diff --git a/lib/exe.js b/lib/exe.js
index 217ad7d..20bd95a 100644
--- a/lib/exe.js
+++ b/lib/exe.js
@@ -502,9 +502,8 @@ function _getNodeCompiler(nodeFileDir, nodeConfigureArgs, nodeMakeArgs, nodeVCBu
 
           var conf = [cfg];
 
-          if (isPy !== "python") {
-            conf = [conf].concat(nodeConfigureArgs);
-          }
+          /* add all nodeConfigureArgs to the ./configure argument array */
+          conf = [conf].concat(nodeConfigureArgs);
 
           // should work for all use cases now.
           configure = spawn(isPy, conf, {