Once more, with feeling.

script/bootstrap

@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ function bootstrap() {
   var moduleInstallCommand = apmPath + ' install' + apmFlags;
   var dedupeApmCommand = apmPath + ' dedupe' + apmFlags;
 
+  var moduleInstallEnv = {};
+  for (var e in process.env) {
+    moduleInstallEnv[e] = process.env[e];
+  }
+
+  var electronVersion = require('../package.json').electronVersion;
+  moduleInstallEnv.npm_config_target = electronVersion;
+  moduleInstallEnv.npm_config_runtime = 'electron';
+  moduleInstallEnv.npm_config_disturl = 'https://atom.io/download/atom-shell';
+  var moduleInstallOptions = {env: moduleInstallEnv};
+
   if (process.argv.indexOf('--no-quiet') === -1) {
     buildInstallCommand  += ' --loglevel error';
     apmInstallCommand    += ' --loglevel error';
@@ -96,9 +107,19 @@ function bootstrap() {
       message: 'Installing apm...',
       options: apmInstallOptions
     },
-    apmPath + ' clean' + apmFlags,
-    moduleInstallCommand,
-    dedupeApmCommand + ' ' + packagesToDedupe.join(' '),
+    {
+      command: apmPath + ' clean' + apmFlags,
+      message: 'Deleting old modules...',
+      options: moduleInstallOptions
+    },
+    {
+      command: moduleInstallCommand,
+      options: moduleInstallOptions
+    },
+    {
+      command: dedupeApmCommand + ' ' + packagesToDedupe.join(' '),
+      options: moduleInstallOptions
+    }
   ];
 
   process.chdir(path.dirname(__dirname));