diff --git a/test/process-exec-sync.js b/test/process-exec-sync.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..859cbc1f6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/process-exec-sync.js
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+'use strict'
+
+var fs = require('graceful-fs')
+var child_process = require('child_process')
+
+if (!String.prototype.startsWith) {
+  String.prototype.startsWith = function(search, pos) {
+    return this.substr(!pos || pos < 0 ? 0 : +pos, search.length) === search
+  }
+}
+
+function processExecSync(file, args, options) {
+  var child, error, timeout, tmpdir, command, quote
+  command = makeCommand(file, args)
+
+  /*
+    this function emulates child_process.execSync for legacy node <= 0.10.x
+    derived from https://github.com/gvarsanyi/sync-exec/blob/master/js/sync-exec.js
+  */
+
+  options = options || {}
+  // init timeout
+  timeout = Date.now() + options.timeout
+  // init tmpdir
+  var os_temp_base = '/tmp'
+  var os = determine_os()
+  os_temp_base = '/tmp'
+
+  if (process.env.TMP) {
+    os_temp_base = process.env.TMP
+  }
+
+  if (os_temp_base[os_temp_base.length - 1] !== '/') {
+    os_temp_base += '/'
+  }
+
+  tmpdir = os_temp_base + 'processExecSync.' + Date.now() + Math.random()
+  fs.mkdirSync(tmpdir)
+
+  // init command
+  if (os === 'linux') {
+    command = '(' + command + ' > ' + tmpdir + '/stdout 2> ' + tmpdir +
+      '/stderr); echo $? > ' + tmpdir + '/status'
+  } else {
+    command = '(' + command + ' > ' + tmpdir + '/stdout 2> ' + tmpdir +
+      '/stderr) | echo %errorlevel% > ' + tmpdir + '/status | exit'
+  }
+
+  // init child
+  child = child_process.exec(command, options)
+
+  var maxTry = 100000 // increases the test time by 6 seconds on win-2016-node-0.10
+  var tryCount = 0
+  while (tryCount < maxTry) {
+    try {
+      var x = fs.readFileSync(tmpdir + '/status')
+      if (x.toString() === '0') {
+        break
+      }
+    } catch (ignore) {}
+    tryCount++
+    if (Date.now() > timeout) {
+      error = child
+      break
+    }
+  }
+
+  ['stdout', 'stderr', 'status'].forEach(function (file) {
+    child[file] = fs.readFileSync(tmpdir + '/' + file, options.encoding)
+    setTimeout(unlinkFile, 500, tmpdir + '/' + file)
+  })
+
+  child.status = Number(child.status)
+  if (child.status !== 0) {
+    error = child
+  }
+
+  try {
+    fs.rmdirSync(tmpdir)
+  } catch (ignore) {}
+  if (error) {
+    throw error
+  }
+  return child.stdout
+}
+
+function makeCommand(file, args) {
+  var command, quote
+  command = file
+  if (args.length > 0) {
+    for(var i in args) {
+      command = command + ' '
+      if (args[i][0] === '-') {
+        command = command + args[i]
+      } else {
+        if (!quote) {
+          command = command + '\"'
+          quote = true
+        }
+        command = command + args[i]
+        if (quote) {
+          if (args.length === (parseInt(i) + 1)) {
+            command = command + '\"'
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return command
+}
+
+function determine_os() {
+  var os = ''
+  var tmpVar = ''
+  if (process.env.OSTYPE) {
+    tmpVar = process.env.OSTYPE
+  } else  if (process.env.OS) {
+    tmpVar = process.env.OS
+  } else {
+    //default is linux
+    tmpVar = 'linux'
+  }
+
+  if (tmpVar.startsWith('linux')) {
+    os = 'linux'
+  }
+  if (tmpVar.startsWith('win')) {
+    os = 'win'
+  }
+
+  return os
+}
+
+function unlinkFile(file) {
+  fs.unlinkSync(file)
+}
+
+module.exports = processExecSync
diff --git a/test/processExecSync.js b/test/processExecSync.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d9e8534280..0000000000
--- a/test/processExecSync.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-var fs = require('graceful-fs')
-var child_process = require('child_process')
-var exec = child_process.exec
-
-if (!String.prototype.startsWith) {
-    String.prototype.startsWith = function(search, pos) {
-        return this.substr(!pos || pos < 0 ? 0 : +pos, search.length) === search;
