diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 6cbcdb8f7a..a2485c3a2c 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ function install (gyp, argv, callback) {
     }
   }
 
-  var distUrl = gyp.opts['dist-url'] || gyp.opts.disturl || 'https://nodejs.org/dist'
+  var distUrl = gyp.opts['dist-url'] || gyp.opts.disturl
 
+  if (!distUrl) {
+    if (semver.satisfies(version, '>=1.0.0')) {
+      distUrl = 'https://iojs.org/dist'
+    } else {
+      distUrl = 'https://nodejs.org/dist'
+    }
+  }
 
   // Determine which node dev files version we are installing
   var versionStr = argv[0] || gyp.opts.target || process.version