diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b8e035c38f..94e88c7ead8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     "pretest": "eslint django/ js_tests/admin/",
     "test": "grunt test --verbose"
   },
+  "engines": {
+    "npm": ">=1.3.0 <3.0.0"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^0.22.1",
     "grunt": "^0.4.5",