diff --git a/.buildpacks b/.buildpacks
index ff2497d3..9fb12425 100644
--- a/.buildpacks
+++ b/.buildpacks
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
+https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-nodejs.git
 https://github.com/heroku/heroku-buildpack-ruby.git
diff --git a/lib/tasks/extensions.rake b/lib/tasks/extensions.rake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf07cec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/extensions.rake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+namespace :assets do
+  task :js_compile do
+    system "npm install"
+    system "npm run build"
+  end
+end
+
+Rake::Task[:'assets:precompile'].enhance([:'assets:js_compile'])