diff --git a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
index b4849985e..785295f57 100644
--- a/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
+++ b/community/nodejs/PKGBUILD
@@ -35,10 +35,26 @@ build() {
   sed -i "s/python/&2/" configure
 
   export PYTHON=python2
+# 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
+
+   # move up to v8
+   cd deps/v8
+   # run the scons script directly...
 if [ "$CARCH" == "arm" ]; then
-   msg 'patching for armv5te' ;
-   patch -p1 deps/v8/SConstruct < ../nodejs-armv5t.patch ;
+   # we need to override the arch (last one will be used) because
+   # v8 thinks armv5te can use unaligned.. the kirkwood can't!
+   CCFLAGS="$CCFLAGS -march=armv5t" ;
+   export CCFLAGS ;
+   scons arch=arm armeabi=soft mode=release
 fi
+if [ "$CARCH" == "armv7" ]; then
+   scons arch=arm armeabi=hard mode=release
+fi
+  # go back to the node source directory
+  cd ../../
+
   ./configure \
     --prefix=/usr