diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b7fb27cd..12617a38 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ TARGET_ARCH ?= $(HOST_ARCH)
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Electron
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-patches:
+patches: node_modules_patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/versioning.js
 	# patch from https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp/pull/279/files , required for lzma-native in electron child processes
 	# we only apply the patch if it hasn't been applied
 	if ! [ -f node_modules/node-pre-gyp/lib/util/versioning.js.orig ]; \
diff --git a/node_modules_patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch b/node_modules_patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
index 1dccb6f7..5ab099e2 100644
--- a/node_modules_patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
+++ b/node_modules_patches/allow-electron-forks-of-modules-that-use-pre-gyp.patch
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 +            // TODO PR something to electron to pass in the version number for forks
 +            // https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/9058
 +            try { electron_version = require('electron/package.json').version; }
-+            catch (_) {}
++            catch (_) { electron_version = '1.7.13'; }
 +        }
 +        return get_electron_abi(runtime, electron_version);
      } else {