diff --git a/bin/node-build b/bin/node-build
index 10bd26e38..87ec5f635 100755
--- a/bin/node-build
+++ b/bin/node-build
@@ -713,6 +713,21 @@ after_install_package() {
   local stub=1
 }
 
+alias_version_name() {
+  local name=${1:-$(./bin/node --version)}
+  local prefix=$(dirname "$PREFIX_PATH")
+  local new_path=${prefix:?not set}/${name#v}
+
+  if [ -d "$new_path" ]; then
+    echo "node-build: $new_path already exists" >&2
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  mv "$PREFIX_PATH" "$new_path"
+  ln -s "$(basename $new_path)" "$PREFIX_PATH"
+  PREFIX_PATH=$new_path
+}
+
 fix_jxcore_directory_structure() {
   {
     mkdir -p "$PREFIX_PATH/bin"
diff --git a/share/node-build/nightly b/share/node-build/nightly
index 80216376b..121d06ebd 100644
--- a/share/node-build/nightly
+++ b/share/node-build/nightly
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+after_install_package() {
+  alias_version_name
+}
+
 downloads="https://nodejs.org/download/nightly"
 
 read -ra manifest < <(http get "${downloads}/index.tab" | grep src | sort -rn -t $'\t' -k2,2 -k1,1 | head -1)