diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f991fb2c0a..fd4d1e6a897 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public/built
 .DS-Store
 temp.VisualElementsManifest.xml
 app/extensions/gen/
+.cache-require-paths.json
 
 # electron-packager output dirs
 *-darwin-x64
diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index f553cfc5cf2..5d5fa64a631 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 let ready = false
 
+require('cache-require-paths')
+
 const CrashHerald = require('./crash-herald')
 const telemetry = require('./telemetry')
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 13976c4e347..6534c7ed218 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2710,6 +2710,11 @@
         }
       }
     },
+    "cache-require-paths": {
+      "version": "0.3.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cache-require-paths/-/cache-require-paths-0.3.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-EqYHWj5JiNpMIvIY4pSFZj5MSmM="
+    },
     "caller-path": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/caller-path/-/caller-path-0.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9219475d4da..e28eda092cf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
     "bat-publisher": "^2.0.0",
     "bignumber.js": "^4.0.4",
     "bloodhound-js": "brave/bloodhound",
+    "cache-require-paths": "^0.3.0",
     "clipboard-copy": "^1.0.0",
     "compare-versions": "^3.0.1",
     "deepmerge": "^2.0.1",