diff --git a/lib/node-package-manager.ts b/lib/node-package-manager.ts
index 966b7a569e..7e3e1138e7 100644
--- a/lib/node-package-manager.ts
+++ b/lib/node-package-manager.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class NodePackageManager implements INodePackageManager {
 				}
 			}
 			try {
-				let spawnResult:ISpawnResult = this.$childProcess.spawnFromEvent(this.getNpmExecutableName(), params, "close", { cwd: pwd }).wait();
+				let spawnResult:ISpawnResult = this.$childProcess.spawnFromEvent(this.getNpmExecutableName(), params, "close", { cwd: pwd, stdio: "inherit" }).wait();
 				this.$logger.out(spawnResult.stdout);
 			} catch (err) {
 				if (err.message && err.message.indexOf("EPEERINVALID") !== -1) {