diff --git a/doc/api/process.markdown b/doc/api/process.markdown
index 831c2c55062..b7ab3b7c4ad 100644
--- a/doc/api/process.markdown
+++ b/doc/api/process.markdown
@@ -256,6 +256,33 @@ Will output:
       ev: '4.4',
       openssl: '1.0.0e-fips' }
 
+## process.config
+
+An Object containing the JavaScript representation of the configure options
+that were used to compile the current node executable. This is the same as
+the "config.gypi" file that was produced when running the `./configure` script.
+
+An example of the possible output looks like:
+
+    { target_defaults:
+       { cflags: [],
+         default_configuration: 'Release',
+         defines: [],
+         include_dirs: [],
+         libraries: [] },
+      variables:
+       { host_arch: 'x64',
+         node_install_npm: 'true',
+         node_install_waf: 'true',
+         node_prefix: '',
+         node_shared_v8: 'false',
+         node_shared_zlib: 'false',
+         node_use_dtrace: 'false',
+         node_use_openssl: 'true',
+         node_use_system_openssl: 'false',
+         strict_aliasing: 'true',
+         target_arch: 'x64',
+         v8_use_snapshot: 'true' } }
 
 ## process.installPrefix
 
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index 9dd9fd41950..52467a69b20 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     startup.globalConsole();
 
     startup.processAssert();
+    startup.processConfig();
     startup.processNextTick();
     startup.processStdio();
     startup.processKillAndExit();
@@ -177,6 +178,21 @@
     };
   };
 
+  startup.processConfig = function() {
+    // used for `process.config`, but not a real module
+    var config = NativeModule._source.config;
+    delete NativeModule._source.config;
+
+    // strip the gyp comment line at the beginning
+    config = config.split('\n').slice(1).join('\n').replace(/'/g, '"');
+
+    process.config = JSON.parse(config, function(key, value) {
+      if (value === 'true') return true;
+      if (value === 'false') return false;
+      return value;
+    });
+  }
+
   startup.processNextTick = function() {
     var nextTickQueue = [];
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-process-config.js b/test/simple/test-process-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3236cd5ec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/simple/test-process-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit
+// persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the
+// following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN
+// NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
+// DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
+// OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE
+// USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+var common = require('../common');
+var assert = require('assert');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+
+// check for existence
+assert(process.hasOwnProperty('config'));
+
+// ensure that `process.config` is an Object
+assert(Object(process.config) === process.config);
+
+var configPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', '..', 'config.gypi');
+var config = fs.readFileSync(configPath, 'utf8');
+
+// clean up comment at the first line
+config = config.split('\n').slice(1).join('\n').replace(/'/g, '"');
+config = JSON.parse(config, function(key, value) {
+  if (value === 'true') return true;
+  if (value === 'false') return false;
+  return value;
+});
+
+assert.deepEqual(config, process.config);