diff --git a/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_4.inc b/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_4.inc
index eca57ef6..38c86cc8 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_4.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_4.inc
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ ARCHFLAGS ?= ""
 
 GYP_DEFINES_append_mipsel = " mips_arch_variant='r1' "
 
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib openssl"
+
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--shared-zlib,,zlib"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--shared-openssl,,openssl"
 
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_6.inc b/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_6.inc
index 41a37096..4a81f7fc 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_6.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_6.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ARCHFLAGS ?= ""
 
 GYP_DEFINES_append_mipsel = " mips_arch_variant='r1' "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib openssl"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--shared-zlib,,zlib,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--shared-openssl,,openssl,"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_7.inc b/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_7.inc
index 1bcfd2d0..95ff3b64 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_7.inc
+++ b/recipes-devtools/nodejs/nodejs_7.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ ARCHFLAGS ?= ""
 
 GYP_DEFINES_append_mipsel = " mips_arch_variant='r1' "
 
-PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "zlib openssl"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = "--shared-zlib,,zlib,"
 PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = "--shared-openssl,,openssl,"