diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f6c0377bd29d3f..72ccaddaceb4f5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -69,11 +69,9 @@ ipch/
 /config_fips.gypi
 *-nodegyp*
 /gyp-mac-tool
-/dist-osx
 /npm.wxs
 /tools/msvs/npm.wixobj
 /tools/msvs/genfiles/
-/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/index.xml
 /test/addons/??_*/
 email.md
 deps/v8-*
@@ -101,6 +99,7 @@ deps/npm/node_modules/.bin/
 
 # build/release artifacts
 /*.tar.*
+/*.pkg
 /SHASUMS*.txt*
 
 # test artifacts
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 568340a402344a..68714926cf5deb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -673,8 +673,7 @@ BINARYTAR=$(BINARYNAME).tar
 XZ=$(shell which xz > /dev/null 2>&1; echo $$?)
 XZ_COMPRESSION ?= 9e
 PKG=$(TARNAME).pkg
-PACKAGEMAKER ?= /Developer/Applications/Utilities/PackageMaker.app/Contents/MacOS/PackageMaker
-PKGDIR=out/dist-osx
+MACOSOUTDIR=out/macos
 
 release-only:
 	@if [ "$(DISTTYPE)" != "nightly" ] && [ "$(DISTTYPE)" != "next-nightly" ] && \
@@ -709,24 +708,54 @@ release-only:
 	fi
 
 $(PKG): release-only
-	$(RM) -r $(PKGDIR)
-	$(RM) -r out/deps out/Release
+	$(RM) -r $(MACOSOUTDIR)
+	mkdir -p $(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild
+	cat tools/macos-installer/productbuild/distribution.xml.tmpl  \
+		| sed -E "s/\\{nodeversion\\}/$(FULLVERSION)/g" \
+		| sed -E "s/\\{npmversion\\}/$(NPMVERSION)/g" \
+	>$(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/distribution.xml ; \
+
+	@for dirname in tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/*/; do \
+		lang=$$(basename $$dirname) ; \
+		mkdir -p $(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources/$$lang ; \
+		printf "Found localization directory $$dirname\n" ; \
+		cat $$dirname/welcome.html.tmpl  \
+			| sed -E "s/\\{nodeversion\\}/$(FULLVERSION)/g" \
+			| sed -E "s/\\{npmversion\\}/$(NPMVERSION)/g"  \
+		>$(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources/$$lang/welcome.html ; \
+		cat $$dirname/conclusion.html.tmpl  \
+			| sed -E "s/\\{nodeversion\\}/$(FULLVERSION)/g" \
+			| sed -E "s/\\{npmversion\\}/$(NPMVERSION)/g"  \
+		>$(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources/$$lang/conclusion.html ; \
+	done
 	$(PYTHON) ./configure \
 		--dest-cpu=x64 \
 		--tag=$(TAG) \
 		--release-urlbase=$(RELEASE_URLBASE) \
 		$(CONFIG_FLAGS) $(BUILD_RELEASE_FLAGS)
-	$(MAKE) install V=$(V) DESTDIR=$(PKGDIR)
-	SIGN="$(CODESIGN_CERT)" PKGDIR="$(PKGDIR)/usr/local" bash \
+	$(MAKE) install V=$(V) DESTDIR=$(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/node
+	SIGN="$(CODESIGN_CERT)" PKGDIR="$(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/node/usr/local" bash \
 		tools/osx-codesign.sh
-	cat tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/index.xml.tmpl \
-		| sed -E "s/\\{nodeversion\\}/$(FULLVERSION)/g" \
-		| sed -E "s/\\{npmversion\\}/$(NPMVERSION)/g" \
-		> tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/index.xml
-	$(PACKAGEMAKER) \
-		--id "org.nodejs.pkg" \
-		--doc tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc \
-		--out $(PKG)
+	mkdir -p $(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/npm/usr/local/lib/node_modules
+	mkdir -p $(MACOSOUTDIR)/pkgs
+	mv $(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/node/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm \
+		$(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/npm/usr/local/lib/node_modules
+	unlink $(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/node/usr/local/bin/npm
+	unlink $(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/node/usr/local/bin/npx
+	$(NODE) tools/license2rtf.js < LICENSE > \
+		$(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources/license.rtf
+	cp doc/osx_installer_logo.png $(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources
+	pkgbuild --version $(FULLVERSION) \
+		--identifier org.nodejs.node.pkg \
+		--root $(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/node $(MACOSOUTDIR)/pkgs/node-$(FULLVERSION).pkg
+	pkgbuild --version $(NPMVERSION) \
+		--identifier org.nodejs.npm.pkg \
+		--root $(MACOSOUTDIR)/dist/npm \
+		--scripts ./tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts \
+			$(MACOSOUTDIR)/pkgs/npm-$(NPMVERSION).pkg
+	productbuild --distribution $(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/distribution.xml \
+		--resources $(MACOSOUTDIR)/installer/productbuild/Resources \
+		--package-path $(MACOSOUTDIR)/pkgs ./$(PKG)
 	SIGN="$(PRODUCTSIGN_CERT)" PKG="$(PKG)" bash tools/osx-productsign.sh
 
