diff --git a/configs/client-default.js b/configs/client-default.js
index 60cb1598..cf5e4e8c 100644
--- a/configs/client-default.js
+++ b/configs/client-default.js
@@ -321,7 +321,45 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
         "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript/javascript",
         "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.immediate/immediate",
         "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.infer/jsinfer",
-        "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.tern/tern",
+        {
+            packagePath: "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.tern/tern",
+            tern: {
+                plugins: {
+                    // UNDONE: doesn't normally exist; should be added by config
+                    // smartface: "plugins/smartface/loadInclude.js",
+                    angular: "tern/plugin/angular",
+                    commonjs: "tern/plugin/commonjs",
+                    doc_comment: "tern/plugin/doc_comment",
+                    es_modules: "tern/plugin/es_modules",
+                    modules: "tern/plugin/modules",
+                    node: "tern/plugin/node",
+                    node_resolve: "tern/plugin/node_resolve",
+                    requirejs: "tern/plugin/requirejs",
+                    architect_resolver: "./architect_resolver_worker",
+                },
+                defs: [{
+                    name: "ecma5",
+                    enabled: true,
+                    path: "lib/tern/defs/ecma5.json"
+                }, {
+                    name: "jQuery",
+                    enabled: true,
+                    path: "lib/tern/defs/jquery.json"
+                }, {
+                    name: "browser",
+                    enabled: true,
+                    path: "lib/tern/defs/browser.json"
+                }, {
+                    name: "underscore",
+                    enabled: false,
+                    path: "lib/tern/defs/underscore.json"
+                }, {
+                    name: "chai",
+                    enabled: false,
+                    path: "tern/defs/chai.json"
+                }]
+            }
+        },
         "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.tern/ui",
         "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.tern/architect_resolver",
         "plugins/c9.ide.language.javascript.eslint/eslint",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 79ca32af..2f907c22 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         "c9.ide.language.javascript": "#2b77bdb96a",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.immediate": "#0535804ada",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.eslint": "#3ec4557969",
-        "c9.ide.language.javascript.tern": "#abc7a61836",
+        "c9.ide.language.javascript.tern": "#9dbb4f1943",
         "c9.ide.language.javascript.infer": "#b15bdb1744",
         "c9.ide.language.jsonalyzer": "#45453961d9",
         "c9.ide.collab": "#30efed939e",