diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js b/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js
index 1351576d12e8c8..e297e98d726a38 100644
--- a/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js
+++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ PythonFinder.prototype = {
         this.log.silly('stripping "rc" identifier from version')
         version = version.replace(/rc(.*)$/ig, '')
       }
+      if (~version.indexOf('chromium')) {
+        this.log.silly('stripping "chromium" identifier from version')
+        version = version.replace(/chromium(.*)$/ig, '')
+      }
       var range = semver.Range('>=2.5.0 <3.0.0')
       var valid = false
       try {