diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 10ca1bc2b59501..30a1bdf7ebc191 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -164,11 +164,11 @@
       ],
 
       'defines': [
-        'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1',
-        'ARCH="<(target_arch)"',
-        'PLATFORM="<(OS)"',
+        'NODE_ARCH="<(target_arch)"',
+        'NODE_PLATFORM="<(OS)"',
         'NODE_TAG="<(node_tag)"',
         'NODE_V8_OPTIONS="<(node_v8_options)"',
+        'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1',
       ],
 
       'conditions': [
diff --git a/src/node.cc b/src/node.cc
index 1a4b18089042cc..e900e619d96b80 100644
--- a/src/node.cc
+++ b/src/node.cc
@@ -2623,12 +2623,17 @@ void SetupProcessObject(Environment* env,
 #endif
 
   // process.arch
-  READONLY_PROPERTY(process, "arch", OneByteString(env->isolate(), ARCH));
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(process, "arch", OneByteString(env->isolate(), NODE_ARCH));
 
   // process.platform
-  READONLY_PROPERTY(process,
-                    "platform",
-                    OneByteString(env->isolate(), PLATFORM));
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  // As determined by gyp, NODE_PLATFORM equals 'win' on windows. However
+  // for historic reasons process.platform should be 'win32'.
+  Local<String> platform = OneByteString(env->isolate(), "win32");
+#else
+  Local<String> platform = OneByteString(env->isolate(), NODE_PLATFORM);
+#endif
+  READONLY_PROPERTY(process, "platform", platform);
 
   // process.argv
   Local<Array> arguments = Array::New(env->isolate(), argc);