diff --git a/ceph-website-prs/build/build b/ceph-website-prs/build/build
index 1bdb65478..85fb60860 100755
--- a/ceph-website-prs/build/build
+++ b/ceph-website-prs/build/build
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ env
 
 BRANCH=$(echo $GIT_BRANCH | sed 's:.*/::')
 
+set +e
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
+set -e
+
+echo "Using node version $(node -v)"
+
 # https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v7/commands/npm-ci
 npm ci
 
diff --git a/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml b/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml
index 97e0d0a86..25db65166 100644
--- a/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml
+++ b/ceph-website-prs/config/definitions/ceph-website-prs.yml
@@ -55,4 +55,5 @@
     builders:
       - shell:
           !include-raw:
+            - ../../../scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
             - ../../build/build
diff --git a/ceph-website/build/build b/ceph-website/build/build
index d2af5f097..6d2f64e49 100755
--- a/ceph-website/build/build
+++ b/ceph-website/build/build
@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ set -ex
 
 env
 
+set +e
+export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+[ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
+set -e
+
+echo "Using node version $(node -v)"
+
 npm install
 
 npm run build:production
diff --git a/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml b/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml
index a61bf6d19..12cf24384 100644
--- a/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml
+++ b/ceph-website/config/definitions/ceph-website.yml
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@
     builders:
       - shell:
           !include-raw:
+            - ../../../scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
             - ../../build/build
diff --git a/scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh b/scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c3e35fd9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ceph-website/install-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -x
+
+# install nvm
+if [[ ! $(command -v nvm) ]]; then
+    # install nvm
+    LATEST_NVM_VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/latest | jq -r '.tag_name')
+    echo "Installing nvm version ${LATEST_NVM_VERSION}"
+
+    curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/${LATEST_NVM_VERSION}/install.sh | bash
+
+    export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
+    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
+    [ -s "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion" ] && \. "$NVM_DIR/bash_completion"
+fi
+
+echo "Installing nodejs from nvm with version $(cat .nvmrc)"
+nvm install
+nvm use