diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a14f9c83b..da993492a 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -15,8 +15,15 @@ function abort { >&2 echo -e "\033[1m\033[31m$1\033[0m"; exit 1; }
 function info { >&2 echo -e "\033[1m\033[33m$1\033[0m"; }
 function warn { >&2 echo -e "\033[1m\033[33m$1\033[0m"; }
 
-# Install mason
-export PATH="`pwd`/.mason:${PATH}" MASON_DIR="`pwd`/.mason"
+if [ -d "`pwd`/.git" ]; then
+    info "This build is within a git repository"
+    export MASON_DIR="`pwd`/.mason"
+    export PATH="${MASON_DIR}:${PATH}"
+else
+    info "This build is NOT within a git repository"
+    which mason || abort "You must install mason to build mapbox-gl-native (https://github.com/mapbox/mason)"
+    export MASON_DIR="$(dirname $(readlink $(which mason)))"
+fi
 
 # You can override the function for a particular set of flags by defining a
 # print_XXX_flags function in your dependencies.sh file
diff --git a/gyp/version.gypi b/gyp/version.gypi
index 1cc2eb351..4efdd079a 100644
--- a/gyp/version.gypi
+++ b/gyp/version.gypi
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
           'outputs': [
             '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)/include/mbgl/util/version.hpp',
           ],
-          'action': ['<@(_inputs)', '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)', '<!@(git describe --tags --always --abbrev=0)', '<!@(git rev-parse HEAD)'],
+          'action': ['<@(_inputs)', '<(SHARED_INTERMEDIATE_DIR)'],
         }
       ],
       'direct_dependent_settings': {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ca0d03d50..f6aa5d9ce 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "mapbox-gl-native",
-  "version": "2.0.0-pre.11",
+  "version": "2.0.0-pre.13",
   "description": "Renders map tiles with Mapbox GL",
   "keywords": [
     "mapbox",
diff --git a/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md b/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md
index 8916efd49..d8f71fc29 100644
--- a/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/platform/node/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
   render options. ([`a8d9b92`](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commit/a8d9b921d71a91d7f8eff82e5a584aaab8b7d1c6), [#1799](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/1799))
 - `map.render` now returns a raw image buffer instead of an object with
   `width`, `height` and `pixels` properties. ([#2262](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/2262))
-- Adds support for rendering v8 styles.
+- Adds support for rendering [mapbox-gl-style-spec](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-style-spec) v8 styles.
 - No longer loads resources before a render request is made. ([`55d25a8`](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/commit/55d25a80a77c06ef5e66acc0d8518867b03fe8a4))
-- Adds io.js v3.x support. ([#2261](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/2261))
+- Adds Node.js v4.x and io.js v3.x support. ([#2261](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/2261))
 - Fixes a bug which prevented raster tiles that `404`'ed from rendering ([#2458](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/2458))
-- Adds Node.js v4.1.x support.
 - Fade transitions are now ignored to prevent half faded labels. ([#942](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/942))
 - Adds option `pitch` ([#2702](https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native/pull/2702))
 
diff --git a/platform/node/test/js/map.test.js b/platform/node/test/js/map.test.js
index dd55df02d..a87f4aac1 100644
--- a/platform/node/test/js/map.test.js
+++ b/platform/node/test/js/map.test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var test = require('tape');
-var mbgl = require('../../../..');
+var mbgl = require('../../../../lib/mapbox-gl-native');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var style = require('../fixtures/style.json');
diff --git a/platform/node/test/render.test.js b/platform/node/test/render.test.js
index 5dd0c5ee1..480901980 100644
--- a/platform/node/test/render.test.js
+++ b/platform/node/test/render.test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var mbgl = require('../../..');
+var mbgl = require('../../../lib/mapbox-gl-native');
 var suite = require('mapbox-gl-test-suite').render;
 var request = require('request');
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-version.py b/scripts/build-version.py
index 0110e6a2e..1a01f6cd2 100755
--- a/scripts/build-version.py
+++ b/scripts/build-version.py
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
-import sys, os, errno, re
+import sys, os, errno, re, subprocess
 
+DEFAULT_TAG = [0, 0, 0]
+DEFAULT_REV = 'unknown'
 
-output_dir = sys.argv[1]
+def is_git_repo():
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse", shell=True)
+        return True
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as exc:
+        return False
 
-if len(sys.argv) <= 3:
-    tag = [0, 0, 0]
-    rev = sys.argv[2][0:8]
-else:
-    # When they're identical, the git describe can't find a tag and reports the rev instead.
-    if sys.argv[2] == sys.argv[3]:
-        tag = [0, 0, 0]
-    else:
-        ver = re.sub("[^0-9.]", "", sys.argv[2])
-        tag = map(int, ver.split('.'))
-        rev = sys.argv[3][0:8]
+def parse_tag(raw_tag):
+    return map(int, re.sub("[^0-9.]", "", raw_tag).split('.'))
 
+def parse_rev(raw_rev):
+    return raw_rev[0:8]
 
 def mkdir_p(path):
     try:
@@ -26,6 +26,22 @@ def mkdir_p(path):
             pass
         else: raise
 
+output_dir = sys.argv[1]
+
+if is_git_repo():
+    raw_tag = subprocess.check_output("git describe --tags --always --abbrev=0", shell=True)
+    raw_rev = subprocess.check_output("git rev-parse HEAD", shell=True)
+
+    # When they're identical, the "git describe" can't find a tag and reports the rev instead.
+    if raw_tag == raw_rev:
+        tag = DEFAULT_TAG
+        rev = parse_rev(raw_rev)
+    else:
+        tag = parse_tag(raw_tag)
+        rev = parse_rev(raw_rev)
+else:
+    tag = DEFAULT_TAG
+    rev = DEFAULT_REV
 
 header = """// NOTE: DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE. IT IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED.
 #ifndef MBGL_UTIL_VERSION
@@ -60,4 +76,3 @@ extern const unsigned int number;
 header_path = os.path.join(output_dir, 'include/mbgl/util/version.hpp')
 mkdir_p(os.path.dirname(header_path))
 with open(header_path, 'w') as f: f.write(header)
-
diff --git a/scripts/main.mk b/scripts/main.mk
index 15e3484e0..b4a5f9894 100644
--- a/scripts/main.mk
+++ b/scripts/main.mk
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ HOST_VERSION ?= $(BUILD_VERSION)
 export MASON_PLATFORM=$(HOST)
 export MASON_PLATFORM_VERSION=$(HOST_VERSION)
 
+ifneq (,$(wildcard scripts/$(HOST)/$(HOST_VERSION)/configure.sh))
+	CONFIGURE_FILES += scripts/$(HOST)/$(HOST_VERSION)/configure.sh
+endif
+
 HOST_SLUG = $(HOST)-$(HOST_VERSION)
 CONFIGURE_FILES = scripts/$(HOST)/configure.sh
 ifneq (,$(wildcard scripts/$(HOST)/$(HOST_VERSION)/configure.sh))
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@ default: ;
 
 #### Dependencies ##############################################################
 
+ifneq (,$(wildcard .git/.))
 SUBMODULES += .mason/mason.sh
 .mason/mason.sh:
 	./scripts/flock.py .git/Submodule.lock git submodule update --init .mason
@@ -52,6 +57,7 @@ SUBMODULES += test/ios/KIF/KIF.xcodeproj
 test/ios/KIF/KIF.xcodeproj:
 	./scripts/flock.py .git/Submodule.lock git submodule update --init test/ios/KIF
 endif
+endif
 
 # Wildcard targets get removed after build by default, but we want to preserve the config.
 .PRECIOUS: config/%.gypi