diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
index be9aafe4741..f7d3e3c908f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default-v8.nix
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ nodePackages // {
     '';
   };
 
+  scuttlebot = nodePackages.scuttlebot.override {
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.automake pkgs.autoconf nodePackages.node-gyp-build ];
+  };
+
   statsd = nodePackages.statsd.override {
     # broken with node v8, dead upstream,
     # see #45946 and https://github.com/etsy/statsd/issues/646