diff --git a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
index 3b69715c9af983effb7126e0312b1588483a0e5c..4d4290d0b4112671f7d32d8971c6169169be7c7b 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ make install-certs
 
 # build Node interop client & server
 npm install -g node-gyp
-(npm install && node-gyp rebuild)
+npm install --unsafe-perm --build-from-source
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh b/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
index faa7b624b8e44e8a7e62cc4fd6aa48944f7f4877..b856b97942b930e42bdf017e09bf5a6ddd1102cd 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/build_node.sh
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ CONFIG=${CONFIG:-opt}
 # change to grpc repo root
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
-npm install --unsafe-perm
+npm install --unsafe-perm --build-from-source