diff --git a/node.c b/node.c
index 303c627..cceadb3 100644
--- a/node.c
+++ b/node.c
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBALTERNATIVES_H
+#include <libalternatives.h>
+#endif
+
 const unsigned min_version = 4;
 const unsigned max_version = 42;
 const char *default_version = "-default";
@@ -62,6 +66,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		printInvalidVersion(version);
 	}
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBALTERNATIVES_H
+	// if we want default version and not using update-alternatives
+	if (version == default_version)
+	{
+		// should not return, and if it does, it probably means
+		// we should fall back to using node-default fallback.
+		libalts_exec_default(argv);
+		fputs("Falling back to using -default symlink.\n", stderr);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	/* Generate our program path and check that we can execute it */
 	char *program_path, *program;
 	if (asprintf(&program, "%s%s", *bn, version) == -1 ||
diff --git a/nodejs-common.changes b/nodejs-common.changes
index a8122f2..c58ec45 100644
--- a/nodejs-common.changes
+++ b/nodejs-common.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Jun 10 10:27:58 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
+
+- Use libalternatives on TW by default
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 31 16:32:18 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
+
+- Add libalternatives support
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu May  6 12:50:02 UTC 2021 - Adam Majer <adam.majer@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/nodejs-common.spec b/nodejs-common.spec
index d7ac546..c6ad49f 100644
--- a/nodejs-common.spec
+++ b/nodejs-common.spec
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
 %define NODEJS_LTS      16
 %define NODEJS_CURRENT  16
 
+%if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
+%bcond_without libalternatives
+%else
+%bcond_with libalternatives
+%endif
+
 # SLE-12 variants
 %if 0%{?suse_version} < 1500
 %define default_node_ver %NODEJS_LTS
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@
 %endif
 
 Name:           nodejs-common
-Version:        4.1
+Version:        5.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Common files for the NodeJS ecosystem
 License:        MIT
@@ -78,6 +84,11 @@ Conflicts:      nodejs6 < 6.11.1
 Conflicts:      nodejs7 < 7.10.1
 Conflicts:      nodejs8 < 8.1.4
 BuildRequires:  gcc
+%if %{with libalternatives}
+BuildRequires:  libalternatives-devel
+%define libalternatives_cflags -DHAVE_LIBALTERNATIVES_H
+%define libalternatives_lflags -lalternatives
+%endif
 
 %description
 Common NodeJS files that allow recursive invocation of Node executable
@@ -120,7 +131,7 @@ the current architecture and codestream.
 %prep
 %build
 cp %{S:2} .
-gcc ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -o node %{S:1}
+gcc ${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} %?libalternatives_cflags -o node %{S:1} %?libalternatives_lflags
 
 echo "Default Node version: " %{default_node_ver}