diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix
index ca3439df4c46..460676324108 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/build-node-package.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { stdenv, runCommand, nodejs, neededNatives}:
 
-args @ { name, src, deps ? [], peerDependencies ? [], flags ? [], preShellHook ? "",  postShellHook ? "", ... }:
+args @ { name, src, deps ? {}, peerDependencies ? [], flags ? [], preShellHook ? "",  postShellHook ? "", resolvedDeps ? {}, bin ? null, ... }:
 
 with stdenv.lib;
 
@@ -12,88 +12,135 @@ let
     mv *node* $out
   '';
 
+  # Convert deps to attribute set
+  attrDeps = if isAttrs deps then deps else
+    (listToAttrs (map (dep: nameValuePair dep.name dep) deps));
+
+  # All required node modules, without already resolved dependencies
+  requiredDeps = removeAttrs attrDeps (attrNames resolvedDeps);
+
+  # Recursive dependencies that we want to avoid with shim creation
+  recursiveDeps = removeAttrs attrDeps (attrNames requiredDeps);
+
   peerDeps = listToAttrs (concatMap (dep: map (name: {
     inherit name;
     value = dep;
   }) (filter (nm: !(elem nm (args.passthru.names or []))) dep.names)) (peerDependencies));
-in
-stdenv.mkDerivation ({
-  unpackPhase = "true";
 
-  inherit src;
+  self = let
+    # Pass resolved dependencies to dependencies of this package 
+    deps = map (
+      dep: dep.override {
+        resolvedDeps = resolvedDeps // { "${name}" = self; };
+      }
+    ) (attrValues requiredDeps);
 
-  configurePhase = ''
-    runHook preConfigure
-    mkdir node_modules
-    ${concatStrings (concatMap (dep: map (name: ''
-      ln -sv ${dep}/lib/node_modules/${name} node_modules/
-    '') dep.names) deps)}
-    ${concatStrings (mapAttrsToList (name: dep: ''
-      ln -sv ${dep}/lib/node_modules/${name} node_modules/
-    '') peerDeps)}
-    export HOME=$(pwd)
-    runHook postConfigure
-  '';
+  in stdenv.mkDerivation ({
+    unpackPhase = "true";
 
-  buildPhase = ''
-    runHook preBuild
-    npm --registry http://www.example.com --nodedir=${sources} install $src ${npmFlags}
-    runHook postBuild
-  '';
+    inherit src;
+    
+    configurePhase = ''
+      runHook preConfigure
+      mkdir node_modules
 
