diff --git a/sdk/node/Makefile b/sdk/node/Makefile
index fbe86f4e7a4..4a5cecac0d3 100644
--- a/sdk/node/Makefile
+++ b/sdk/node/Makefile
@@ -16,24 +16,67 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
+BINDIR  := node_modules/.bin
+TYPINGS := $(BINDIR)/typings
+TSC     := $(BINDIR)/tsc
+TYPEDOC := $(BINDIR)/typedoc
+
+DOCURI := "https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/tree/master/sdk/node/"
+
+SRC := $(shell find src -type f)
+CONFIG := $(shell ls *.json)
+
 EXECUTABLES = npm
 K := $(foreach exec,$(EXECUTABLES),\
 	$(if $(shell which $(exec)),some string,$(error "No $(exec) in PATH: Check dependencies")))
 
-all: hfc
+# npm tool->pkg mapping
+npm.pkg.typings   := typings
+npm.pkg.tsc       := typescript
+npm.pkg.typedoc   := typedoc
+
+all: lib doc
+
+.PHONY: lib doc
+lib: lib/hfc.js
+doc: doc/index.html
+
+.SECONDARY: $(TYPINGS) $(TSC) $(TYPEDOC)
+$(BINDIR)/%: $(CONFIG)
+	@echo "[INSTALL] $@"
+	npm install $(npm.pkg.$(@F))
+	@touch $@
+
+doc/index.html: $(TYPEDOC) $(SRC) $(CONFIG) typedoc-special.d.ts Makefile
+	@echo "[BUILD] SDK documentation"
+	@-rm -rf $(@D)
+	@mkdir -p $(@D)
+	$(TYPEDOC) -m amd \
+		--name 'Node.js Hyperledger Fabric SDK' \
+		--includeDeclarations \
+		--excludeExternals \
+		--excludeNotExported \
+		--out $(@D) \
+		src/hfc.ts typedoc-special.d.ts
+	# Typedoc generates links to working GIT repo which is fixed
+	# below to use an official release URI.
+	find $(@D) -name '*.html' -exec sed -i 's!href="http.*sdk/node/!href="'$(DOCURI)'!' {} \;
 
-.PHONY: hfc
-hfc:
-	mkdir -p ./lib/protos
-	cp ../../protos/*.proto ./lib/protos
-	cp ../../membersrvc/protos/*.proto ./lib/protos
-	npm ls -g | grep 'typings' || sudo npm install -g typings
-	npm ls -g | grep 'typescript' || sudo npm install -g typescript
-	npm install && typings install
-	tsc
-	./makedoc.sh
+lib/hfc.js: $(TYPINGS) $(TSC) $(SRC) $(CONFIG) Makefile
+	@echo "[BUILD] SDK"
+	@mkdir -p ./lib/protos
+	@cp ../../protos/*.proto ./lib/protos
+	@cp ../../membersrvc/protos/*.proto ./lib/protos
+	npm install
+	$(TYPINGS) install
+	$(TSC)
 
-unit-tests: hfc
+unit-tests: lib
+	@echo "[RUN] unit tests..."
 	@./bin/run-unit-tests.sh
 
 clean:
+	@echo "[CLEAN]"
+	-rm -rf node_modules
+	-rm -rf doc
+	-find lib | grep -v "protos/google" | grep -v "hash.js" | xargs rm
diff --git a/sdk/node/makedoc.sh b/sdk/node/makedoc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 89d6cad71a1..00000000000
--- a/sdk/node/makedoc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# -------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-# -------------------------------------------------------------
-
-typedoc=$(which typedoc)
-if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-    echo "Installing typedoc ..."
-    sudo npm install -g typedoc
-    if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
-       echo "No typedoc found. Please install it like this:"
-       echo "  npm install -g typedoc"
-       echo "and rerun this shell script again."
-       exit 1
-    fi
-    echo "Successfully installed typedoc"
-fi
-set -e
-
-tv="$(typings -v)"
-if [[ "${tv%.*}" < "1.0" ]]; then
-    echo "You have typings ${tv} but you need 1.0 or higher."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p doc
-rm -rf doc/*
-
-typedoc -m amd \
---name 'Node.js Hyperledger Fabric SDK' \
---includeDeclarations \
---excludeExternals \
---excludeNotExported \
---out doc \
-src/hfc.ts typedoc-special.d.ts
-
-# Typedoc generates links to working GIT repo which is fixed
-# below to use an official release URI.
-DOCURI="https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/tree/master/sdk/node/"
-find doc -name '*.html' -exec sed -i 's!href="http.*sdk/node/!href="'$DOCURI'!' {} \;