diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/bypass-xcodebuild.diff b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/bypass-xcodebuild.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c900dd2143f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/bypass-xcodebuild.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+diff -Naur node-v12.18.4/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py node-v12.18.4-new/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py
+--- node-v12.18.4/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py	2020-09-15 09:08:46.000000000 +0200
++++ node-v12.18.4-new/deps/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/pylib/gyp/xcode_emulation.py	2020-12-03 16:55:43.781860687 +0100
+@@ -436,7 +436,14 @@
+     # Since the CLT has no SDK paths anyway, returning None is the
+     # most sensible route and should still do the right thing.
+     try:
+-      return GetStdoutQuiet(['xcodebuild', '-version', '-sdk', sdk, infoitem])
++      # Return fake data that xcodebuild would normally return
++
++      xcodedata = {
++        "Path": "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.15.sdk",
++        "ProductBuildVersion": "19A547",
++        "ProductVersion": "10.15"
++      }
++      return xcodedata[infoitem]
+     except GypError:
+       pass
+ 
+@@ -1271,7 +1278,7 @@
+   version = ""
+   build = ""
+   try:
+-    version_list = GetStdoutQuiet(['xcodebuild', '-version']).splitlines()
++    version_list = []
+     # In some circumstances xcodebuild exits 0 but doesn't return
+     # the right results; for example, a user on 10.7 or 10.8 with
+     # a bogus path set via xcode-select
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v10.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v10.nix
index 1fa463892042..fcfc206d4699 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v10.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ callPackage, openssl, icu, python2, enableNpm ? true }:
+{ callPackage, openssl, icu, python2, stdenv, enableNpm ? true }:
 
 let
-  buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix { 
+  buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix {
     inherit openssl icu;
     python = python2;
   };
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ in
     inherit enableNpm;
     version = "10.22.1";
     sha256 = "0pr569qiabr4m7k38s7rwi3iyzrc5jmx19z2z0k7n4xfvhjlfzzl";
+    patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./bypass-xcodebuild.diff;
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix
index 0e8362268331..5369adedc5c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v12.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ callPackage, openssl, icu, python2, enableNpm ? true }:
+{ callPackage, openssl, icu, python2, stdenv, enableNpm ? true }:
 
 let
-  buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix { 
+  buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix {
     inherit openssl icu;
     python = python2;
   };
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ in
     inherit enableNpm;
     version = "12.18.4";
     sha256 = "02gncjrrjqdwf9ydmg96yn9ldsw539q9w88cknax1djkisqkrw15";
+    patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./bypass-xcodebuild.diff;
   }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v14.nix b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v14.nix
index 549f29db2fec..ff359bf93d2b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v14.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/web/nodejs/v14.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, openssl, python3, enableNpm ? true }:
+{ callPackage, openssl, python3, stdenv, enableNpm ? true }:
 
 let
   buildNodejs = callPackage ./nodejs.nix {
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ in
     inherit enableNpm;
     version = "14.9.0";
     sha256 = "1xkfivr0qci50ksg66szyasdlbiwh2j7ia4n6qc5csih2nvzcbh1";
+    patches = stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin ./bypass-xcodebuild.diff;
   }