diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs-0003-use-python-variable.patch b/package/nodejs/nodejs-0003-use-python-variable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f231f4c2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs-0003-use-python-variable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Use a python variable instead of hardcoding Python
+
+The nodejs build system uses python in a number of locations. However,
+there are some locations where it hardcodes 'python' as the Python
+interpreter. However, this causes problems when we need to use python2
+instead of just python.
+
+This patch fixes that by using the python variable already in place in
+the nodejs build system.
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
+
+Index: b/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
+===================================================================
+--- a/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
++++ b/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
+@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@
+                 '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/libraries.cc',
+               ],
+               'action': [
+-                'python',
++                '<(python)',
+                 '../../tools/js2c.py',
+                 '<@(_outputs)',
+                 'CORE',
+@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@
+                 '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/experimental-libraries.cc',
+               ],
+               'action': [
+-                'python',
++                '<(python)',
+                 '../../tools/js2c.py',
+                 '<@(_outputs)',
+                 'EXPERIMENTAL',
+@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
+                   '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/debug-support.cc',
+                 ],
+                 'action': [
+-                  'python',
++                  '<(python)',
+                   '../../tools/gen-postmortem-metadata.py',
+                   '<@(_outputs)',
+                   '<@(heapobject_files)'
diff --git a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
index b5973b55d..a85384e44 100644
--- a/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
+++ b/package/nodejs/nodejs.mk
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ endif
 
 # nodejs build system is based on python, but only support python-2.6 or
 # python-2.7. So, we have to enforce PYTHON interpreter to be python2.
-# However, few build scripts hard-code 'python' as the interpreter to be
-# invoked; so we have to manually fix them.
 define HOST_NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	# Build with the static, built-in OpenSSL which is supplied as part of
 	# the nodejs source distribution.  This is needed on the host because
@@ -35,8 +33,6 @@ define HOST_NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		--without-dtrace \
 		--without-etw \
 	)
-	$(SED) "s@'python',@'$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2',@" \
-		$(@D)/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
 endef
 
 define HOST_NODEJS_BUILD_CMDS
@@ -81,8 +77,6 @@ define NODEJS_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 		$(if $(NODEJS_ARM_FP),--with-arm-float-abi=$(NODEJS_ARM_FP)) \
 		--dest-os=linux \
 	)
-	$(SED) "s@'python',@'$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2',@" \
-		$(@D)/deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp
 endef
 
 define NODEJS_BUILD_CMDS