diff -ur node-v0.8.15-o/Makefile node-v0.8.15/Makefile
--- node-v0.8.15-o/Makefile	2012-11-26 08:51:39.000000000 -0700
+++ node-v0.8.15/Makefile	2012-12-02 10:04:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@
 out/Makefile: common.gypi deps/uv/uv.gyp deps/http_parser/http_parser.gyp deps/zlib/zlib.gyp deps/v8/build/common.gypi deps/v8/tools/gyp/v8.gyp node.gyp config.gypi
 	$(PYTHON) tools/gyp_node -f make
 
-install: all
-	$(PYTHON) tools/install.py $@ $(DESTDIR)
+install: all justinstall
+
+justinstall:
+	$(PYTHON) tools/install.py install $(DESTDIR) $(LIBDIR)
 
 uninstall:
-	$(PYTHON) tools/install.py $@ $(DESTDIR)
+	$(PYTHON) tools/install.py $@ $(DESTDIR) $(LIBDIR)
 
 clean:
 	-rm -rf out/Makefile node node_g out/$(BUILDTYPE)/node blog.html email.md
diff -ur node-v0.8.15-o/node.gyp node-v0.8.15/node.gyp
--- node-v0.8.15-o/node.gyp	2012-11-26 08:51:39.000000000 -0700
+++ node-v0.8.15/node.gyp	2012-12-02 10:04:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -57,6 +57,36 @@
       'type': 'executable',
 
       'dependencies': [
+        'libnode',
+        'deps/uv/uv.gyp:uv',
+        'node_js2c#host',
+      ],
+
+      'include_dirs': [
+        'src',
+        'deps/uv/src/ares',
+        '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)' # for node_natives.h
+      ],
+
+      'sources': [
+        'src/node_main.cc',
+        # node.gyp is added to the project by default.
+        'common.gypi',
+      ],
+
+      'defines': [
+        'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1',
+        'ARCH="<(target_arch)"',
+        'PLATFORM="<(OS)"',
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      'target_name': 'libnode',
+      'type': 'shared_library',
+      'product_extension': 'so.8.0.0',
+      'soname_version': '8.0.0',
+
+      'dependencies': [
         'deps/http_parser/http_parser.gyp:http_parser',
         'deps/uv/uv.gyp:uv',
         'node_js2c#host',
@@ -79,7 +109,6 @@
         'src/node_file.cc',
         'src/node_http_parser.cc',
         'src/node_javascript.cc',
-        'src/node_main.cc',
         'src/node_os.cc',
         'src/node_script.cc',
         'src/node_stat_watcher.cc',
diff -ur node-v0.8.15-o/tools/install.py node-v0.8.15/tools/install.py
--- node-v0.8.15-o/tools/install.py	2012-12-01 22:39:50.000000000 -0700
+++ node-v0.8.15/tools/install.py	2012-12-02 10:04:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 # set at init time
 dst_dir = None
 node_prefix = None # dst_dir without DESTDIR prefix
+lib_dir = 'lib'
 target_defaults = None
 variables = None
 
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@
     assert(0) # unhandled action type
 
 def files(action):
+  global lib_dir
   action(['deps/uv/include/ares.h',
           'deps/uv/include/ares_version.h',
           'deps/uv/include/uv.h',
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@
           'include/node/uv-private/')
   action(['doc/node.1'], 'share/man/man1/')
   action(['out/Release/node'], 'bin/node')
+  action(['out/Release/lib.target/libnode.so.8.0.0'], lib_dir + '/libnode.so.8.0.0')
 
   # install unconditionally, checking if the platform supports dtrace doesn't
   # work when cross-compiling and besides, there's at least one linux flavor
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@
   if 'true' == variables.get('node_install_npm'): npm_files(action)
 
 def run(args):
-  global dst_dir, node_prefix, target_defaults, variables
+  global dst_dir, node_prefix, target_defaults, variables, lib_dir
 
   # chdir to the project's top-level directory
   os.chdir(abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@
   # argv[2] is a custom install prefix for packagers (think DESTDIR)
   dst_dir = node_prefix = variables.get('node_prefix') or '/usr/local'
   if len(args) > 2: dst_dir = abspath(args[2] + '/' + dst_dir)
+  if len(args) > 3: lib_dir = args[3]
 
   cmd = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else 'install'
   if cmd == 'install': return files(install)