diff --git a/src/clj/cljs/closure.clj b/src/clj/cljs/closure.clj
index 91266d51fb..f9d443e18e 100644
--- a/src/clj/cljs/closure.clj
+++ b/src/clj/cljs/closure.clj
@@ -885,7 +885,9 @@
       (let [compiled (-compile source all-opts)
             js-sources (concat
                          (apply add-dependencies all-opts
-                            (if (coll? compiled) compiled [compiled]))
+                            (concat (if (coll? compiled) compiled [compiled])
+                                    (when (= :nodejs (:target all-opts))
+                                      [(-compile (io/resource "cljs/nodejs.cljs") all-opts)])))
                          (when (= :nodejs (:target all-opts))
                            [(-compile (io/resource "cljs/nodejscli.cljs") all-opts)]))
             optim (:optimizations all-opts)]