diff --git a/scripts/npm.bat b/scripts/npm.bat
index 2759655c8b4e..9c3e6fbf6b4a 100644
--- a/scripts/npm.bat
+++ b/scripts/npm.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
+SET SUPPORTEDNPMVERSION=4.2.0
+
 setlocal
 set npm_config_disturl="https://atom.io/download/electron"
 for /f "tokens=2 delims=:, " %%a in ('findstr /R /C:"\"electronVersion\":.*" "%~dp0..\package.json"') do set npm_config_target=%%~a
@@ -6,3 +8,11 @@ set npm_config_runtime="electron"
 set npm_config_cache=~\.npm-electron
 npm %*
 endlocal
+
+for /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%V IN (`npm --version`) do (
+	set CURRENTNPMVERSION=%%V
+)
+if not %CURRENTNPMVERSION%==%SUPPORTEDNPMVERSION% (
+	color 0e
+	echo NPM version %CURRENTNPMVERSION% is not supported with this project. We strongly recommend to use version %SUPPORTEDNPMVERSION%
+)
diff --git a/scripts/npm.sh b/scripts/npm.sh
index 69c6d0c48aec..f9ad5552d566 100755
--- a/scripts/npm.sh
+++ b/scripts/npm.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+SUPPORTEDNPMVERSION="4.2.0"
 
 if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
 	realpath() { [[ $1 = /* ]] && echo "$1" || echo "$PWD/${1#./}"; }
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ else
 	ROOT=$(dirname "$(dirname "$(readlink -f $0)")")
 
 	# if [ -z $npm_config_arch ]; then
-	# 	npm_config_arch=$(node -p process.arch)
+	# 	npm_config_arch=$(npm -p process.arch)
 	# 	echo "Warning: remember to set \$npm_config_arch to either x64 or ia32 to build the binaries for the right architecture. Picking '$npm_config_arch'."
 	# fi
 fi
@@ -26,4 +27,10 @@ npm_config_disturl=https://atom.io/download/electron \
 npm_config_target=$ELECTRON_VERSION \
 npm_config_runtime=electron \
 HOME=$ELECTRON_GYP_HOME \
-npm $*
\ No newline at end of file
+npm $*
+
+CURRENTNPMVERSION=`npm --version`
+if [[ "$CURRENTNPMVERSION" != "$SUPPORTEDNPMVERSION" ]]; then
+	YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+	echo -e "${YELLOW}NPM version ${CURRENTNPMVERSION} is not supported with this project. We strongly recommend to use version ${SUPPORTEDNPMVERSION}"
+fi