diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
index daa97bfddde3..f3c1ec3dff81 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ pkgs, nodejs, stdenv, fetchFromGitHub }:
+{ pkgs, nodejs, stdenv, applyPatches, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch }:
 
 let
   since = (version: pkgs.lib.versionAtLeast nodejs.version version);
@@ -191,6 +191,31 @@ let
 
     node2nix = super.node2nix.override {
       buildInputs = [ pkgs.makeWrapper ];
+      # We need to apply a patch to the source, but buildNodePackage doesn't allow patches.
+      # So we pin the patched commit instead. The commit actually contains two other newer commits
+      # since the last (1.9.0) release, but actually this is a good thing since one of them is a
+      # Hydra-specific fix.
+      src = applyPatches {
+        src = fetchFromGitHub {
+          owner = "svanderburg";
+          repo = "node2nix";
+          rev = "node2nix-1.9.0";
+          sha256 = "0l4wp1131nhl9c14cn8bwawb8f77h1nfbnswgi5lp5m3kzkb27jn";
+        };
+
+        patches = [
+          # remove node_ name prefix
+          (fetchpatch {
+            url = "https://github.com/svanderburg/node2nix/commit/b54d45207427ff46e90f16f2f32771fdc8bff5a4.patch";
+            sha256 = "03cg2xwryvdlvg299dg91qxicrw2r43grja80an9zkb875ps8jxh";
+          })
+          # set meta platform
+          (fetchpatch {
+            url = "https://github.com/svanderburg/node2nix/commit/58736093161f2d237c17e75a96529b018cd0ac64.patch";
+            sha256 = "1c91qfqa6p4hzyafv5pq6rpgnny2805n007b1443gbqwrz5awz6n";
+          })
+        ];
+      };
       postInstall = ''
         wrapProgram "$out/bin/node2nix" --prefix PATH : ${pkgs.lib.makeBinPath [ pkgs.nix ]}
       '';
diff --git a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
index c2b723195b77..21089c4d5459 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/node-packages/node-env.nix
@@ -391,13 +391,14 @@ let
     , dontStrip ? true
     , unpackPhase ? "true"
     , buildPhase ? "true"
+    , meta ? {}
     , ... }@args:
 
     let
-      extraArgs = removeAttrs args [ "name" "dependencies" "buildInputs" "dontStrip" "dontNpmInstall" "preRebuild" "unpackPhase" "buildPhase" ];
+      extraArgs = removeAttrs args [ "name" "dependencies" "buildInputs" "dontStrip" "dontNpmInstall" "preRebuild" "unpackPhase" "buildPhase" "meta" ];
     in
     stdenv.mkDerivation ({
-      name = "node_${name}-${version}";
+      name = "${name}-${version}";
       buildInputs = [ tarWrapper python nodejs ]
         ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isLinux) utillinux
         ++ lib.optional (stdenv.isDarwin) libtool
@@ -446,6 +447,11 @@ let
         # Run post install hook, if provided
         runHook postInstall
       '';
+
+      meta = {
+        # default to Node.js' platforms
+        platforms = nodejs.meta.platforms;
+      } // meta;
     } // extraArgs);
 
   # Builds a node environment (a node_modules folder and a set of binaries)