diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
index eae9ba1..ac305ab 100644
--- a/.bowerrc
+++ b/.bowerrc
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-	"directory": "dependencies"
+	"directory": "dependencies",
+	"scripts": {
+		"postinstall": "node bin/install/install-check.js"
+	}
 }
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5cc990c..3b09711 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ skeleton.*
 skeleton_template.css
 *.html
 dependencies/
+.idea/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3620d5..fbc7dc5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ Changelog
 ### 2.5.4
 * Adding `normalize.scss` as a dependency
 * Merged master in development for version bump
+* Added scripts to check and automagically fix import paths
 
 ### 2.5.3
 * Comment cleanup
diff --git a/bin/install/install-check.js b/bin/install/install-check.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc3901e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/install/install-check.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * A simple script to determine where normalize.scss lives. We look for two cases:
+ *  1. my_bower/skeleton-sass/dependencies/normalize.scss
+ *  2. my_bower/normalize.scss
+ * Why is this needed? Sass provides no means for us to reluctantly import
+ * files meaning we can't use `!optional`
+ * There are ways to circumvent this by creating a new ruby module for Sass,
+ * but that doesn't port over to other compilers like libsass or phpsass.
+ *
+ * What this script does:
+ * This script validates the existence of normalize.scss either in skeleton sass
+ * or in a parent bower folder. This script will find a replace the instances where
+ * normalize.scss is imported in skeleton sass so you're ready to use skeleton
+ * out of the box.
+ *
+ * Note: normalize.scss is assumed to be in a parent bower directory. This script only
+ * fixes the import reference if `bower install` is run within skeleton sass.
+ */
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const MODULE_NAME = "skeleton-sass";
+const SEARCH_MODULE = "normalize.scss";
+const SKELETON_DEPS_DIRNAME = "dependencies";
+
+(function () {
+	'use strict';
+
+	let segments = __dirname.split(path.sep);
+
+	let basePath = segments.slice(0, segments.indexOf(MODULE_NAME)).join(path.sep);
+	let bowerPath = basePath + path.join(path.sep, SEARCH_MODULE, path.sep);
+	let internalPath = basePath + path.join(path.sep, MODULE_NAME, SKELETON_DEPS_DIRNAME, SEARCH_MODULE, path.sep);
+	let normalizeImportFile = basePath + path.join(path.sep, MODULE_NAME, 'skeleton', 'themes', 'fresh', '_vars.scss');
+
+	fs.access(bowerPath, fs.F_OK, (bowerError) => {
+		if(bowerError) {
+			console.log(bowerPath + ' not found, checking ' + MODULE_NAME + ' dependencies');
+			fs.access(internalPath, fs.R_OK, (internalDepsError) => {
+				if(internalDepsError) {
+					console.error('Missing core dependency for Skeleton Sass: ' + SEARCH_MODULE);
+				} else {
+					fs.readFile(normalizeImportFile, 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
+						if(err) {
+							throw err;
+						}
+
+						let result = data.replace(/@import.+normalize\.scss.+;/, '@import' +
+							' "../../../dependencies/normalize.scss/sass/normalize";');
+
+						fs.writeFile(normalizeImportFile, result, 'utf-8', (fwErr) => {
+							if(fwErr) {
+								throw fwErr;
+							}
+						});
+					});
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	});
+
+}());
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 8aec739..6089cb2 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "skeleton-sass",
-	"version": "2.5.4",
+	"version": "2.5.4-dev2",
 	"author": "Dennis Thompson",
 	"homepage": "http://atomicpages.github.io/skeleton-sass/",
 	"repository": {
diff --git a/skeleton/themes/fresh/_vars.scss b/skeleton/themes/fresh/_vars.scss
index 0ab1ee5..e4876f8 100644
--- a/skeleton/themes/fresh/_vars.scss
+++ b/skeleton/themes/fresh/_vars.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // stored in the marrow folder, but to also create project-level
 // variables.
 
-@import "../../../dependencies/normalize.scss/sass/normalize";
+@import "../../../../normalize.scss/sass/normalize";
 @import "marrow/mixins";
 // @import "my_folder/_foo.scss"; // import dependencies from a custom folder
 // @import "bourbon"; // install bourbon in this directory and uncomment this line to enable bourbon, for example