diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/javascript.py b/mayan/apps/common/javascript.py
index 401fdf23ee..f25bc67a36 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/javascript.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/javascript.py
@@ -68,15 +68,16 @@ class NPMPackage(object):
             os.path.join(self.registry.module_directory, self.name)
         )
 
-    def install(self):
+    def install(self, include_dependencies=False):
         print 'Installing package: {}@{}'.format(self.name, self.version)
 
         self._download()
         self._extract()
 
-        for name, version in self.metadata.get('dependencies', {}).items():
-            package = NPMPackage(registry=self.registry, name=name, version=version[1:])
-            package.install()
+        if include_dependencies:
+            for name, version in self.metadata.get('dependencies', {}).items():
+                package = NPMPackage(registry=self.registry, name=name, version=version)
+                package.install()
 
     @property
     def tar_filename(self):
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ class NPMPackage(object):
     @property
     def metadata(self):
         if not hasattr(self, '_metadata'):
-            self._metadata = requests.get(url=self.get_url()).json()
+            response = requests.get(url=self.get_url())
+            self._metadata = response.json()
         return self._metadata
 
     def get_url(self):
@@ -134,12 +136,17 @@ class NPMRegistry(object):
             self._read_package()
 
             for name, version in self._package_data['dependencies'].items():
-                self._install_package(name=name, version=version[1:])
+                self._install_package(name=name, version=version)
 
 
 class JSDependencyManager(object):
-    def install(self):
-        for app in apps.get_app_configs():
+    def install(self, app_name=None):
+        if app_name:
+            app_config_list = [apps.get_app_config(app_label=app_name)]
+        else:
+            app_config_list = apps.get_app_configs()
+
+        for app in app_config_list:
             for root, dirs, files in os.walk(os.path.join(app.path, 'static')):
                 if 'package.json' in files and not any(map(lambda x: x in root, ['node_modules', 'packages', 'vendors'])):
                     print 'Installing JavaScript packages for app: {} - {}'.format(app.label, root)
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/installjavascript.py b/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/installjavascript.py
index 722b7fb6c2..84ed196005 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/installjavascript.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/management/commands/installjavascript.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 from django.core import management
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
 
 from ...javascript import JSDependencyManager
 
@@ -8,6 +9,12 @@ from ...javascript import JSDependencyManager
 class Command(management.BaseCommand):
     help = 'Install JavaScript dependencies.'
 
+    def add_arguments(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--app', action='store', dest='app',
+            help=_('Process a specific app.'),
+        )
+
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
         js_manager = JSDependencyManager()
-        js_manager.install()
+        js_manager.install(app_name=options['app'])