diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index da838042..79e61306 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             "<(module_root_dir)/deps/leveldb/leveldb.gyp:leveldb"
         ]
       , "include_dirs"  : [
-            "<!(node -p -e \"require('path').relative('.', require('path').dirname(require.resolve('nan')))\")"
+            "<!(node -e \"require('nan')\")"
         ]
       , "sources": [
             "src/batch.cc"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 188c114d..7b20943b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   , "main"            : "index.js"
   , "dependencies"    : {
         "bindings"            : "~1.1.1"
-      , "nan"                 : "~0.4.3"
+      , "nan"                 : "~0.5.0"
     }
   , "devDependencies" : {
         "tap"                 : "~0.4.1"