diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7583f92..2e83b53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ http://requirejs.org/docs/optimization.html#wholeproject
 
 ### Plugin Options
 
+**runner**
+
+Specifies which Javascript engine is used to execute the r.js optimizer. Can be either *rhino* or *nodejs*, defaults to *nodejs*.
+When using *nodejs*, the plugin will try and detect the node executable. To customize the node executable's location, supply a path
+to the executable using nodeJsFile
+
 **nodeExecutable**
 
 An optional path to a nodejs executable. This should not be needed if node is in the system path as 'node' or 'nodejs';
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa877cc..f698fe4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 	<groupId>com.github.mcheely</groupId>
 	<artifactId>requirejs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 	<name>RequireJS Maven Plugin</name>
-	<version>2.0.1-noquotes-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
 	<packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
 
 	<url>http://github.com/mcheely/requirejs-maven-plugin</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/mcheely/maven/requirejs/OptimizeMojo.java b/src/main/java/com/github/mcheely/maven/requirejs/OptimizeMojo.java
index 0a6891f..b6c3e06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/mcheely/maven/requirejs/OptimizeMojo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/mcheely/maven/requirejs/OptimizeMojo.java
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ public class OptimizeMojo extends AbstractMojo {
      */
     private boolean skip;
 
+    /**
+     * Defines which javascript engine to use. Possible values: rhino or nodejs.
+     *
+     * @parameter expression="${requirejs.optimize.runner}" default-value=nodejs
+     */
+    private String runner = "nodejs";
+
     /**
      * Defines the location of the NodeJS executable to use.
      *
@@ -100,7 +107,8 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
         }
 
         Runner runner;
-        String nodeCommand = getNodeJsPath();
+        String nodeCommand = getNodeCommand();
+        
         if (nodeCommand != null) {
           getLog().info("Running with Node @ " + nodeCommand);
           runner = new NodeJsRunner(nodeCommand);
@@ -109,7 +117,6 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
           runner = new RhinoRunner();
         }
 
-
         try {
             Optimizer builder = new Optimizer();
             ErrorReporter reporter = new MojoErrorReporter(getLog(), true);
@@ -127,8 +134,20 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             throw new MojoExecutionException("r.js exited with an error.");
         }
     }
+    /**
+     * Returns the node command if node is available and it is the runner which should be used.
+     * 
+     * @return the command or <code>null</code>
+     */
+    private String getNodeCommand() {
+        if ("nodejs".equalsIgnoreCase(runner)) {
+            return getNodeJsPath();
+        }
+        
+        return null;
+    }
 
-    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     public Map getPluginContext() {
         return super.getPluginContext();
     }