diff --git a/internal/linker/index.js b/internal/linker/index.js
index 21e1c1de41..eef8710225 100644
--- a/internal/linker/index.js
+++ b/internal/linker/index.js
@@ -519,6 +519,12 @@ function main(args, runfiles) {
 exports.main = main;
 exports.runfiles = new Runfiles(process.env);
 if (require.main === module) {
+    if (Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]) < 10) {
+        console.error(`ERROR: rules_nodejs linker requires Node v10 or greater, but is running on ${process.versions.node}`);
+        console.error('Note that earlier Node versions are no longer in long-term-support, see');
+        console.error('https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/');
+        process.exit(1);
+    }
     (() => __awaiter(void 0, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
             process.exitCode = yield main(process.argv.slice(2), exports.runfiles);
diff --git a/internal/linker/link_node_modules.ts b/internal/linker/link_node_modules.ts
index c877c4382e..72f0dcd645 100644
--- a/internal/linker/link_node_modules.ts
+++ b/internal/linker/link_node_modules.ts
@@ -795,6 +795,13 @@ export async function main(args: string[], runfiles: Runfiles) {
 export const runfiles = new Runfiles(process.env);
 
 if (require.main === module) {
+  if (Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0]) < 10) {
+    console.error(`ERROR: rules_nodejs linker requires Node v10 or greater, but is running on ${
+        process.versions.node}`);
+    console.error('Note that earlier Node versions are no longer in long-term-support, see');
+    console.error('https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/');
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
   (async () => {
     try {
       process.exitCode = await main(process.argv.slice(2), runfiles);