diff --git a/pre_install.js b/pre_install.js
index eb87aed..8a63d62 100644
--- a/pre_install.js
+++ b/pre_install.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //https://github.com/mauritslamers/node-canvas-builder/releases/download/v1.0rc3/osx_0.12.tar.gz
 
 var release = "v1.0";
+var last_supported_node_version = 7;
 var os = require('os');
 var fslib = require('fs');
 var pathlib = require('path');
@@ -14,6 +15,10 @@ var node_version = process.versions.node.split(".").filter(function (p, i) {
 if (node_version[0] !== '0') {
   node_version[1] = '0';
 }
+// In case the installed version of node does not have a corresponding 'node-canvas-builder'.
+if (Number(node_version[0]) > last_supported_node_version) {
+  node_version[0] = last_supported_node_version;
+}
 node_version = node_version.join(".");
 
 var arch = os.arch();