform{
+					executable: executable,
+				}
 			}
 		}
-
-		pathEnv += b.installDir
-		os.Setenv("PATH", pathEnv)
-		executable, err := exec.LookPath(name)
-		if err != nil {
-			golog.Debugf("%s executable couldn't be found from PATH. Trying to install it...", name)
-
-			err = install(b)
-			if err != nil {
-				golog.Fatalf("unable to auto-install %s, please do it yourself: %v", name, err)
-			}
-
-			executable = filepath.Join(b.installDir, name)
-			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-				executable += ".exe"
-			}
-		}
-
-		return &platform{
-			executable: executable,
-		}
 	}
 
 	golog.Fatalf("%s not found", name)
@@ -145,4 +158,12 @@ func main() {
 	dotnet := getPlatform("dotnet")
 	dotnetVersion := dotnet.exec("--version")
 	golog.Infof("Dotnet version: %s", dotnetVersion)
+
+	node := getPlatform("node")
+	nodeVersion := node.exec("--version")
+	golog.Infof("Nodejs version: %s", nodeVersion)
+
+	npm := getPlatform("npm")
+	npmVersion := npm.exec("--version")
+	golog.Infof("NPM version: %s", npmVersion)
 }
diff --git a/_benchmarks/benchmarker/installer_windows.go b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/installer_windows.go
index 90bf4c1a..44101e0c 100644
--- a/_benchmarks/benchmarker/installer_windows.go
+++ b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/installer_windows.go
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ func installDotnet(b bundle) error {
 	// Right click on the ./scripts/dotnet-install.ps1 and check the "unblock" property, save and exit the dialog.
 	return powershell("./scripts/dotnet-install.ps1", b.parseArguments()...)
 }
+
+func installNode(b bundle) error {
+	return powershell("./scripts/node-install.ps1", b.parseArguments()...)
+}
diff --git a/_benchmarks/benchmarker/scripts/node-install.ps1 b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/scripts/node-install.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bbf86c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/scripts/node-install.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+$INSTALL_DIR=$args[0]
+$VERSION=$args[1]
+# param([String]$VERSION="12.4.0",[String]$INSTALL_DIR="../nodejs_bin")
+
+If(!(test-path $INSTALL_DIR))
+{
+      New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $INSTALL_DIR
+}
+
+$url = "https://nodejs.org/dist/v$VERSION/node-v$VERSION-x64.msi"
+
+# i.e https://nodejs.org/dist/v10.16.0/node-v10.16.0-x64.msi
+write-host "`n----------------------------"
+write-host "  downloading node            "
+write-host "----------------------------`n"
+write-host "url : $url"
+
+$filename = "node.msi"
+$node_msi = "$INSTALL_DIR\$filename"
+$start_time = Get-Date
+$wc = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+$wc.DownloadFile($url, $node_msi)
+write-Output "Download of $filename finished at: $((Get-Date).Subtract($start_time).Seconds) second(s)"
+
+write-host "`n----------------------------"
+write-host " installing node              "
+write-host "----------------------------`n"
+
+$node_msi = $node_msi.substring(2)
+
+$INSTALL_DIR=[System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($INSTALL_DIR)
+write-host "installation directory: $INSTALL_DIR"
+
+$params = '/i', "$node_msi",
+          'INSTALLDIR="$INSTALL_DIR"',
+          '/qn',
+          '/norestart'
+$p = Start-Process 'msiexec.exe' -ArgumentList $params -Wait -PassThru
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diff --git a/_benchmarks/benchmarker/scripts/node-install.sh b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/scripts/node-install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ad75cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_benchmarks/benchmarker/scripts/node-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+INSTALL_DIR=$1
+VERSION=$2
+cd $INSTALL_DIR
+curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-$VERSION.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
+./configure --prefix=$INSTALL_DIR
+make install
+curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
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