diff --git a/development/nodejs/nodejs.SlackBuild b/development/nodejs/nodejs.SlackBuild
index 23ff6ac67f..9b014677e4 100644
--- a/development/nodejs/nodejs.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/nodejs/nodejs.SlackBuild
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ sed -i "s|\"lib\"|\"lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}\"|" deps/npm/lib/npm.js
 sed -i "s|math.h|cmath|" src/node_crypto.cc
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
-  --shared-zlib
+  --shared-zlib \
+  --ninja
 
 make CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS"
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG