@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 {
+  "variables": {
+    "is_electron%": "<!(node ./utils/isBuildingForElectron.js <(node_root_dir))"
+  },
+
   "conditions": [
-    ["(OS=='win' and node_root_dir.split('\\\\')[-1].startswith('iojs')) or (OS=='mac' and node_root_dir.split('/')[-1].startswith('iojs'))", {
+    ["(OS=='win' or OS=='mac') and <(is_electron) == 1", {
       "conditions": [
         ["OS=='win'", {
           "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "1",
             "openssl_include_dir%": "<(module_root_dir)\\vendor\\openssl"
           }
         }, {
           "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "1",
             "openssl_include_dir%": "<(module_root_dir)/vendor/openssl"
           }
         }]
@@ -18,12 +20,10 @@
       "conditions": [
         ["OS=='win'", {
           "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "0",
             "openssl_include_dir%": "<(node_root_dir)\\include\\node"
           }
         }, {
           "variables": {
-            "is_electron%": "0",
             "openssl_include_dir%": "<(node_root_dir)/include/node"
           }
         }]
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     {
       "target_name": "acquireOpenSSL",
         "conditions": [
-        ["<(is_electron) == 1", {
+        ["<(is_electron) == 1 and OS != 'linux'", {
           "actions": [{
             "action_name": "acquire",
             "action": ["node", "utils/acquireOpenSSL.js"],
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         [
           "OS=='mac'", {
             "conditions": [
-              ["node_root_dir.split('/')[-1].startswith('iojs')", {
+              ["<(is_electron) == 1", {
                 "include_dirs": [
                   "vendor/openssl/include"
                 ],
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
         [
           "OS=='win'", {
             "conditions": [
-              ["node_root_dir.split('\\\\')[-1].startswith('iojs')", {
+              ["<(is_electron) == 1", {
                 "include_dirs": ["vendor/openssl/include"],
                 "libraries": [
                   "<(module_root_dir)/vendor/openssl/lib/libcrypto.lib",
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
           }
         ],
         [
-          "OS=='linux' or OS.endswith('bsd')", {
+          "OS.endswith('bsd') or (<(is_electron) == 1 and OS=='linux')", {
             "libraries": [
               "-lcrypto",
               "-lssl"
 
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "fs-extra": "^7.0.0",
+    "json5": "^2.1.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",
     "nan": "^2.11.1",
     "node-gyp": "^3.8.0",
 
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const fs = require("fs")
+const JSON5 = require("json5");
+const path = require("path");
+
+if (process.argv.length < 3) {
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const last = arr => arr[arr.length - 1];
+const [, , nodeRootDir] = process.argv;
+
+let isElectron = last(nodeRootDir.split(path.sep)).startsWith("iojs");
+
+if (!isElectron) {
+  try {
+    // Not ideal, would love it if there were a full featured gyp package to do this operation instead.
+    const { variables: { built_with_electron } } = JSON5.parse(
+      fs.readFileSync(
+        path.resolve(nodeRootDir, "include", "node", "config.gypi"),
+        "utf8"
+      )
+    );
+
+    if (built_with_electron) {
+      isElectron = true;
+    }
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+process.stdout.write(isElectron ? "1" : "0");
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     "library%": "static_library",
     "openssl_enable_asm%": 0, # only supported with the Visual Studio 2012 (VC11) toolchain.
     "gcc_version%": 0,
+    "is_electron%": "<!(node ../utils/isBuildingForElectron.js <(node_root_dir))",
     "is_clang%": 0
   },
   "targets": [
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@
       "conditions": [
         ["OS=='mac'", {
             "conditions": [
-              ["node_root_dir.split('/')[-1].startswith('iojs')", {
+              ["<(is_electron) == 1", {
                 "include_dirs": [
                   "openssl/include"
                 ]
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@
                   ],
                 },
               }],
-              ["node_root_dir.split('\\\\')[-1].startswith('iojs')", {
+              ["<(is_electron) == 1", {
                 "include_dirs": ["openssl/include"]
               }]
             ],
@@ -537,14 +538,14 @@
         ]
       },
       "conditions": [
-        ["OS=='mac' and node_root_dir.split('/')[-1].startswith('iojs')", {
+        ["OS=='mac' and <(is_electron) == 1", {
           "include_dirs": [
             "openssl/include",
           ]
         }],
         ["OS=='win'", {
           "conditions": [
-            ["node_root_dir.split('\\\\')[-1].startswith('iojs')", {
+            ["<(is_electron) == 1", {
               "include_dirs": [
                 "openssl/include"
               ],