Don't put node_modules directly in prefix. put it in prefix/lib

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/npm.js b/npm.js
index e54ec31bf..901f02432 100644
--- a/npm.js
+++ b/npm.js
@@ -213,7 +213,13 @@ npm.config =
   }
 
 Object.defineProperty(npm, "dir",
-  { get : function () { return path.resolve(npm.prefix, "node_modules") }
+  { get : function () {
+      if (npm.config.get("global")) {
+        return path.resolve(npm.prefix, "lib", "node_modules")
+      } else {
+        return path.resolve(npm.prefix, "node_modules")
+      }
+    }
   , enumerable : true
   })