diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/node-js/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/node-js/package.py
index 0089ec6dacc88a39ad8a72040e3c679a57710eb7..ff1ee2e1f849f3dbb579a7bae365db0fc23b2229 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/node-js/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/node-js/package.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class NodeJs(Package):
     version('12.14.0', sha256='5c1939867228f3845c808ef84a89c8ee93cc35f857bf7587ecee1b5a6d9da67b')
     version('11.1.0',  sha256='3f53b5ac25b2d36ad538267083c0e603d9236867a936c22a9116d95fa10c60d5')
     version('10.13.0', sha256='aa06825fff375ece7c0d881ae0de5d402a857e8cabff9b4a50f2f0b7b44906be')
+    version('8.11.4',  sha256='459144e361d64ca7362c37cc9717c044ef909d348cb5aa3f2b62538560a6085a')
     version('8.9.1',   sha256='32491b7fcc4696b2cdead45c47e52ad16bbed8f78885d32e873952fee0f971e1')
     version('7.1.0',   sha256='595e7e2a37d1e0573044a90077bb12c0f750e5d8851899ffa74038238da9a983')
     version('6.3.0',   sha256='4ed7a99985f8afee337cc22d5fef61b495ab4238dfff3750ac9019e87fc6aae6')
@@ -105,7 +106,10 @@ def configure_args(self):
         return args
 
     def configure(self, spec, prefix):
-        python('configure.py', *self.configure_args())
+        if self.version >= Version('10.11.0'):
+            python('configure.py', *self.configure_args())
+        else:
+            python('configure', *self.configure_args())
 
     def build(self, spec, prefix):
         make()