diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index 72d75392162..573fe25796d 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
     # Reset this number to 0 on major V8 upgrades.
     # Increment by one for each non-official patch applied to deps/v8.
-    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.6',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.7',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/include/v8config.h b/deps/v8/include/v8config.h
index bd6b8f0fb50..1084bc9a081 100644
--- a/deps/v8/include/v8config.h
+++ b/deps/v8/include/v8config.h
@@ -591,11 +591,15 @@ path. Add it with -I<path> to the command line
 // functions.
 // Use like:
 //   V8_NOINLINE V8_PRESERVE_MOST void UnlikelyMethod();
+#if V8_OS_WIN
+# define V8_PRESERVE_MOST
+#else
 #if V8_HAS_ATTRIBUTE_PRESERVE_MOST
 # define V8_PRESERVE_MOST __attribute__((preserve_most))
 #else
 # define V8_PRESERVE_MOST /* NOT SUPPORTED */
 #endif
+#endif
 
 
 // A macro (V8_DEPRECATED) to mark classes or functions as deprecated.