diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 0e9fe40c419af6..86dffef5c6716c 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@
         'src/js_stream.cc',
         'src/node.cc',
         'src/node_buffer.cc',
+        'src/node_config.cc',
         'src/node_constants.cc',
         'src/node_contextify.cc',
         'src/node_file.cc',
diff --git a/src/node_config.cc b/src/node_config.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e50002bc64c202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node_config.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include "node.h"
+#include "env.h"
+#include "env-inl.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "util-inl.h"
+
+
+namespace node {
+
+using v8::Context;
+using v8::Local;
+using v8::Object;
+using v8::Value;
+using v8::ReadOnly;
+
+// The config binding is used to provide an internal view of compile or runtime
+// config options that are required internally by lib/*.js code. This is an
+// alternative to dropping additional properties onto the process object as
+// has been the practice previously in node.cc.
+
+#define READONLY_BOOLEAN_PROPERTY(str)                                        \
+  do {                                                                        \
+    target->DefineOwnProperty(env->context(),                                 \
+                              OneByteString(env->isolate(), str),             \
+                              True(env->isolate()), ReadOnly).FromJust();     \
+  } while (0)
+
+void InitConfig(Local<Object> target,
+                Local<Value> unused,
+                Local<Context> context) {
+  // Environment* env = Environment::GetCurrent(context);
+}
+
+}  // namespace node
+
+NODE_MODULE_CONTEXT_AWARE_BUILTIN(config, node::InitConfig)