diff --git a/History.md b/History.md
index 8ed4303a3e..c1978d2cbf 100644
--- a/History.md
+++ b/History.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 * Move `DDPRateLimiter` to the server only, since it won't work if it is called from the client. It
   will now error if referenced from the client at all.
 
+* Allow `git+` URL schemes for npm dependencies #844
+
 Patches contributed by GitHub users vereed, ...
 
 
diff --git a/docs/client/data.js b/docs/client/data.js
index e685cfb4ca..c4f12a7a41 100644
--- a/docs/client/data.js
+++ b/docs/client/data.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Accounts.addEmail": {
     "filepath": "accounts-password/password_server.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 847,
+    "lineno": 852,
     "locus": "Server",
     "longname": "Accounts.addEmail",
     "memberof": "Accounts",
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Accounts.removeEmail": {
     "filepath": "accounts-password/password_server.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 930,
+    "lineno": 935,
     "locus": "Server",
     "longname": "Accounts.removeEmail",
     "memberof": "Accounts",
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Accounts.sendEnrollmentEmail": {
     "filepath": "accounts-password/password_server.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 584,
+    "lineno": 589,
     "locus": "Server",
     "longname": "Accounts.sendEnrollmentEmail",
     "memberof": "Accounts",
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Accounts.sendResetPasswordEmail": {
     "filepath": "accounts-password/password_server.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 519,
+    "lineno": 524,
     "locus": "Server",
     "longname": "Accounts.sendResetPasswordEmail",
     "memberof": "Accounts",
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Accounts.sendVerificationEmail": {
     "filepath": "accounts-password/password_server.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 723,
+    "lineno": 728,
     "locus": "Server",
     "longname": "Accounts.sendVerificationEmail",
     "memberof": "Accounts",
@@ -5207,7 +5207,7 @@ DocsData = {
         "optional": true,
         "type": {
           "names": [
-            "Any"
+            "EJSONable"
           ]
         }
       },
@@ -5659,7 +5659,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Mongo.Collection#insert": {
     "filepath": "mongo/collection.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 426,
+    "lineno": 429,
     "locus": "Anywhere",
     "longname": "Mongo.Collection#insert",
     "memberof": "Mongo.Collection",
@@ -5718,7 +5718,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Mongo.Collection#remove": {
     "filepath": "mongo/collection.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 568,
+    "lineno": 571,
     "locus": "Anywhere",
     "longname": "Mongo.Collection#remove",
     "memberof": "Mongo.Collection",
@@ -5751,7 +5751,7 @@ DocsData = {
   "Mongo.Collection#update": {
     "filepath": "mongo/collection.js",
     "kind": "function",
-    "lineno": 507,
+    "lineno": 510,
     "locus": "Anywhere",
     "longname": "Mongo.Collection#update",
     "memberof": "Mongo.Collection",
@@ -6088,7 +6088,7 @@ DocsData = {
     "options": [],
     "params": [
       {
-        "description": "<p>An object where the keys are package\nnames and the values are version numbers in string form or URLs to a\ngit commit by SHA.  You can only depend on exact versions of NPM\npackages. Example:</p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint source lang-js\"><code>Npm.depends({\n  moment: &quot;2.8.3&quot;,\n  async: &quot;https://github.com/caolan/async/archive/71fa2638973dafd8761fa5457c472a312cc820fe.tar.gz&quot;\n});</code></pre>",
+        "description": "<p>An object where the keys are package\nnames and the values are one of:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Version numbers in string form</li>\n<li>Http(s) URLs to a git commit by SHA.   </li>\n<li>Git URLs in the format described <a href=\"https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#git-urls-as-dependencies\">here</a></li>\n<li>Absolute file:// paths</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Https URL example:</p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint source lang-js\"><code>Npm.depends({\n  moment: &quot;2.8.3&quot;,\n  async: &quot;https://github.com/caolan/async/archive/71fa2638973dafd8761fa5457c472a312cc820fe.tar.gz&quot;\n});</code></pre><p>Git URL example:</p>\n<pre class=\"prettyprint source lang-js\"><code>Npm.depends({\n  moment: &quot;2.8.3&quot;,\n  async: &quot;git+https://github.com/caolan/async#master&quot;\n});</code></pre>",
         "name": "dependencies",
         "type": {
           "names": [
diff --git a/tools/isobuild/package-source.js b/tools/isobuild/package-source.js
index bc6821d7d0..d83422a53b 100644
--- a/tools/isobuild/package-source.js
+++ b/tools/isobuild/package-source.js
@@ -827,9 +827,13 @@ _.extend(PackageSource.prototype, {
        * @summary Specify which [NPM](https://www.npmjs.org/) packages
        * your Meteor package depends on.
        * @param  {Object} dependencies An object where the keys are package
-       * names and the values are version numbers in string form or URLs to a
-       * git commit by SHA.  You can only depend on exact versions of NPM
-       * packages. Example:
+       * names and the values are one of:
+       *   1. Version numbers in string form
+       *   2. Http(s) URLs to a git commit by SHA.   
+       *   3. Git URLs in the format described [here](https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#git-urls-as-dependencies)
+       *   4. Absolute file:// paths
+       *
+       * Https URL example:
        *
        * ```js
        * Npm.depends({
@@ -837,6 +841,15 @@ _.extend(PackageSource.prototype, {
        *   async: "https://github.com/caolan/async/archive/71fa2638973dafd8761fa5457c472a312cc820fe.tar.gz"
        * });
        * ```
+       *
+       * Git URL example:
+       *
+       * ```js
+       * Npm.depends({
+       *   moment: "2.8.3",
+       *   async: "git+https://github.com/caolan/async#master"
+       * });
+       * ```
        * @locus package.js
        * @memberOf  Npm
        */