diff --git a/main/nodejs/APKBUILD b/main/nodejs/APKBUILD
index 5da7ed4ed05..054a8da3990 100644
--- a/main/nodejs/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/nodejs/APKBUILD
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ license="MIT"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 makedepends="
 	ada-dev
+	base64-dev
 	brotli-dev
 	c-ares-dev
 	icu-dev
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ replaces="nodejs-current nodejs-lts"  # nodejs-lts for backward compatibility
 source="https://nodejs.org/dist/v$pkgver/node-v$pkgver.tar.gz
 	disable-running-gyp-on-shared-deps.patch
 	system-ada.patch
+	system-base64.patch
+	base64.gyp
 	$pkgname.pc.in
 	"
 builddir="$srcdir/node-v$pkgver"
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@ prepare() {
 	#  that supports QUIC. After the QUIC support is added to openssl, add
 	#  options --shared-nghttp3 and --shared-ngtcp2.
 	rm -rf deps/ada/*.cpp \
+		deps/base64/* \
 		deps/brotli \
 		deps/cares \
 		deps/corepack \
@@ -174,6 +178,8 @@ prepare() {
 		tools/inspector_protocol/jinja2
 
 	mv nodejs-openssl.cnf deps/openssl/
+
+	cp "$srcdir"/base64.gyp deps/base64/
 }
 
 build() {
@@ -239,6 +245,9 @@ check() {
 
 	./node -e 'console.log("Hello, world!")'
 	./node -e "require('assert').equal(process.versions.node, '$pkgver')"
+	./node -e 'require("assert").equal(
+		Buffer.from(Buffer.from("foo").toString("base64"), "base64").toString("ascii"),
+		"foo")'
 }
 
 package() {
@@ -261,5 +270,7 @@ sha512sums="
 594dea752e8f07036a41ccfddea45835be5219b8f0bc04b5903c3b44c32f8c73aa1d57798b4066852add098cd5ec856ee87a56b57633a45dfc0cfbe788451223  node-v20.9.0.tar.gz
 8c264eefc0bfa9dd57656f9f515e940d5c21b8d836dc549031ee559ba909643f4f2495b8b392ee9976c5eed7c3b4a09db876bbe0f7fcd5b2bf63fafca37bffc2  disable-running-gyp-on-shared-deps.patch
 4fc09500212ebc178801e7419c840ccebc239ff06edcb28910315e39bfc772a3967f5ff2abff03845269e730643be161134ac95bab899069fa57dd64be98defa  system-ada.patch
+94db1f150cb962bf19f42e0ef7cec2c0e007d1909611d03a393095720cc8db58322e638ea3c3280b4412f47615963c88e69c71b4c5adf84292b9fc7f3be3b110  system-base64.patch
+bb0f74d8fb1ef07fd457670b9073a3cecadb3ac7d4fea008e8f17c091a62d15ef50646be457a50ac24c4129085d4da21beedd03af0739dded5d636916482f082  base64.gyp
 f908fa93f6194ec4f6c5e9d76ed7c918721c7f5d46afcc12de1f84683c185401a27a174b7a7c6a76085a4d0826f964e7088bf5596d4e6901a15bf751846299a6  nodejs.pc.in
 "
diff --git a/main/nodejs/base64.gyp b/main/nodejs/base64.gyp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..17023dcefcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/nodejs/base64.gyp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  'targets': [
+    {
+      'target_name': 'base64',
+      'type': 'shared_library',
+      'include_dirs': ['/usr/include'],
+      'direct_dependent_settings': {
+        'include_dirs': ['/usr/include'],
+        'linkflags': ['-lbase64'],
+        'ldflags': ['-lbase64'],
+        'libraries': ['-lbase64']
+      }
+    },
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/main/nodejs/system-base64.patch b/main/nodejs/system-base64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..39902781d33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/nodejs/system-base64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From: Jakub Jirutka <jakub@jirutka.cz>
+Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 22:45:01 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Link with shared libbase64
+
+The second part is our modified base64.gyp.
+
+--- a/node.gyp
++++ b/node.gyp
+@@ -512,7 +512,8 @@
+       'dependencies': [
+         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
+         'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+         'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
++        'deps/base64/base64.gyp:base64'
+       ],
+ 
+       'msvs_settings': {
+@@ -1117,6 +1119,7 @@
+         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
+         'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+         'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
++        'deps/base64/base64.gyp:base64',
+       ],
+ 
+       'includes': [
+@@ -1228,6 +1231,7 @@
+         'deps/histogram/histogram.gyp:histogram',
+         'deps/uvwasi/uvwasi.gyp:uvwasi',
+         'deps/ada/ada.gyp:ada',
++        'deps/base64/base64.gyp:base64',
+       ],
+ 
+       'includes': [