diff --git a/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js b/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js
index bcaab11..aee5db8 100644
--- a/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js
+++ b/lib/XMLHttpRequest.js
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ exports.XMLHttpRequest = function () {
       const output = require('child_process').execSync(`"${process.execPath}" "${scriptPath}" \
 --ssl="${ssl}" \
 --encoding="${encoding}" \
---request-options=${JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(options))}`, { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'], input: data, maxBuffer: maxBuffer })
+--request-options=${JSON.stringify(JSON.stringify(options))}`, { stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe'], input: data, maxBuffer: maxBuffer, env: { ...process.env, ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE: true} })
       const result = JSON.parse(output.toString('utf8'))
       if (result.error) {
         throw translateError(result.error, url)