diff --git a/cli/npm/.gitignore b/cli/npm/.gitignore
index f04759458..2d3aa23a9 100644
--- a/cli/npm/.gitignore
+++ b/cli/npm/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 tree-sitter
 tree-sitter.exe
 *.gz
+*.tgz
diff --git a/cli/npm/cli.js b/cli/npm/cli.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..404739fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/npm/cli.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const path = require('path');
+const spawn = require("child_process").spawn;
+const executable = process.platform === 'win32'
+  ? 'tree-sitter.exe'
+  : 'tree-sitter';
+spawn(
+  path.join(__dirname, executable),
+  process.argv.slice(2),
+  {stdio: 'inherit'}
+).on('close', process.exit)
diff --git a/cli/npm/package.json b/cli/npm/package.json
index 0155c8da0..230676f1f 100644
--- a/cli/npm/package.json
+++ b/cli/npm/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,6 @@
     "install": "node install.js"
   },
   "bin": {
-    "tree-sitter": "tree-sitter"
+    "tree-sitter": "cli.js"
   }
 }