diff --git a/lib/run-script.js b/lib/run-script.js
index ce8ea0f13a7..e96439859f8 100644
--- a/lib/run-script.js
+++ b/lib/run-script.js
@@ -116,12 +116,10 @@ function run (pkg, wd, cmd, args, cb) {
   if (!pkg.scripts) pkg.scripts = {}
 
   var cmds
-  if (cmd === "restart") {
-    cmds = [
-      "prestop", "stop", "poststop",
-      "restart",
-      "prestart", "start", "poststart"
-    ]
+  if (cmd === "restart" && !pkg.scripts.restart) {
+    cmds = [ "prestop", "stop", "poststop"
+           , "prestart", "start", "poststart"
+           ]
   } else {
     if (!pkg.scripts[cmd]) {
       if (cmd === "test") {
diff --git a/test/tap/run-script.js b/test/tap/run-script.js
index 6b5ce26aa48..d7681b9acc4 100644
--- a/test/tap/run-script.js
+++ b/test/tap/run-script.js
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ test("npm run-script nonexistent-script", function (t) {
   })
 })
 
+test("npm run-script restart when there isn't restart", function (t) {
+  common.npm(["run-script", "restart"], opts, testOutput.bind(null, t, "stop;start"))
+})
+
 test("cleanup", function (t) {
   cleanup()
   t.end()
diff --git a/test/tap/run-script/package.json b/test/tap/run-script/package.json
index ebaffefe029..761b15ffb9b 100644
--- a/test/tap/run-script/package.json
+++ b/test/tap/run-script/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   "postwith-post":"node -e \"console.log(process.argv[1] || 'post')\"",
   "prewith-both":"node -e \"console.log(process.argv[1] || 'pre')\"",
   "with-both":"node -e \"console.log(process.argv[1] || 'main')\"",
-  "postwith-both":"node -e \"console.log(process.argv[1] || 'post')\""
+  "postwith-both":"node -e \"console.log(process.argv[1] || 'post')\"",
+  "stop":"node -e \"console.log(process.argv[1] || 'stop')\""
   }
 }