diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v8.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v8.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bee323176d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v8.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, openssl, python2, zlib, libuv, v8, utillinux, http-parser
+, pkgconfig, runCommand, which, libtool, fetchpatch
+, callPackage
+, darwin ? null
+, enableNpm ? true
+}@args:
+
+let
+  nodejs = import ./nodejs.nix args;
+  baseName = if enableNpm then "nodejs" else "nodejs-slim";
+in
+  stdenv.mkDerivation (nodejs // rec {
+    version = "8.0.0";
+    name = "${baseName}-${version}";
+    src = fetchurl {
+      url = "https://nodejs.org/download/release/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.xz";
+      sha256 = "072g2zv58aa5zxs8fs9bdsi3mqklf2yj9mf58yjg5frbcfikm395";
+    };
+
+    patches = stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ ./no-xcode-v7.patch ];
+  })
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 20d04741120b..e9475c0c6cc0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2794,6 +2794,15 @@ with pkgs;
     enableNpm = false;
   };
 
+  nodejs-8_x = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v8.nix {
+    libtool = darwin.cctools;
+  };
+
+  nodejs-slim-8_x = callPackage ../development/web/nodejs/v8.nix {
+    libtool = darwin.cctools;
+    enableNpm = false;
+  };
+
   nodePackages_6_x = callPackage ../development/node-packages/default-v6.nix {
     nodejs = pkgs.nodejs-6_x;
   };