diff --git a/src/NextjsBase.ts b/src/NextjsBase.ts
index 98a48e8f..44307441 100644
--- a/src/NextjsBase.ts
+++ b/src/NextjsBase.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ export interface NextjsBaseProps {
    */
   readonly nodeEnv?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Optional value used to install NextJS node dependencies.
+   * It defaults to "npm"
+   */
+  readonly packageManager?: "npm" | "yarn" | "pnpm";
+
   /**
    * 0 - no compression, fatest
    * 9 - maximum compression, slowest
diff --git a/src/NextjsBuild.ts b/src/NextjsBuild.ts
index 21c8f831..08d76a71 100644
--- a/src/NextjsBuild.ts
+++ b/src/NextjsBuild.ts
@@ -133,9 +133,11 @@ export class NextjsBuild extends Construct {
     };
 
     const buildPath = this.props.buildPath ?? nextjsPath;
+    const packageManager = this.props.packageManager ?? "npm";
+    const buildCommand = packageManager === "yarn" ? ['build'] : ['run', 'build'];
     // run build
-    console.debug('├ Running "npm build" in', buildPath);
-    const buildResult = spawn.sync('npm', ['run', 'build'], {
+    console.debug(`├ Running "${packageManager} build" in`, buildPath);
+    const buildResult = spawn.sync(packageManager, buildCommand, {
       cwd: buildPath,
       stdio: this.props.quiet ? 'ignore' : 'inherit',
       env: buildEnv,