diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 237d7c8..0d9d37d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
             <artifactId>sonarlint-core</artifactId>
             <version>6.3.0.36253</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.sonarsource.javascript</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nodejs-utils</artifactId>
+            <version>8.3.0.16208</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/NodeProcessWrapper.java b/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/NodeProcessWrapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02433e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/NodeProcessWrapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * sonarlint4netbeans: SonarLint integration for Apache Netbeans
+ * Copyright (C) 2020 Philippe FICHET.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+ * MA 02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package com.github.philippefichet.sonarlint4netbeans;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import org.sonarsource.nodejs.ProcessWrapper;
+import org.sonarsource.nodejs.ProcessWrapperImpl;
+
+/**
+ * Used to intercept nodejs path in NodeCommandBuilderImpl
+ * @author FICHET Philippe &lt;philippe.fichet@laposte.net&gt;
+ */
+public class NodeProcessWrapper implements ProcessWrapper {
+
+    private final ProcessWrapperImpl processWrapper = new ProcessWrapperImpl();
+    private List<String> commandLineUsed = null;
+
+    @Override
+    public Process startProcess(List<String> commandLine, Map<String, String> env, Consumer<String> outputConsumer, Consumer<String> errorConsumer) throws IOException {
+        commandLineUsed = new ArrayList<>(commandLine);
+        return processWrapper.startProcess(commandLine, env, outputConsumer, errorConsumer);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean waitFor(Process process, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException {
+        return processWrapper.waitFor(process, timeout, unit);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void interrupt() {
+        processWrapper.interrupt();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void destroyForcibly(Process process) {
+        processWrapper.destroyForcibly(process);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isMac() {
+        return processWrapper.isMac();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isWindows() {
+        return processWrapper.isWindows();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getenv(String name) {
+        return processWrapper.getenv(name);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int exitValue(Process process) {
+        return processWrapper.exitValue(process);
+    }
+
+    public Optional<List<String>> getCommandLineUsed() {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(commandLineUsed);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/SonarLintEngineImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/SonarLintEngineImpl.java
index a83f44a..17f3ada 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/SonarLintEngineImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/philippefichet/sonarlint4netbeans/SonarLintEngineImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package com.github.philippefichet.sonarlint4netbeans;
 
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
@@ -35,6 +36,9 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.prefs.Preferences;
 import org.openide.util.NbPreferences;
+import org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommand;
+import org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandBuilderImpl;
+import org.sonarsource.nodejs.NodeCommandException;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.StandaloneSonarLintEngineImpl;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.client.api.common.Language;
 import org.sonarsource.sonarlint.core.client.api.common.LogOutput;
@@ -109,17 +113,40 @@ private void createInternalEngine() {
             StandaloneGlobalConfiguration.Builder configBuilder = StandaloneGlobalConfiguration.builder()
                 .addEnabledLanguages(Language.values())
                 .addPlugins(pluginURLs.values().toArray(new URL[pluginURLs.values().size()]));
-            getNodeJSPath().ifPresent(nodeJSPath -> {
-                getNodeJSVersion().ifPresent(nodeJSVersion -> {
-                    Path nodeJS = Paths.get(nodeJSPath);
-                    configBuilder.setNodeJs(nodeJS, nodeJSVersion);
-                });
-            });
+            if (getNodeJSPath().isPresent() && getNodeJSVersion().isPresent()) {
+                String nodeJSPath = getNodeJSPath().get();
+                Version nodeJSVersion = getNodeJSVersion().get();
+                Path nodeJS = Paths.get(nodeJSPath);
+                configBuilder.setNodeJs(nodeJS, nodeJSVersion);
+            } else {
+                tryToSetDefaultNodeJS(configBuilder);
+            }
             standaloneSonarLintEngineImpl = new StandaloneSonarLintEngineImpl(configBuilder.build());
             consumerWaitingInitialization.forEach(consumer -> consumer.accept(this));
             consumerWaitingInitialization.clear();
         }).start();
     }
+    
+    private void tryToSetDefaultNodeJS(StandaloneGlobalConfiguration.Builder configBuilder) {
+        try {
+            NodeProcessWrapper nodeProcessWrapper = new NodeProcessWrapper();
+            NodeCommand nodeCommandVersion = new NodeCommandBuilderImpl(nodeProcessWrapper)
+                .nodeJsArgs("--version")
+                .build();
+            nodeCommandVersion.start();
+            if (nodeCommandVersion.waitFor() == 0 && nodeProcessWrapper.getCommandLineUsed().isPresent()) {
+                String nodeJSPath = nodeProcessWrapper.getCommandLineUsed().get().get(0);
+                Optional<Version> detectNodeJSVersion = SonarLintUtils.detectNodeJSVersion(nodeJSPath);
+                if (detectNodeJSVersion.isPresent()) {
+                    configBuilder.setNodeJs(Paths.get(nodeJSPath), detectNodeJSVersion.get());
+                    Logger.getLogger(SonarLintEngineImpl.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, "Use default nodejs path");
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (NodeCommandException | IOException ex) {
+            Logger.getLogger(SonarLintEngineImpl.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
+        }
+    }
+        
 
     @Override
     public Optional<String> getNodeJSPath() {