diff --git a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
index e85678a29..a8072a5a5 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+# This is due to an upstream issue with RHEL7/CentOS 7 comptability with node-argon2
+# See: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/pull/3422#pullrequestreview-677765057
+npm_config_build_from_source=true
+
 main() {
   cd "$(dirname "${0}")/../.."
   source ./ci/lib.sh
diff --git a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
index 05c936815..ae1be016a 100755
--- a/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
+++ b/ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ detect_arch() {
 }
 
 ARCH="${NPM_CONFIG_ARCH:-$(detect_arch)}"
+# This is due to an upstream issue with RHEL7/CentOS 7 comptability with node-argon2
+# See: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/pull/3422#pullrequestreview-677765057
+npm_config_build_from_source=true
 
 main() {
   # Grabs the major version of node from $npm_config_user_agent which looks like