diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52c8ceea06..f04385b5e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Features
+
+- Collect modules script for XCode builds supports NODE_BINARY to set path to node executable ([#2805](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/2805))
+
 ### Dependencies
 
 - Bump Android SDK from v6.12.1 to v6.13.0 ([#2790](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/2790))
diff --git a/scripts/collect-modules.sh b/scripts/collect-modules.sh
index 59a9c59012..419d2e4ac2 100755
--- a/scripts/collect-modules.sh
+++ b/scripts/collect-modules.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ if [[ -z "$DERIVED_FILE_DIR" ]]; then
 fi
 
 nodePath="node"
+if [[ -n "$NODE_BINARY" ]]; then
+  nodePath="$NODE_BINARY"
+fi
+
 thisFilePath=$(dirname $0)
 collectModulesScript="$thisFilePath/../dist/js/tools/collectModules.js"
 
@@ -40,4 +44,11 @@ else
   modulesPaths="$MODULES_PATHS"
 fi
 
+type $nodePath >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo >&2 "error: $nodePath not found! Modules won't be collected." \
+    "Please export NODE_BINARY in 'Build Phase' - 'Bundle React Native code and images'" \
+    "to an absolute path of your node binary. Check your node path by 'which node'."
+  exit 0 # Don't fail the build but inform about the problem
+}
+
 $nodePath "$collectModulesScript" "$sourceMap" "$modulesOutput" "$modulesPaths"