diff --git a/apps/zui/scripts/post-install.js b/apps/zui/scripts/post-install.js
index 649feabf61..8cedab5e5a 100644
--- a/apps/zui/scripts/post-install.js
+++ b/apps/zui/scripts/post-install.js
@@ -4,3 +4,7 @@ run("node", "scripts/download-zdeps", {
   desc: "Downloading zdeps (skip with ZDEPS=false yarn)",
   if: process.env.ZDEPS !== "false",
 })
+
+if (process.platform !== 'win32') {
+  require("../../../node_modules/node-pipe/build/Release/pipe.node")
+}