diff --git a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
index 3781794cd..c888b0133 100644
--- a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ build() {
   sed -i "s|python |python2 |" Makefile
 
   export PYTHON=python2
+
+if [ "$CARCH" == "arm" ]; then
+  EABI=soft
+fi
+if [ "$CARCH" == "armv7h" -o "$CARCH" == "armv6h" ]; then
+  EABI=hard
+fi
+
+
 # we're going to attept to make use of this example
 # https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/2131#issuecomment-3208846
 # https://gist.github.com/1574158   
@@ -41,7 +50,8 @@ build() {
     --shared-v8 \
     --shared-v8-libpath=/usr/lib \
     --shared-v8-includes=/usr/include \
-    --without-snapshot
+    --without-snapshot \
+    --with-arm-float-abi=$EABI
 
   make
 }