diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index ba97ee6..5e3fd06 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@
 #
 
 case node['platform_family']
-when 'smartos', 'rhel', 'debian', 'fedora'
+when 'smartos', 'rhel', 'debian', 'fedora', 'mac_os_x'
   default['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'package'
-when 'mac_os_x'
-  default['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'mac_pkg'
 else
   default['nodejs']['install_method'] = 'source'
 end
@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@ default['nodejs']['version'] = '0.10.26'
 
 default['nodejs']['prefix_url'] = ::URI.join('http://nodejs.org/dist', "v#{node['nodejs']['version']}").to_s
 
-default['nodejs']['install_repo'] = true
+default['nodejs']['install_repo'] = true # Only if available, ie rhel / debian
 
 default['nodejs']['source']['url']      = nil # Auto generated
 default['nodejs']['source']['checksum'] = 'ef5e4ea6f2689ed7f781355012b942a2347e0299da0804a58de8e6281c4b1daa'
diff --git a/attributes/packages.rb b/attributes/packages.rb
index 565b7a3..b75af5a 100644
--- a/attributes/packages.rb
+++ b/attributes/packages.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 case node['platform_family']
 when 'debian'
   default['nodejs']['repo'] = 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/chris-lea/node.js/ubuntu'
-  default['nodejs']['packages'] = node['nodejs']['install_repo'] ? %w(nodejs) : %w(nodejs npm nodejs-dev)
+  default['nodejs']['packages'] = node['nodejs']['install_repo'] ? 'nodejs' : %w(nodejs npm nodejs-dev)
 when 'rhel', 'fedora'
   default['nodejs']['packages'] = %w(nodejs nodejs-devel npm)
 when 'smartos'
-  default['nodejs']['packages'] = %w(nodejs)
+  default['nodejs']['packages'] = 'nodejs'
+when 'mac_os_x'
+  default['nodejs']['packages'] = 'node'
 else
-  Chef::Log.error 'There are no nodejs packages for this platform; please use the source or binary method to install node'
-  return
+  Chef::Log.info 'There are no nodejs packages for this platform; please use the source or binary method to install node'
 end
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 926b7cc..7ce4c4a 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ depends 'yum-epel'
 depends 'build-essential'
 depends 'ark'
 depends 'apt'
+depends 'homebrew', '~> 1.5.5'
 
 %w(debian ubuntu centos redhat smartos mac_os_x).each do |os|
   supports os