diff --git a/node.gni b/node.gni
index 35ccd0487f20ce..b049f0692980c3 100644
--- a/node.gni
+++ b/node.gni
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ declare_args() {
   # The location of simdutf - use the one from node's deps by default.
   node_simdutf_path = "//third_party/simdutf"
 
+  # The location of inspector_protocol - use the one from node's deps by default.
+  node_inspector_protocol_path = "//third_party/inspector_protocol"
+
   # The NODE_MODULE_VERSION defined in node_version.h.
   node_module_version = exec_script("$node_path/tools/getmoduleversion.py", [], "value")
 
diff --git a/src/inspector/unofficial.gni b/src/inspector/unofficial.gni
index 3d7aa148678b26..4810d93eb971b2 100644
--- a/src/inspector/unofficial.gni
+++ b/src/inspector/unofficial.gni
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ template("inspector_gn_build") {
   }
 
   node_gen_dir = get_label_info("../..", "target_gen_dir")
-  protocol_tool_path = "../../deps/inspector_protocol"
+  protocol_tool_path = "$node_inspector_protocol_path"
 
   gypi_values = exec_script(
       "../../tools/gypi_to_gn.py",
diff --git a/unofficial.gni b/unofficial.gni
index 63cf55a1812336..a6c2f8c39becd2 100644
--- a/unofficial.gni
+++ b/unofficial.gni
@@ -195,13 +195,14 @@ template("node_gn_build") {
     }
     if (node_enable_inspector) {
       deps += [
-        "src/inspector:crdtp",
+        "$node_inspector_protocol_path:crdtp",
         "src/inspector:node_protocol_generated_sources",
         "src/inspector:v8_inspector_compress_protocol_json",
       ]
       include_dirs = [
         "$target_gen_dir/src",
         "$target_gen_dir/src/inspector",
+        "$node_inspector_protocol_path",
       ]
       node_inspector = exec_script(
           "./tools/gypi_to_gn.py",