diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index 2b9f4efa..285b01d3 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
 
 set -x
 
-# Workaround for https://github.com/dodo/node-unicodetable/issues/6
-# The unicode npm package fails to install on most OSes if unicode.org is blacklisting your IP.
-export NODE_UNICODETABLE_UNICODEDATA_TXT="$(pwd)/UnicodeData.txt"
-
 npm install
 npm rebuild node-sass
 CI=true npm test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 593ad79a..7a05c543 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "start": "NODE_ENV=production gulp serve",
     "build": "NODE_ENV=production gulp build",
     "clean": "rm -r ./build",
+    "preinstall": "./scripts/preinstall.sh",
     "eslint": "eslint",
     "dev": "NODE_ENV=production gulp serve",
     "dev:site": "NODE_ENV=production gulp serve-site",
diff --git a/UnicodeData.txt b/scripts/npm_dependencies/UnicodeData.txt
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
similarity index 100%
rename from UnicodeData.txt
rename to scripts/npm_dependencies/UnicodeData.txt
diff --git a/scripts/preinstall.sh b/scripts/preinstall.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..945ca491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/preinstall.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Workaround for https://github.com/dodo/node-unicodetable/issues/6
+# The unicode npm package fails to install on most OSes if unicode.org is blacklisting your IP.
+export NODE_UNICODETABLE_UNICODEDATA_TXT="$(pwd)/scripts/npm_dependencies/UnicodeData.txt"