diff --git a/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.cc b/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.cc
index 77a5abfdb..b4aad0e31 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.cc
+++ b/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.cc
@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ void PrintService(const ServiceDescriptor* service, Printer* out,
 void PrintImports(const FileDescriptor* file, Printer* out,
                   const Parameters& params) {
   if (!params.generate_package_definition) {
-    out->Print("var grpc = require('grpc');\n");
+    grpc::string package = params.grpc_js ? "@grpc/grpc-js" : "grpc";
+    out->Print("var grpc = require('$package$');\n", "package", package);
   }
   if (file->message_type_count() > 0) {
     grpc::string file_path =
diff --git a/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.h b/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.h
index c73eca0c1..a88d54a93 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.h
+++ b/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_generator.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ namespace grpc_node_generator {
 struct Parameters {
   // Generate a package definition object instead of Client classes
   bool generate_package_definition;
+  // Use pure JavaScript gRPC Client
+  bool grpc_js;
 };
 
 grpc::string GenerateFile(const grpc::protobuf::FileDescriptor* file,
diff --git a/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_plugin.cc b/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_plugin.cc
index 4ed110818..9f83578b2 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_plugin.cc
+++ b/packages/grpc-tools/src/node_plugin.cc
@@ -38,13 +38,16 @@ class NodeGrpcGenerator : public grpc::protobuf::compiler::CodeGenerator {
                 grpc::string* error) const {
     grpc_node_generator::Parameters generator_parameters;
     generator_parameters.generate_package_definition = false;
+    generator_parameters.grpc_js = false;
     if (!parameter.empty()) {
-      std::vector<grpc::string> parameters_list =	
-          grpc_generator::tokenize(parameter, ",");	
-      for (auto parameter_string = parameters_list.begin();	
+      std::vector<grpc::string> parameters_list =
+          grpc_generator::tokenize(parameter, ",");
+      for (auto parameter_string = parameters_list.begin();
            parameter_string != parameters_list.end(); parameter_string++) {
         if (*parameter_string == "generate_package_definition") {
           generator_parameters.generate_package_definition = true;
+        } else if (*parameter_string == "grpc_js") {
+          generator_parameters.grpc_js = true;
         }
       }
     }