 pkg: $(PKG)
diff --git a/tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts/postinstall b/tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts/postinstall
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..285ce81e58a34e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts/postinstall
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+cd /usr/local/bin || exit 1
+ln -sf ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npm-cli.js npm
+ln -sf ../lib/node_modules/npm/bin/npx-cli.js npx
diff --git a/tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts/preinstall b/tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts/preinstall
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..848da677b4d825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/macos-installer/pkgbuild/npm/scripts/preinstall
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+[[ -d /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm ]] \
+  && rm -rf /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm
+exit 0
diff --git a/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/en.lproj/conclusion.html.tmpl b/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/en.lproj/conclusion.html.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1157d9720816fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/en.lproj/conclusion.html.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<html>
+ <head>
+    <style>
+      body {
+        font-family: Helvetica;
+        font-size: 14px;
+      }
+      li:last-child {
+        margin-bottom: 16px;
+      }
+    </style>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+   <div>
+     <p>This package has installed:</p>
+     <ul>
+       <li>Node.js {nodeversion} to <code>/usr/local/bin/node</code></li>
+       <li>npm {npmversion} to <code>/usr/local/bin/npm</code></li>
+     </ul>
+     <p>Make sure that <code>/usr/local/bin</code> is in your <code>$PATH</code>.</p>
+   </div>
+ </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/en.lproj/welcome.html.tmpl b/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/en.lproj/welcome.html.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3790894e39727d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/Resources/en.lproj/welcome.html.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<html>
+ <head>
+    <style>
+      body {
+        font-family: Helvetica;
+        font-size: 14px;
+      }
+    </style>
+ </head>
+ <body>
+   <div>
+    <p>This package will install:</p>
+    <ul>
+      <li>Node.js {nodeversion} to <code>/usr/local/bin/node</code></li>
+      <li>npm {npmversion} to <code>/usr/local/bin/npm</code></li>
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+ </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/distribution.xml.tmpl b/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/distribution.xml.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0b9d84701bb01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/macos-installer/productbuild/distribution.xml.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<installer-gui-script minSpecVersion="1">
+    <title>Node.js</title>
+    <welcome file="welcome.html"/>
+    <conclusion file="conclusion.html"/>
+    <background alignment="topleft" file="osx_installer_logo.png"/>
+    <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.node.pkg" auth="root"/>
+    <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.npm.pkg" auth="root"/>
+    <options customize="allow" require-scripts="false"/>
+    <license file="license.rtf"/>
+    <choices-outline>
+      <line choice="org.nodejs.node.pkg" />
+      <line choice="org.nodejs.npm.pkg"/>
+    </choices-outline>
+    <choice id="org.nodejs.node.pkg" visible="true" title="Node.js {nodeversion}">
+        <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.node.pkg"/>
+    </choice>
+    <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.node.pkg" version="{nodeversion}" onConclusion="none">node-{nodeversion}.pkg</pkg-ref>
+    <choice id="org.nodejs.npm.pkg" visible="true" title="npm {npmversion}">
+        <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.npm.pkg"/>
+    </choice>
+    <pkg-ref id="org.nodejs.npm.pkg" version="{npmversion}" onConclusion="none">npm-{npmversion}.pkg</pkg-ref>
+</installer-gui-script>
diff --git a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/01local-contents.xml b/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/01local-contents.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ccbb4189961b0a..00000000000000
--- a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/01local-contents.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<pkg-contents spec="1.12"/>
diff --git a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/01local.xml b/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/01local.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 537b35508bb714..00000000000000
