diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index bb1c7f0..fd48da8 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -54,14 +54,18 @@
           'GRPC_UV'
         ]
       }],
+      ['runtime=="electron"', {
+        "defines": [
+          'OPENSSL_NO_THREADS'
+        ]
+      }],
       # This is the condition for using boringssl
       ['OS=="win" or runtime=="electron"', {
         "include_dirs": [
           "third_party/boringssl/include"
         ],
         "defines": [
-          'OPENSSL_NO_ASM',
-          'OPENSSL_NO_THREADS'
+          'OPENSSL_NO_ASM'
         ]
       }, {
         # Based on logic above, we know that this must be a non-Windows system