diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 525503054797fb..1b2cc56bda01aa 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -546,6 +546,8 @@ def configure_node(o):
   else:
     o['variables']['node_tag'] = ''
 
+  o['variables']['node_module_version'] = 11
+
 
 def configure_libz(o):
   o['variables']['node_shared_zlib'] = b(options.shared_zlib)
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 42051756074eba..3047b909ef70ea 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     'node_use_openssl%': 'true',
     'node_use_systemtap%': 'false',
     'node_shared_openssl%': 'false',
+    'node_module_version%': '',
     'library_files': [
       'src/node.js',
       'lib/_debugger.js',
diff --git a/test/simple/test-module-version.js b/test/simple/test-module-version.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d8e4bf461ecd8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple/test-module-version.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+// Check for existence
+assert(process.config.variables.hasOwnProperty('node_module_version'));
+
+// Ensure that `node_module_version` is an Integer
+assert(!Number.isNaN(parseInt(process.config.variables.node_module_version)));
+assert.strictEqual(process.config.variables.node_module_version, 11);