--- a/third_party/electron_node/BUILD.gn
+++ b/third_party/electron_node/BUILD.gn
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@
   node_module_version = ""
 }
 
+if (is_linux) {
+  import("//build/config/linux/pkg_config.gni")
+
+  pkg_config("cares") {
+    packages = [ "libcares" ]
+  }
+
+  pkg_config("nghttp2") {
+    packages = [ "libnghttp2" ]
+  }
+}
+
 assert(!node_use_dtrace, "node_use_dtrace not supported in GN")
 assert(!node_use_etw, "node_use_etw not supported in GN")
 
@@ -198,13 +210,9 @@
 component("node_lib") {
   deps = [
     ":node_js2c",
-    "deps/cares",
     "deps/histogram",
-    "deps/http_parser",
     "deps/llhttp",
-    "deps/nghttp2",
     "deps/uvwasi",
-    "deps/zlib",
     "//third_party/brotli:dec",
     "//third_party/brotli:enc",
     "//v8:v8_libplatform",
@@ -218,6 +226,21 @@
   public_configs = [ ":node_lib_config" ]
   include_dirs = [ "src" ]
   libs = []
+  if (is_linux) {
+    configs += [
+      ":cares",
+      ":nghttp2",
+    ]
+    deps += [ "//third_party/zlib" ]
+    libs += [ "http_parser" ]
+  } else {
+    deps += [
+      "deps/cares",
+      "deps/http_parser",
+      "deps/nghttp2",
+      "deps/zlib",
+    ]
+  }
   cflags_cc = [
     "-Wno-deprecated-declarations",
     "-Wno-implicit-fallthrough",