diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6eb319d..9d41293 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 node_modules/
-*.exe
+its-node.exe
 its-node
 .idea/
 .next/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 78bdd27..e3f8631 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "exe-src/electron"]
 	path = exe-src/electron
 	url = https://github.com/electron/electron.git
+[submodule "vendor/node"]
+	path = vendor/node
+	url = https://github.com/crutchcorn/node.git
+	branch = v20.2.0-always-expose-internals
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index b90d2dd..e4a492b 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ npm install -g node-gyp
 - Visual Studio 2022 w/ ClickOnce enabled (CodeSign.exe)
   - Add CodeSign.exe to `PATH`
 - Visual Studio 2022 w/ latest "Desktop development with C++" installed
+- `winget install NASM.NASM` (to build Node on Windows)
+- `winget install Python.Python.3.10` (to build Node on Windows)
 
 ## Git Submodules
 
@@ -25,3 +27,21 @@ We submodule'd `src/electron` to avoid issues with retaining the FS replacement
 ```shell
 pnpm make
 ```
+
+## Making Node
+
+We need a custom build of Node currently to support accessing `internal/fs/utils` from the `asar` module.
+
+On Windows, with pre-req installed:
+
+```shell
+cd vendor/node && .\vcbuild
+```
+
+Then:
+
+```
+cp out/Release/node.exe ../../..
+```
+
+A pre-built Node binary is included in the repo, but you can build it yourself if you want to.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 318ee82..7b83524 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "make": "pnpm next:build && pnpm next:bundle && pnpm esbuild:build && pnpm generate-blob && pnpm copy-node && pnpm remove-signature && pnpm inject-blob && pnpm sign-binary",
     "generate-blob": "node --experimental-sea-config sea-config.json",
     "copy-node": "run-script-os",
-    "copy-node:win32": "node -e \"require('fs').copyFileSync(process.execPath, 'its-node.exe')\"",
+    "copy-node:win32": "cp ./vendor/node.exe its-node.exe",
     "copy-node:default": "cp $(command -v node) its-node",
     "remove-signature": "run-script-os",
     "remove-signature:win32": "signtool remove /c /u /s its-node.exe",
diff --git a/vendor/.gitattributes b/vendor/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff6b7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node.exe filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/vendor/node b/vendor/node
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..78857ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/node
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 78857ea0c6dc2fccd2ce097d71b49ef8faa33166
diff --git a/vendor/node.exe b/vendor/node.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f11a3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/node.exe
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:ec3eb5f8bf83113556ff1cd3473680070a3c2ca4580b29537c492732d585c79c
+size 92995072