--- a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/01local.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<pkgref spec="1.12" uuid="053587FE-BDF3-4EF5-815D-281427431048">
-  <config>
-    <identifier>org.nodejs.node.pkg</identifier>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <description></description>
-    <post-install type="none"/>
-    <requireAuthorization/>
-    <installFrom relative="true" mod="true">../out/dist-osx/usr/local/</installFrom>
-    <installTo mod="true" relocatable="true">/usr/local</installTo>
-    <flags>
-      <followSymbolicLinks/>
-    </flags>
-    <packageStore type="internal"></packageStore>
-    <mod>installTo.isRelativeType</mod>
-    <mod>installTo</mod>
-    <mod>locationType</mod>
-    <mod>relocatable</mod>
-    <mod>installFrom.path</mod>
-    <mod>installTo.isAbsoluteType</mod>
-    <mod>identifier</mod>
-    <mod>parent</mod>
-    <mod>installTo.path</mod>
-    <mod>installFrom.isRelativeType</mod>
-  </config>
-</pkgref>
diff --git a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm-contents.xml b/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm-contents.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ccbb4189961b0a..00000000000000
--- a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm-contents.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-<pkg-contents spec="1.12"/>
diff --git a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm.xml b/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index fca97e5c27dd11..00000000000000
--- a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/02npm.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-<pkgref spec="1.12" uuid="DF0233A3-6B5D-4FBF-8048-8FC57F42278F">
-  <config>
-    <identifier>org.nodejs.npm.pkg</identifier>
-    <version>1.0</version>
-    <description></description>
-    <post-install type="none"/>
-    <requireAuthorization/>
-    <installFrom relative="true">../deps/npm</installFrom>
-    <installTo mod="true">/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm</installTo>
-    <flags>
-      <followSymbolicLinks/>
-    </flags>
-    <packageStore type="internal"></packageStore>
-    <mod>installTo.path</mod>
-    <mod>installFrom.isRelativeType</mod>
-    <mod>installTo</mod>
-    <mod>scripts.postinstall.isRelativeType</mod>
-    <mod>parent</mod>
-    <mod>installTo.isAbsoluteType</mod>
-  </config>
-  <scripts>
-    <postinstall relative="true" mod="true">osx-pkg-postinstall.sh</postinstall>
-  </scripts>
-</pkgref>
diff --git a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/index.xml.tmpl b/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/index.xml.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index e3b14b2112d694..00000000000000
--- a/tools/osx-pkg.pmdoc/index.xml.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-<pkmkdoc spec="1.12">
-  <properties>
-    <title>Node.js</title>
-    <build>/Users/nodejs/Desktop/node.pkg</build>
-    <organization>org.nodejs</organization>
-    <userSees ui="both"/>
-    <min-target os="3"/>
-    <domain system="true"/>
-  </properties>
-  <distribution>
-    <versions min-spec="1.000000"/>
-    <scripts></scripts>
-  </distribution>
-  <contents>
-    <choice title="Node.js" id="choice1" starts_selected="true" starts_enabled="true" starts_hidden="false">
-      <pkgref id="org.nodejs.node.pkg"/>
-    </choice>
-    <choice title="npm" id="choice2" starts_selected="true" starts_enabled="true" starts_hidden="false">
-      <pkgref id="org.nodejs.npm.pkg"/>
-    </choice>
-  </contents>
-  <resources bg-scale="none" bg-align="topleft">
-    <locale lang="en">
-      <resource relative="true" mod="true" type="background">../doc/osx_installer_logo.png</resource>
-      <resource relative="true" mod="true" type="license">../LICENSE</resource>
-      <resource mime-type="text/rtf" kind="embedded" type="welcome"><![CDATA[{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf360
-{\fonttbl\f0\fnil\fcharset0 LucidaGrande;}
-{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
-\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural
-
-\f0\fs26 \cf0 This package will install Node.js {nodeversion} and npm {npmversion} into /usr/local/.}]]></resource>
-      <resource mime-type="text/rtf" kind="embedded" type="conclusion"><![CDATA[{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf1038\cocoasubrtf360
-{\fonttbl\f0\fnil\fcharset0 LucidaGrande;}
-{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
-\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural
-
-\f0\fs26 \cf0 Node.js was installed at\
-\
-   /usr/local/bin/node\
-\
-npm was installed at\
-\
-   /usr/local/bin/npm\
-\
-Make sure that /usr/local/bin is in your $PATH.}]]></resource>
-    </locale>
-  </resources>
-  <flags/>
-  <item type="file">01local.xml</item>
-  <item type="file">02npm.xml</item>
-  <mod>properties.title</mod>
-  <mod>properties.userDomain</mod>
-  <mod>properties.anywhereDomain</mod>
-  <mod>properties.systemDomain</mod>
-</pkmkdoc>