diff -Nru node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/changelog node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/changelog
--- node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/changelog	2018-08-09 15:37:15.000000000 +0000
+++ node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/changelog	2018-08-09 15:57:34.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+node-typescript (2.7.2-1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa2) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * Restore patch to use node as nodejs.
+
+ -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:57:34 +0100
+
 node-typescript (2.7.2-1~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * Backport to xenial:
diff -Nru node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/series node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/series
--- node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/series	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/series	2018-08-09 15:57:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use_nodejs_on_Debian.patch
diff -Nru node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/use_nodejs_on_Debian.patch node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/use_nodejs_on_Debian.patch
--- node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/use_nodejs_on_Debian.patch	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
+++ node-typescript-2.7.2/debian/patches/use_nodejs_on_Debian.patch	2018-08-09 15:57:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Author: Julien Puydt
+Description: on Debian systems, the node executable is nodejs
+Forwarded: not-needed
+
+diff --git a/bin/tsc b/bin/tsc
+index 19c62bf..4cad8d7 100755
+--- a/bin/tsc
++++ b/bin/tsc
+@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env node
++#!/usr/bin/nodejs
+ require('../lib/tsc.js')
+diff --git a/bin/tsserver b/bin/tsserver
+index 7143b6a..c3e6540 100755
+--- a/bin/tsserver
++++ b/bin/tsserver
+@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/env node
++#!/usr/bin/nodejs
+ require('../lib/tsserver.js')