-  installPhase = ''
-    runHook preInstall
-    mkdir -p $out/lib/node_modules
-    ${concatStrings (map (name: ''
-      mv node_modules/${name} $out/lib/node_modules
-      rm -fR $out/lib/node_modules/${name}/node_modules
-      ln -sv $out/.dependent-node-modules $out/lib/node_modules/${name}/node_modules
-      if [ -e "$out/lib/node_modules/${name}/man" ]; then
-        mkdir -p $out/share
-        for dir in "$out/lib/node_modules/${name}/man/"*; do
-          mkdir -p $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
-          for page in "$dir"/*; do
-            ln -sv $page $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
+      # Symlink dependencies for node modules
+      ${concatStrings (concatMap (dep: map (name: ''
+        ln -sv ${dep}/lib/node_modules/${name} node_modules/
+      '') dep.names) deps)}
+
+      # Symlink peer dependencies
+      ${concatStrings (mapAttrsToList (name: dep: ''
+        ln -sv ${dep}/lib/node_modules/${name} node_modules/
+      '') peerDeps)}
+
+      # Create shims for recursive dependenceies
+      ${concatStrings (concatMap (dep: map (name: ''
+        mkdir -p node_modules/${name}
+        cat > node_modules/${name}/package.json <<EOF
+        {
+            "name": "${name}",
+            "version": "${(builtins.parseDrvName dep.name).version}"
+        }
+        EOF
+      '') dep.names) (attrValues recursiveDeps))}
+
+      export HOME=$(pwd)
+      runHook postConfigure
+    '';
+
+    buildPhase = ''
+      runHook preBuild
+      npm --registry http://www.example.com --nodedir=${sources} install $src ${npmFlags}
+      runHook postBuild
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+
+      # Remove shims
+      ${concatStrings (concatMap (dep: map (name: ''
+        rm  node_modules/${name}/package.json
+        rmdir node_modules/${name}
+      '') dep.names) (attrValues recursiveDeps))}
+
+      mkdir -p $out/lib/node_modules
+      ${concatStrings (map (name: ''
+        mv node_modules/${name} $out/lib/node_modules
+        rm -fR $out/lib/node_modules/${name}/node_modules
+        ln -sv $out/.dependent-node-modules $out/lib/node_modules/${name}/node_modules
+        if [ -e "$out/lib/node_modules/${name}/man" ]; then
+          mkdir -p $out/share
+          for dir in "$out/lib/node_modules/${name}/man/"*; do
+            mkdir -p $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
+            for page in "$dir"/*; do
+              ln -sv $page $out/share/man/$(basename "$dir")
+            done
           done
-        done
+        fi
+      '') args.passthru.names)}
+      ${concatStrings (mapAttrsToList (name: dep: ''
+        mv node_modules/${name} $out/lib/node_modules
+      '') peerDeps)}
+      mv node_modules/.bin $out/lib/node_modules 2>/dev/null || true
+      mv node_modules $out/.dependent-node-modules
+      if [ -d "$out/lib/node_modules/.bin" ]; then
+        ln -sv $out/lib/node_modules/.bin $out/bin
+        node=`type -p node`
+        coffee=`type -p coffee || true`
+        find -L $out/lib/node_modules/.bin/* -type f -print0 | \
+          xargs -0 sed --follow-symlinks -i \
+            -e 's@#!/usr/bin/env node@#!'"$node"'@' \
+            -e 's@#!/usr/bin/env coffee@#!'"$coffee"'@' \
+            -e 's@#!/.*/node@#!'"$node"'@' \
+            -e 's@#!/.*/coffee@#!'"$coffee"'@'
       fi
-    '') args.passthru.names)}
-    ${concatStrings (mapAttrsToList (name: dep: ''
-      mv node_modules/${name} $out/lib/node_modules
-    '') peerDeps)}
-    mv node_modules/.bin $out/lib/node_modules 2>/dev/null || true
-    mv node_modules $out/.dependent-node-modules
-    if [ -d "$out/lib/node_modules/.bin" ]; then
-      ln -sv $out/lib/node_modules/.bin $out/bin
-      node=`type -p node`
-      coffee=`type -p coffee || true`
-      find -L $out/lib/node_modules/.bin/* -type f -print0 | \
-        xargs -0 sed --follow-symlinks -i \
-          -e 's@#!/usr/bin/env node@#!'"$node"'@' \
-          -e 's@#!/usr/bin/env coffee@#!'"$coffee"'@' \
-          -e 's@#!/.*/node@#!'"$node"'@' \
-          -e 's@#!/.*/coffee@#!'"$coffee"'@'
-    fi
-    runHook postInstall
-  '';
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
 
-  preFixup = concatStringsSep "\n" (map (src: ''
-    find $out -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's|${src}|${src.name}|g'
-  '') src);
+    preFixup = concatStringsSep "\n" (map (src: ''
+      find $out -type f -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i 's|${src}|${src.name}|g'
+    '') src);
 
-  shellHook = ''
-    ${preShellHook}
-    export PATH=${nodejs}/bin:$(pwd)/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
-    mkdir -p node_modules
-    ${concatStrings (concatMap (dep: map (name: ''
-      ln -sfv ${dep}/lib/node_modules/${name} node_modules/
-    '') dep.names) deps)}
-    ${postShellHook}
-  '';
-} // args // {
-  # Run the node setup hook when this package is a build input
-  propagatedNativeBuildInputs = (args.propagatedNativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ nodejs ];
+    shellHook = ''
+      ${preShellHook}
+      export PATH=${nodejs}/bin:$(pwd)/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
+      mkdir -p node_modules
+      ${concatStrings (concatMap (dep: map (name: ''
+        ln -sfv ${dep}/lib/node_modules/${name} node_modules/
+      '') dep.names) deps)}
+      ${postShellHook}
+    '';
+  } // (filterAttrs (n: v: n != "deps" && n != "resolvedDeps") args) // {
+    name = "${
+      if bin == true then "bin-" else if bin == false then "node-" else ""
+    }${name}";
 
-  # Make buildNodePackage useful with --run-env
-  nativeBuildInputs = (args.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ deps ++ peerDependencies ++ neededNatives;
-} )
+    # Run the node setup hook when this package is a build input
+    propagatedNativeBuildInputs = (args.propagatedNativeBuildInputs or []) ++ [ nodejs ];
+
+    # Make buildNodePackage useful with --run-env
+    nativeBuildInputs = (args.nativeBuildInputs or []) ++ deps ++ peerDependencies ++ neededNatives;
+  });
+
+in self