diff --git a/lib/exe.js b/lib/exe.js
index 607abe7..368502c 100644
--- a/lib/exe.js
+++ b/lib/exe.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ exports.compile = function (options, complete) {
 		 * first download node
 		 */
 		function downloadNode (next) {
-			_downloadNode(version, options.nodeTempDir, next);
+			_downloadNode(version, options.nodeTempDir, nodeConfigureArgs, nodeMakeArgs, next);
 		},
 
 		/**
@@ -235,8 +235,8 @@ exports.compile = function (options, complete) {
 		 */
 
 		function checkThatExecutableExists (next) {
-			fs.access(nodeCompiler.releasePath, function (err) {
-				if (err) {
+			fs.exists(nodeCompiler.releasePath, function (exists) {
+				if (!exists) {
 					_log("error",
 						"The release executable has not been generated. " +
 						"This indicates a failure in the build process. " +
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ exports.compile = function (options, complete) {
  * @param {function} complete, callback
  */
 
-function _downloadNode (version, directory, complete) {
+function _downloadNode(version, directory, nodeConfigureArgs, nodeMakeArgs, complete) {
 
 	var nodeFileDir = path.resolve(path.join(directory, framework, version)), // fixes #107, was process.cwd(), + rest.
 	nodeFilePath    = path.resolve(path.join(nodeFileDir, framework + "-" + version + ".tar.gz"));
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ function _downloadNode (version, directory, complete) {
 		 */
 
 		function (next, type) {
-			_getNodeCompiler(nodeFileDir, next, type)
+			_getNodeCompiler(nodeFileDir, nodeConfigureArgs, nodeMakeArgs, next, type)
 		},
 
 	], complete);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ function _downloadNode (version, directory, complete) {
  * it.
  */
 
-function _getNodeCompiler (nodeFileDir, complete, type) {
+function _getNodeCompiler (nodeFileDir, nodeConfigureArgs, nodeMakeArgs, complete, type) {
 	var dir = _getFirstDirectory(nodeFileDir);
 
 	// standard
@@ -424,9 +424,9 @@ function _getNodeCompiler (nodeFileDir, complete, type) {
 				make: function (next) {
 					var cfg = "./configure", configure;
 					if(isPy !== "python") {
-						configure = spawn(isPy, [cfg], { cwd: dir });
+						configure = spawn(isPy, [cfg].concat(nodeConfigureArgs), { cwd: dir });
 					} else {
-						configure = spawn(cfg, [], { cwd: dir });
+						configure = spawn(cfg, nodeConfigureArgs, { cwd: dir });
 					}
 
 					// local function, move to top eventually
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ function _getNodeCompiler (nodeFileDir, complete, type) {
 						if (os.platform().match(/bsd$/) != null) {
 							platformMake = "gmake";
 						}
-						var make = spawn(platformMake, [], { cwd: dir });
+						var make = spawn(platformMake, nodeMakeArgs, { cwd: dir });
 						make.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
 						make.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
 						make.on("close", function () {
@@ -686,6 +686,8 @@ exports.package = function(path, options) {
 		flags: (_package.nexe.runtime.ignoreFlags || options.f),
 		resourceFiles: (_package.nexe.resourceFiles),
 		nodeVersion: (_package.nexe.runtime.version || options.r),
+    nodeConfigureArgs: (_package.nexe.runtime.nodeConfigureArgs || []),
+    nodeMakeArgs: (_package.nexe.runtime.nodeMakeArgs || []),
 		python: (_package.nexe.python || options.p),
 		nodeTempDir: (_package.nexe.temp || options.t),
 		framework: (_package.nexe.runtime.framework || options.f)