diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/install.js b/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/install.js
index f9176b3ab0b465..567048c0db2450 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/install.js
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/install.js
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ function install (gyp, argv, callback) {
     }
   }
 
-  var distUrl = gyp.opts['dist-url'] || gyp.opts.disturl || 'https://iojs.org/dist'
+  var nightly = process.version.indexOf('nightly') > -1
+
+  var distUrl = gyp.opts['dist-url'] ||
+                gyp.opts.disturl ||
+                (nightly ?
+                  'https://iojs.org/download/nightly' :
+                  'https://iojs.org/dist')
 
 
   // Determine which node dev files version we are installing