diff --git a/features/src/vip-cli/devcontainer-feature.json b/features/src/vip-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
index e707abd9..fb786989 100644
--- a/features/src/vip-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/features/src/vip-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "id": "vip-cli",
     "name": "VIP-CLI",
-    "version": "1.4.1",
+    "version": "1.4.2",
     "description": "Installs VIP-CLI into the Dev Environment",
     "options": {
         "enabled": {
diff --git a/features/src/vip-cli/install.sh b/features/src/vip-cli/install.sh
index b6ddb9eb..a858f8a2 100755
--- a/features/src/vip-cli/install.sh
+++ b/features/src/vip-cli/install.sh
@@ -15,8 +15,54 @@ fi
 if [ "${ENABLED}" = "true" ]; then
     echo '(*) Installing VIP CLI...'
 
-    apk add --no-cache nodejs npm
-    npm i -g "@automattic/vip@${VERSION}"
+    # /etc/os-release may overwrite VERSION
+    VIP_CLI_VERSION="${VERSION}"
+
+    if ! hash node >/dev/null 2>&1 || ! hash npm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        # shellcheck source=/dev/null
+        . /etc/os-release
+
+        : "${ID:=}"
+        : "${ID_LIKE:=${ID}}"
+
+        case "${ID_LIKE}" in
+            "debian")
+                PACKAGES=""
+
+                if ! hash curl >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                    PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} curl"
+                fi
+
+                if ! hash update-ca-certificates >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                    PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} ca-certificates"
+                fi
+
+                if [ -n "${PACKAGES}" ]; then
+                    apt-get update
+                    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+                    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES}
+                fi
+
+                curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x -o nodesource_setup.sh && chmod +x nodesource_setup.sh
+                ./nodesource_setup.sh
+                apt-get install -y nodejs
+
+                apt-get clean
+                rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+            ;;
+
+            "alpine")
+                apk add --no-cache nodejs npm
+            ;;
+
+            *)
+                echo "(!) Unsupported distribution: ${ID}"
+                exit 1
+            ;;
+        esac
+    fi
+
+    npm i -g "@automattic/vip@${VIP_CLI_VERSION+}"
 
     install -D -m 0755 -o root -g root vip-sync-db.sh /usr/local/bin/vip-sync-db