diff --git a/platform/nodejs/main.js b/platform/nodejs/main.js
index 171ec8636..8c9bbe998 100644
--- a/platform/nodejs/main.js
+++ b/platform/nodejs/main.js
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 import { createRequire } from 'module';
 
-import './lib/punycode.js';
 import './lib/publicsuffixlist/publicsuffixlist.js';
 
 import globals from './js/globals.js';
@@ -98,16 +97,10 @@ async function enableWASM() {
     return false;
 }
 
-function pslInit(raw) {
-    if ( typeof raw !== 'string' || raw.trim() === '' ) {
-        const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); // jshint ignore:line
-        raw = require('./data/effective_tld_names.json');
-        if ( typeof raw !== 'string' || raw.trim() === '' ) {
-            console.error('Unable to populate public suffix list');
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-    globals.publicSuffixList.parse(raw, globals.punycode.toASCII);
+function pslInit() {
+    const require = createRequire(import.meta.url); // jshint ignore:line
+    const json = require('./data/publicsuffixlist.json');
+    globals.publicSuffixList.fromSelfie(json);
     return globals.publicSuffixList;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/make-nodejs.sh b/tools/make-nodejs.sh
index 9404d2c2d..6d5bfff2f 100755
--- a/tools/make-nodejs.sh
+++ b/tools/make-nodejs.sh
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ UASSETS=submodules/uAssets
 # https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/1664#issuecomment-888332409
 THIRDPARTY=$UASSETS/thirdparties/publicsuffix.org
 mkdir -p $DES/data
-node -pe "JSON.stringify(fs.readFileSync('$THIRDPARTY/list/effective_tld_names.dat', 'utf8'))" \
-    > $DES/data/effective_tld_names.json
 THIRDPARTY=$UASSETS/thirdparties/easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org
 node -pe "JSON.stringify(fs.readFileSync('$THIRDPARTY/easylist.txt', 'utf8'))" \
     > $DES/data/easylist.json
 node -pe "JSON.stringify(fs.readFileSync('$THIRDPARTY/easyprivacy.txt', 'utf8'))" \
     > $DES/data/easyprivacy.json
+# https://github.com/cliqz-oss/adblocker/pull/2091#issuecomment-890545926
+node ./tools/make-psl.json.js
 
 cp platform/nodejs/*.js   $DES/
 cp platform/nodejs/*.json $DES/
diff --git a/tools/make-psl.json.js b/tools/make-psl.json.js
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0228492bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/make-psl.json.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+
+    uBlock Origin - a browser extension to block requests.
+    Copyright (C) 2014-present Raymond Hill
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see {http://www.gnu.org/licenses/}.
+
+    Home: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
+*/
+
+/* globals process, require */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const raw = fs.readFileSync('./submodules/uAssets/thirdparties/publicsuffix.org/list/effective_tld_names.dat', 'utf8');
+const punycode = require('../src/lib/punycode.js');
+const psl = require('../src/lib/publicsuffixlist/publicsuffixlist.js');
+
+if ( typeof raw !== 'string' || raw.trim() === '' ) {
+    return process.exit('Unable to populate public suffix list');
+}
+
+psl.parse(raw, punycode.toASCII);
+
+fs.writeFileSync(
+    './dist/build/uBlock0.nodejs/data/publicsuffixlist.json',
+    JSON.stringify(psl.toSelfie())
+);