diff --git a/create-dev-env.sh b/create-dev-env.sh
index 7190d81a73..a45fc0dba0 100755
--- a/create-dev-env.sh
+++ b/create-dev-env.sh
@@ -196,6 +196,11 @@ case `uname -s` in
             output "Installing virtualenv"
             sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper >> $LOG
         }
+        command -v coffee &>/dev/null || {
+            output "Installing coffee script"
+            curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
+            npm install -g coffee-script
+        }
         ;;
     *)
         error "Unsupported platform"
diff --git a/install.txt b/install.txt
index 70c8655306..fa82b11a5c 100644
--- a/install.txt
+++ b/install.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ There is also a script "create-dev-env.sh" that automates these steps.
     d) Install python virtualenv if necessary
     sudo pip install virtualenv virtualenvwrapper
 
+    e) Install coffee script
+    curl http://npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
+    npm install -g coffee-script
+
 3) Install Ubuntu dependencies (Linux users only)
     
     sudo apt-get install curl python-virtualenv build-essential python-dev gfortran liblapack-dev libfreetype6-dev libpng12-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev yui-compressor coffeescript