diff --git a/lib/util/versioning.js b/lib/util/versioning.js
index 292a4a72..db6e122f 100644
--- a/lib/util/versioning.js
+++ b/lib/util/versioning.js
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ module.exports.evaluate = function(package_json,options) {
         module_main: package_json.main,
         toolset : options.toolset || '' // address https://github.com/mapbox/node-pre-gyp/issues/119
     };
-    opts.host = fix_slashes(eval_template(package_json.binary.host,opts));
+    // support host mirror with npm config `--{module_name}_binary_host_mirror`
+    // e.g.: https://github.com/node-inspector/v8-profiler/blob/master/package.json#L25
+    // > npm install v8-profiler --profiler_binary_host_mirror=http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/node-inspector/
+    var host = process.env['npm_config_' + opts.module_name + '_binary_host_mirror'] || package_json.binary.host;
+    opts.host = fix_slashes(eval_template(host,opts));
     opts.module_path = eval_template(package_json.binary.module_path,opts);
     // now we resolve the module_path to ensure it is absolute so that binding.gyp variables work predictably
     if (options.module_root) {
diff --git a/test/versioning.test.js b/test/versioning.test.js
index d9f56d2c..58e6daaf 100644
--- a/test/versioning.test.js
+++ b/test/versioning.test.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ describe('versioning', function() {
                 "module_path" : "./lib/binding/{configuration}/{toolset}/{name}",
                 "remote_path" : "./{name}/v{version}/{configuration}/{version}/{toolset}/",
                 "package_name": "{module_name}-v{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{prerelease}+{build}-{toolset}-{node_abi}-{platform}-{arch}.tar.gz",
-                "host"        : "https://node-pre-gyp-tests.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com"                
+                "host"        : "https://node-pre-gyp-tests.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com"
             }
         };
         var opts = versioning.evaluate(mock_package_json, {});
@@ -64,4 +64,24 @@ describe('versioning', function() {
         assert.equal(versioning.get_runtime_abi('node-webkit','0.10.5'),versioning.get_node_webkit_abi('node-webkit','0.10.5'));
     });
 
+    it('should detect custom binary host from env', function() {
+        var mock_package_json = {
+            "name"   : "test",
+            "main"   : "test.js",
+            "version": "0.1.0",
+            "binary" : {
+                "module_name" : "test",
+                "module_path" : "./lib/binding/{configuration}/{toolset}/{name}",
+                "remote_path" : "./{name}/v{version}/{configuration}/{version}/{toolset}/",
+                "package_name": "{module_name}-v{major}.{minor}.{patch}-{prerelease}+{build}-{toolset}-{node_abi}-{platform}-{arch}.tar.gz",
+                "host"        : "https://node-pre-gyp-tests.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com"
+            }
+        };
+        // mock npm_config_test_binary_host_mirror env
+        process.env['npm_config_test_binary_host_mirror'] = "http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/node-inspector/";
+        var opts = versioning.evaluate(mock_package_json, {});
+        assert.equal(opts.host,"http://npm.taobao.org/mirrors/node-inspector/");
+        delete process.env['npm_config_test_binary_host_mirror'];
+    });
+
 });