diff --git a/lib/helpers.js b/lib/helpers.js
index 4ce0b1327c5a..88172a4b17bd 100644
--- a/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/lib/helpers.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
-var sh = require('shelljs');
 var logger = console;
+var spawnSync = require('spawn-sync');
 
 exports.getPackageJson = function getPackageJson() {
   var packageJsonPath = path.resolve('package.json');
@@ -87,9 +87,12 @@ exports.codeLog = function codeLog(codeLines, leftPadAmount) {
 };
 
 exports.installNpmDeps = function () {
-  var done = exports.commandLog('Installing NPM dependencies');
-  var result = sh.exec('npm install', { silent: true });
-  if (result.code !== 0) {
+  var done = exports.commandLog('Preparing to install NPM dependencies');
+  done();
+
+  var result = spawnSync('npm', ['install'], { stdio: 'inherit' });
+  done = exports.commandLog('Installing NPM dependencies');
+  if (result.status !== 0) {
     done('An error occured while running `npm install`.', result.stderr);
     process.exit(1);
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 98a76d59b6f6..466ad1ec914e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
     "merge-dirs": "^0.2.1",
     "shelljs": "^0.7.3",
+    "spawn-sync": "^1.0.15",
     "update-notifier": "^1.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {