diff --git a/tools/gyp_node.py b/tools/gyp_node.py
index 831d2ef1550cdb..333c89f5ae9f5a 100755
--- a/tools/gyp_node.py
+++ b/tools/gyp_node.py
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ def run_gyp(args):
   args.append('-Dlinux_use_bundled_gold=0')
   args.append('-Dlinux_use_gold_flags=0')
 
+  # Set the current program to this module. This is done because gyp
+  # will use the program path in targets it generates. If this script was called
+  # by another script the program name will not be gyp_node.py but whatever
+  # the name of the script that called it is, leading to incorrect commands
+  # in generated targets (for example cmd_regen_makefile).
+  sys.argv[0] = os.path.abspath(__file__)
   rc = gyp.main(args)
   if rc != 0:
     print('Error running GYP')