diff --git a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
index 587227b94294daec0c98f3de898a6f949f0a8af4..db5aff844de1aa96584e56d7a3ee3b474c7cf345 100644
--- a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   libc6-dbg \
   libc6-dev \
   libgtest-dev \
+  libssl-dev \
   libtool \
   make \
   strace \
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
index 84e25e330886ab3c15cacea0af121a25e49bd3d3..3b69715c9af983effb7126e0312b1588483a0e5c 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
@@ -45,5 +45,4 @@ make install-certs
 
 # build Node interop client & server
 npm install -g node-gyp
-make install_c -C /var/local/git/grpc
-(cd src/node && npm install && node-gyp rebuild)
+(npm install && node-gyp rebuild)