diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 050cd4b..b112581 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@
 # This replaces the complex manual configuration with CMake-based builds
 {
   "variables": {
-    "use_global_liblzma%": "<!(node -p \"process.env.USE_GLOBAL || (process.platform === 'linux' || process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'true' : 'false')\")",
-    "runtime_link%": "<!(node -p \"(process.env.RUNTIME_LINK && process.env.RUNTIME_LINK.length > 0) ? process.env.RUNTIME_LINK : (process.platform === 'linux' || process.platform === 'darwin' ? 'shared' : 'static')\")",
-    "enable_thread_support%": "<!(node -p \"process.env.ENABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT || 'yes'\")",
+    # All defaults are resolved via Python (injected by node-gyp as
+    # <(python)) instead of `node -p`. Required because npm spawns install
+    # scripts in a shell whose PATH does not include mise/aube/pnpm-managed
+    # node.exe on Windows (#153). node-gyp >=10 (shipped with node >=20)
+    # writes the absolute python path into build/config.gypi, so <(python)
+    # always resolves before binding.gyp parses. Quoting around <(python)
+    # and <(module_root_dir) preserves paths containing spaces (e.g.
+    # C:\Program Files\Python311\python.exe — the literal value reported
+    # in the issue logs).
+    "py3%": "<(python)",
+    "use_global_liblzma%": "<!(\"<(python)\" \"<(module_root_dir)/scripts/binding_config.py\" use_global_liblzma)",
+    "runtime_link%": "<!(\"<(python)\" \"<(module_root_dir)/scripts/binding_config.py\" runtime_link)",
+    "enable_thread_support%": "<!(\"<(python)\" \"<(module_root_dir)/scripts/binding_config.py\" enable_thread_support)",
     "xz_vendor_dir": "<(module_root_dir)/deps/xz",
-    "py3": "<!(node -p \"process.env.npm_config_python || 'python3'\")",
     "target_dir": "<(module_root_dir)/build",
     "liblzma_install_dir": "<(target_dir)/liblzma"
   },
@@ -202,10 +211,10 @@
   ],
   "targets": [{
     "target_name": "node_lzma",
-    "include_dirs": ["<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').include_dir\")"],
+    "include_dirs": ["<!(\"<(python)\" \"<(module_root_dir)/scripts/binding_config.py\" node_addon_api_include)"],
     "defines": ["NAPI_DISABLE_CPP_EXCEPTIONS"],
-    "sources": ["<!@(<(py3) scripts/walk_sources.py src)"],
-    "dependencies": ["<!(node -p \"require('node-addon-api').gyp\")"],
+    "sources": ["<!@(\"<(python)\" \"<(module_root_dir)/scripts/walk_sources.py\" src)"],
+    "dependencies": ["<!(\"<(python)\" \"<(module_root_dir)/scripts/binding_config.py\" node_addon_api_gyp)"],
     "cflags": [
       "-std=c++2a",
       "-Wall",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 62b0354..57bd4fc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     "prebuilds/",
     "src/bindings/",
     "src/wasm/liblzma.d.ts",
+    "scripts/binding_config.py",
     "scripts/build_xz_with_cmake.py",
     "scripts/download_xz_from_github.py",
     "scripts/copy_dll.py",
diff --git a/scripts/binding_config.py b/scripts/binding_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..147cd43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/binding_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+"""Resolve binding.gyp variables without invoking node.
+
+Replaces the previous `<!(node -p "process.env.X || default")` shell-outs
+that fail on Windows under mise/pnpm/aube when node.exe is not in the
+shell PATH inherited by node-gyp's child process (see issue #153).
+
+Python is used because node-gyp already requires it to evaluate gyp files
+(see `find Python` step in node-gyp output), so it is the most reliable
+interpreter available at this point in the install lifecycle.
+
+Subcommands:
+  use_global_liblzma     env USE_GLOBAL or platform default ("true" on linux/darwin, "false" elsewhere)
+  runtime_link           env RUNTIME_LINK or platform default ("shared" on linux/darwin, "static" elsewhere)
+  enable_thread_support  env ENABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT or "yes"
+  node_addon_api_include absolute path to node-addon-api include dir (POSIX-style)
+  node_addon_api_gyp     absolute path to node-addon-api node_api.gyp (POSIX-style)
+"""
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def is_unix():
+    return sys.platform in ("linux", "darwin")
+
+
+def env_or(name, default):
+    val = os.environ.get(name)
+    return val if val else default
+
+
+def use_global_liblzma():
+    return env_or("USE_GLOBAL", "true" if is_unix() else "false")
+
+
+def runtime_link():
+    return env_or("RUNTIME_LINK", "shared" if is_unix() else "static")
+
+
+def enable_thread_support():
+    return env_or("ENABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT", "yes")
+
+
+def find_node_addon_api():
+    """Locate node-addon-api package by walking up from the script dir.
+
+    pnpm/aube can hoist node-addon-api outside the local node_modules tree,
+    so we walk every parent's node_modules looking for the package.
+    """
+    here = Path(__file__).resolve().parent
+    for ancestor in [here, *here.parents]:
+        nm = ancestor / "node_modules" / "node-addon-api"
+        if nm.is_dir():
+            return nm
+    sys.exit("node-addon-api not found in any parent node_modules")
+
+
+def node_addon_api_include():
+    pkg = find_node_addon_api()
+    pkg_json = pkg / "package.json"
+    include_subpath = None
+    if pkg_json.is_file():
+        try:
+            with pkg_json.open(encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                data = json.load(f)
+            include_subpath = data.get("include_dir") or data.get("include")
+        except (OSError, json.JSONDecodeError):
+            include_subpath = None
+    if include_subpath:
+        resolved = (pkg / include_subpath).resolve()
+    else:
+        resolved = pkg
+    return str(resolved).replace(os.sep, "/")
+
+
+def node_addon_api_gyp():
+    """Return the gyp dependency reference matching `require('node-addon-api').gyp`.
+
+    node-addon-api exposes `node_api.gyp:nothing` (single legacy target) as
+    its canonical gyp dependency string. The `:nothing` suffix tells gyp
+    which target to depend on; without it, gyp can't resolve the dependency
+    (target name defaults differ from file basename here).
+    """
+    pkg = find_node_addon_api()
+    gyp_path = (pkg / "node_api.gyp").resolve()
+    if not gyp_path.is_file():
+        sys.exit(f"node-addon-api node_api.gyp not found at {gyp_path}")
+    return f"{str(gyp_path).replace(os.sep, '/')}:nothing"
+
+
+COMMANDS = {
+    "use_global_liblzma": use_global_liblzma,
+    "runtime_link": runtime_link,
+    "enable_thread_support": enable_thread_support,
+    "node_addon_api_include": node_addon_api_include,
+    "node_addon_api_gyp": node_addon_api_gyp,
+}
+
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+        sys.exit(f"usage: {sys.argv[0]} <{'|'.join(COMMANDS)}>")
+    name = sys.argv[1]
+    handler = COMMANDS.get(name)
+    if handler is None:
+        sys.exit(f"unknown variable: {name}")
+    sys.stdout.write(handler())
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()