diff --git a/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml b/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml
index 6608b3d2..55edf3f8 100644
--- a/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/nodejs.org/package.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ build:
     # otherwise, we hit https://reviews.llvm.org/D131307
     linux:
       llvm.org: '<16'
+      gnu.org/make: '*'
     python.org: '>=3.7<3.11'
     freedesktop.org/pkg-config: ^0.29
   script: |
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ build:
       - --with-intl=system-icu
       - --shared-openssl
       - --shared-zlib
+    linux:
+      CC: clang
+      CXX: clang++
+      AS: llvm-as
     linux/x86-64:
       CFLAGS: -fPIC
       CXXFLAGS: -fPIC