diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index ee8b1e857680..6f1ad5f75216 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     'V8_BASE': '',
     'v8_postmortem_support': 'false',
     'v8_enable_i18n_support': 'false',
-    'v8_inspector': 'false',
+    'v8_inspector': 'true',
   },
   # Settings to compile node under Windows.
   'target_defaults': {
diff --git a/electron.gyp b/electron.gyp
index 9bfcbcee7c0e..e0c91c151fd9 100644
--- a/electron.gyp
+++ b/electron.gyp
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@
         # We need to access internal implementations of Node.
         'NODE_WANT_INTERNALS=1',
         'NODE_SHARED_MODE',
+        'HAVE_INSPECTOR=1',
         # This is defined in skia/skia_common.gypi.
         'SK_SUPPORT_LEGACY_GETTOPDEVICE',
         # Disable warnings for g_settings_list_schemas.