diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 2967b5efc3def5..91a0590993b973 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@
       'sources': [
         'src/node_main.cc'
       ],
+      'includes': [
+        'node.gypi'
+      ],
       'include_dirs': [
         'src',
         'deps/v8/include',
@@ -195,9 +198,6 @@
         }],
         [ 'node_intermediate_lib_type=="static_library" and '
             'node_shared=="false"', {
-          'includes': [
-            'node.gypi'
-          ],
           'xcode_settings': {
             'OTHER_LDFLAGS': [
               '-Wl,-force_load,<(PRODUCT_DIR)/<(STATIC_LIB_PREFIX)'
@@ -439,22 +439,8 @@
               ],
             }],
           ],
-          'defines!': [
-            'NODE_PLATFORM="win"',
-          ],
-          'defines': [
-            'FD_SETSIZE=1024',
-            # we need to use node's preferred "win32" rather than gyp's preferred "win"
-            'NODE_PLATFORM="win32"',
-            # Stop <windows.h> from defining macros that conflict with
-            # std::min() and std::max().  We don't use <windows.h> (much)
-            # but we still inherit it from uv.h.
-            'NOMINMAX',
-            '_UNICODE=1',
-          ],
           'libraries': [ '-lpsapi.lib' ]
         }, { # POSIX
-          'defines': [ '__POSIX__' ],
           'sources': [ 'src/backtrace_posix.cc' ],
         }],
         [ 'node_use_etw=="true"', {
diff --git a/node.gypi b/node.gypi
index 82953ee9ff9af4..3faffdfff3366f 100644
--- a/node.gypi
+++ b/node.gypi
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@
         'NODE_SHARED_MODE',
       ],
     }],
+    [ 'OS=="win"', {
+      'defines!': [
+        'NODE_PLATFORM="win"',
+      ],
+      'defines': [
+        'FD_SETSIZE=1024',
+        # we need to use node's preferred "win32" rather than gyp's preferred "win"
+        'NODE_PLATFORM="win32"',
+        # Stop <windows.h> from defining macros that conflict with
+        # std::min() and std::max().  We don't use <windows.h> (much)
+        # but we still inherit it from uv.h.
+        'NOMINMAX',
+        '_UNICODE=1',
+      ],
+    }, { # POSIX
+      'defines': [ '__POSIX__' ],
+    }],
+
     [ 'node_enable_d8=="true"', {
       'dependencies': [ 'deps/v8/src/d8.gyp:d8' ],
     }],
diff --git a/src/node_main.cc b/src/node_main.cc
index 7ab612d53e500a..8907c47ae0ea4c 100644
--- a/src/node_main.cc
+++ b/src/node_main.cc
@@ -82,12 +82,30 @@ int wmain(int argc, wchar_t *wargv[]) {
 #endif  // __LP64__
 extern char** environ;
 #endif  // __linux__
+#if defined(__POSIX__) && defined(NODE_SHARED_MODE)
+#include <string.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#endif
 
 namespace node {
   extern bool linux_at_secure;
 }  // namespace node
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+#if defined(__POSIX__) && defined(NODE_SHARED_MODE)
+  // In node::PlatformInit(), we squash all signal handlers for non-shared lib
+  // build. In order to run test cases against shared lib build, we also need
+  // to do the same thing for shared lib build here, but only for SIGPIPE for
+  // now. If node::PlatformInit() is moved to here, then this section could be
+  // removed.
+  {
+    struct sigaction act;
+    memset(&act, 0, sizeof(act));
+    act.sa_handler = SIG_IGN;
+    sigaction(SIGPIPE, &act, nullptr);
+  }
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__linux__)
   char** envp = environ;
   while (*envp++ != nullptr) {}