diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/generic.nix
index 4e3f3511b96..ee3609783c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/generic.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ let
     sha256 = hash;
   };
 
+  headersFetcher = vers: hash: fetchurl {
+    url = "https://atom.io/download/electron/v${vers}/node-v${vers}-headers.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = hash;
+  };
+
   tags = {
     i686-linux = "linux-ia32";
     x86_64-linux = "linux-x64";
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ let
   common = platform: {
     inherit name version meta;
     src = fetcher version (get tags platform) (get hashes platform);
+    passthru.headers = headersFetcher version hashes.headers;
   };
 
   electronLibPath = with stdenv.lib; makeLibraryPath (
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/print-hashes.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/print-hashes.sh
index de380fd5223..d6c5d94ec41 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/electron/print-hashes.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/electron/print-hashes.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ SYSTEMS=(
 )
 
 hashfile="$(nix-prefetch-url --print-path "https://github.com/electron/electron/releases/download/v${VERSION}/SHASUMS256.txt" 2>/dev/null | tail -n1)"
+headers="$(nix-prefetch-url "https://atom.io/download/electron/v${VERSION}/node-v${VERSION}-headers.tar.gz")"
 
 # Entry similar to the following goes in default.nix:
 
@@ -30,4 +31,6 @@ for S in "${!SYSTEMS[@]}"; do
   echo "    $S = \"$hash\";"
 done
 
+echo "    headers = \"$headers\";"
+
 echo "  };"