diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix
index 909f0d39fbd..75776416cfc 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/default.nix
@@ -1,19 +1,24 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, python }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, python, zlib }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.5.4";
+  version = "0.6.5";
   name = "nodejs-${version}";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://nodejs.org/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "d32d3af4e3286b383640df857d76c2fcca1a2e2cb85abb484483a0a49d09ae71";
+    sha256 = "72364d240fb61e678897c099df6f2913857c5931aa9b1f44e73e432d4629ca2f";
   };
 
+  configureFlags = [
+    "--openssl-includes=${openssl}/include"
+    "--openssl-libpath=${openssl}/lib"
+  ];
+
   patchPhase = ''
     sed -e 's|^#!/usr/bin/env python$|#!${python}/bin/python|g' -i tools/{*.py,waf-light,node-waf}
   '';
 
-  buildInputs = [ python openssl ];
+  buildInputs = [ python openssl zlib];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Event-driven I/O framework for the V8 JavaScript engine";