diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8dc9c779..2fe58e2b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /node_modules/
 /dist/*/
+/.nvmrc
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6a68fec1..3fab7b31 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 [submodule "jsdoc"]
     path = gulp/jsdoc
     url = https://github.com/paperjs/jsdoc.git
+[submodule "paper-jsdom"]
+	path = packages/paper-jsdom
+    url = https://github.com/paperjs/paper-jsdom.git
+[submodule "paper-jsdom-canvas"]
+	path = packages/paper-jsdom-canvas
+    url = https://github.com/paperjs/paper-jsdom-canvas.git
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 7206f550..c1ae758a 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "gulpfile.js",
     "gulp",
     "node_modules",
+    "packages",
     "projects",
     "src",
     "test",
diff --git a/gulp/tasks/publish.js b/gulp/tasks/publish.js
index 5ddbe2fb..6ea67072 100644
--- a/gulp/tasks/publish.js
+++ b/gulp/tasks/publish.js
@@ -11,18 +11,23 @@
  */
 
 var gulp = require('gulp'),
-    bump = require('gulp-bump'),
+    jsonEditor = require('gulp-json-editor'),
     git = require('gulp-git-streamed'),
     run = require('run-sequence'),
     shell = require('gulp-shell'),
     options = require('../utils/options.js');
 
+var jsonOptions = {
+    end_with_newline: true
+};
+
 gulp.task('publish', function() {
     if (options.branch !== 'develop') {
         throw new Error('Publishing is only allowed on the develop branch.');
     }
     return run(
         'publish:version',
+        'publish:packages',
         'publish:dist',
         'publish:commit',
         'publish:release',
@@ -34,11 +39,25 @@ gulp.task('publish:version', function() {
     // Reset the version value since we're executing this on the develop branch,
     // but we don't wan the published version suffixed with '-develop'.
     options.resetVersion();
-    return gulp.src([ 'package.json' ])
-        .pipe(bump({ version: options.version }))
+    return gulp.src(['package.json'])
+        .pipe(jsonEditor({
+            version: options.version
+        }, jsonOptions))
         .pipe(gulp.dest('.'));
 });
 
+gulp.task('publish:packages', function() {
+    options.resetVersion(); // See 'publish:version'
+    return gulp.src(['packages/**/*.json'])
+        .pipe(jsonEditor({
+            version: options.version,
+            dependencies: {
+                paper: options.version
+            }
+        }, jsonOptions))
+        .pipe(gulp.dest('packages'));
+});
+
 gulp.task('publish:dist', ['dist']);
 
 gulp.task('publish:commit', function() {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ef33aefd..cc2076cb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,19 +36,15 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=4.0.0 <8.0.0"
   },
-  "optionalDependencies": {
-    "canvas": "^1.3.5",
-    "jsdom": "^9.4.0",
-    "source-map-support": "^0.4.0"
-  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "acorn": "~0.5.0",
+    "canvas": "^1.3.5",
     "del": "^2.2.1",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
-    "gulp-bump": "^2.2.0",
     "gulp-cached": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-git-streamed": "^1.8.0",
     "gulp-jshint": "^2.0.0",
+    "gulp-json-editor": "^2.2.1",
     "gulp-prepro": "^2.4.0",
     "gulp-qunits": "^2.1.1",
     "gulp-rename": "^1.2.2",
@@ -61,6 +57,7 @@
     "gulp-whitespace": "^0.1.0",
     "gulp-zip": "^3.2.0",
     "husky": "^0.11.4",
+    "jsdom": "^9.4.0",
     "jshint": "^2.9.2",
     "jshint-summary": "^0.4.0",
     "merge-stream": "^1.0.0",
@@ -70,14 +67,11 @@
     "require-dir": "^0.3.0",
     "resemblejs": "^2.2.1",
     "run-sequence": "^1.2.2",
+    "source-map-support": "^0.4.0",
     "stats.js": "0.16.0",
     "straps": "^2.1.0"
   },
   "browser": {
-    "canvas": false,
-    "jsdom": false,
-    "jsdom/lib/jsdom/living/generated/utils": false,
-    "source-map-support": false,
     "./dist/node/self.js": false,
     "./dist/node/extend.js": false
   },
diff --git a/packages/paper-jsdom b/packages/paper-jsdom
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2bed95b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paper-jsdom
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2bed95b950805864a91999afeaed469ac4403338
diff --git a/packages/paper-jsdom-canvas b/packages/paper-jsdom-canvas
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..807961a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/paper-jsdom-canvas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 807961a794f920e107c483ce5301867af8c0cb27
diff --git a/projects/paperjs.sublime-project b/projects/paperjs.sublime-project
index 7275b5be..25794e38 100644
--- a/projects/paperjs.sublime-project
+++ b/projects/paperjs.sublime-project
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
       "path": "../gulp",
       "folder_exclude_patterns": ["jsdoc"]
     },
+    {
+      "path": "../packages",
+    },
     {
       "path": "../travis",
     },