-    };
-}
-
-function processExecSync(file, args, options) {
-  var child, error, timeout, tmpdir, command, quote;
-  command = makeCommand(file, args);
-
-  /*
-    this function emulates child_process.execSync for legacy node <= 0.10.x
-    derived from https://github.com/gvarsanyi/sync-exec/blob/master/js/sync-exec.js
-  */
-
-  options = options || {};
-  // init timeout
-  timeout = Date.now() + options.timeout;
-  // init tmpdir
-  var os_temp_base = "/tmp";
-  var os = determine_os();
-  os_temp_base = "/tmp"
-
-  if(process.env.TMP){
-    os_temp_base = process.env.TMP;
-  }
-
-  if(os_temp_base[os_temp_base.length - 1] !== "/"){
-    os_temp_base += "/";
-  }
-
-  tmpdir = os_temp_base+'processExecSync.' + Date.now() + Math.random();
-  fs.mkdirSync(tmpdir);
-
-  // init command
-  if(os === "linux"){
-    command = '(' + command + ' > ' + tmpdir + '/stdout 2> ' + tmpdir +
-      '/stderr); echo $? > ' + tmpdir + '/status';
-  }else{
-    command = '(' + command + ' > ' + tmpdir + '/stdout 2> ' + tmpdir +
-      '/stderr) | echo %errorlevel% > ' + tmpdir + '/status | exit';
-  }
-
-  // init child
-  child = exec(command, options, function () {
-      return;
-  });
-
-  var maxTry = 100000; // increases the test time by 6 seconds on win-2016-node-0.10
-  var tryCount = 0;
-  while (tryCount < maxTry) {
-    try {
-      var x = fs.readFileSync(tmpdir + '/status');
-      if(x.toString() === "0"){
-        break;
-      }
-    } catch (ignore) {
-    }
-    tryCount++;
-    if (Date.now() > timeout) {
-      error = child;
-      break;
-    }
-  }
-
-  ['stdout', 'stderr', 'status'].forEach(function (file) {
-    child[file] = fs.readFileSync(tmpdir + '/' + file, options.encoding);
-    setTimeout(unlinkFile, 500, tmpdir + '/' + file);
-  });
-
-  child.status = Number(child.status);
-  if (child.status !== 0) {
-      error = child;
-  }
-
-  try {
-      fs.rmdirSync(tmpdir);
-  } catch (ignore) {
-  }
-  if (error) {
-      throw error;
-  }
-  return child.stdout;
-}
-
-module.exports = processExecSync;
-
-function makeCommand(file, args){
-  var command, quote;
-  command = file
-  if(args.length > 0){
-    for(var i in args){
-      command = command + " ";
-      if(args[i][0] === "-"){
-        command = command + args[i];
-      }else{
-        if(!quote){
-          command = command + "\"";
-          quote = true;  
-        }
-        command = command + args[i];
-        if(quote){
-          if(args.length === (parseInt(i) + 1)){
-            command = command + "\"";
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return command;
-}
-
-function determine_os(){
-  var os = "";
-  var tmpVar = "";
-  if(process.env.OSTYPE){
-    tmpVar = process.env.OSTYPE;
-  }else if(process.env.OS){
-    tmpVar = process.env.OS;
-  }else{
-    //default is linux
-    tmpVar = "linux";
-  }
-
-  if(tmpVar.startsWith("linux")){
-    os = "linux"
-  }
-  if(tmpVar.startsWith("win")){
-    os = "win"
-  }
-
-  return os;
-}
-
-function unlinkFile(file){
-  fs.unlinkSync(file);
-}
diff --git a/test/test-addon.js b/test/test-addon.js
index 2f4509ade4..89350effc4 100644
--- a/test/test-addon.js
+++ b/test/test-addon.js
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ var fs = require('graceful-fs')
 var child_process = require('child_process')
 var addonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules', 'hello_world')
 var nodeGyp = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'bin', 'node-gyp.js')
-var execFileSync = child_process.execFileSync || require('./processExecSync')
+var execFileSync = child_process.execFileSync || require('./process-exec-sync')
 var execFile = child_process.execFile
 
 function runHello() {
   var testCode = "console.log(require('hello_world').hello())"
-  return execFileSync('node', ['-e', testCode], { cwd: __dirname }).toString()
+  return execFileSync(process.execPath, ['-e', testCode], { cwd: __dirname }).toString()
 }
 
 function getEncoding() {