diff --git a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
index 587227b9429..db5aff844de 100644
--- a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/Dockerfile
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
   libc6-dbg \
   libc6-dev \
   libgtest-dev \
+  libssl-dev \
   libtool \
   make \
   strace \
diff --git a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
index 84e25e33088..3b69715c9af 100755
--- a/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
+++ b/tools/jenkins/grpc_interop_node/build_interop.sh
@@ -45,5 +45,4 @@ make install-certs
 
 # build Node interop client & server
 npm install -g node-gyp
-make install_c -C /var/local/git/grpc
-(cd src/node && npm install && node-gyp rebuild)
+(npm install && node-gyp rebuild)