diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index def9b666ff78..c7df997bcf92 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
           testResultsFiles: 'junit.xml'
         Usage:
           group: 'usage'
+        UsageNoNodeJS:
+          group: 'nonode'
         Docs:
           group: 'docs'
 
diff --git a/jupyterlab/browser_check.py b/jupyterlab/browser_check.py
index ed7ef4beda28..5e5be9e48b46 100644
--- a/jupyterlab/browser_check.py
+++ b/jupyterlab/browser_check.py
@@ -103,6 +103,18 @@ def finished(future):
     IOLoop.current().add_future(future, finished)
 
 
+def run_browser(url):
+    """Run the browser test and return an exit code.
+    """
+    target = osp.join(get_app_dir(), 'browser_test')
+    if not osp.exists(osp.join(target, 'node_modules')):
+        os.makedirs(target)
+        subprocess.call(["jlpm"], cwd=target)
+        subprocess.call(["jlpm", "add", "puppeteer"], cwd=target)
+    shutil.copy(osp.join(here, 'chrome-test.js'), osp.join(target, 'chrome-test.js'))
+    return subprocess.check_call(["node", "chrome-test.js", url], cwd=target)
+
+
 class BrowserApp(LabApp):
     """An app the launches JupyterLab and waits for it to start up, checking for
     JS console errors, JS errors, and Python logged errors.
@@ -112,27 +124,20 @@ class BrowserApp(LabApp):
     ip = '127.0.0.1'
     flags = test_flags
     aliases = test_aliases
+    test_browser = True
 
     def start(self):
         web_app = self.web_app
         web_app.settings.setdefault('page_config_data', dict())
         web_app.settings['page_config_data']['browserTest'] = True
         web_app.settings['page_config_data']['buildAvailable'] = False
-        run_test(self, run_browser)
+        run_test(self, run_browser if self.test_browser else lambda url: 0)
         super().start()
 
 
-def run_browser(url):
-    """Run the browser test and return an exit code.
-    """
-    target = osp.join(get_app_dir(), 'browser_test')
-    if not osp.exists(osp.join(target, 'node_modules')):
-        os.makedirs(target)
-        subprocess.call(["jlpm"], cwd=target)
-        subprocess.call(["jlpm", "add", "puppeteer"], cwd=target)
-    shutil.copy(osp.join(here, 'chrome-test.js'), osp.join(target, 'chrome-test.js'))
-    return subprocess.check_call(["node", "chrome-test.js", url], cwd=target)
-
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+    skip_option = "--no-chrome-test"
+    if skip_option in sys.argv:
+        BrowserApp.test_browser = False
+        sys.argv.remove(skip_option)
     BrowserApp.launch_instance()
diff --git a/scripts/ci_install.sh b/scripts/ci_install.sh
index 3fe8ff026611..a7b669da776a 100644
--- a/scripts/ci_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_install.sh
@@ -24,3 +24,13 @@ jupyter serverextension enable --py jupyterlab
 if [[ $GROUP == integrity ]]; then
     pip install notebook==4.3.1
 fi
+
+if [[ $GROUP == nonode ]]; then
+    # Build the wheel
+    pip install wheel
+    python setup.py bdist_wheel
+
+    # Remove NodeJS
+    sudo rm -rf $(which node)
+    ! node
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/ci_script.sh b/scripts/ci_script.sh
index 19219c0d6812..89bd038977d2 100644
--- a/scripts/ci_script.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_script.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 set -ex
 set -o pipefail
 
-python -c "from jupyterlab.commands import build_check; build_check()"
+if [[ $GROUP != nonode ]]; then
+    python -c "from jupyterlab.commands import build_check; build_check()"
+fi
 
 
 if [[ $GROUP == python ]]; then
@@ -229,3 +231,20 @@ if [[ $GROUP == usage ]]; then
     kill $TASK_PID
     wait $TASK_PID
 fi
+
+if [[ $GROUP == nonode ]]; then
+    # Make sure we can install the wheel
+    virtualenv -p $(which python3) test_install
+    ./test_install/bin/pip install -v --pre --no-cache-dir --no-deps jupyterlab --no-index --find-links=dist  # Install latest jupyterlab
+    ./test_install/bin/pip install jupyterlab  # Install jupyterlab dependencies
+    ./test_install/bin/python -m jupyterlab.browser_check --no-chrome-test
+
+    # Make sure we can start and kill the lab server
+    ./test_install/bin/jupyter lab --no-browser &
+    TASK_PID=$!
+    # Make sure the task is running
+    ps -p $TASK_PID || exit 1
+    sleep 5
+    kill $TASK_PID
+    wait $TASK_PID
+fi