diff --git a/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/__tests__/require-test.js b/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/__tests__/require-test.js
index 7d8e29b47f..a04b9c76d4 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/__tests__/require-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/__tests__/require-test.js
@@ -226,34 +226,34 @@ describe('require', () => {
       moduleSystem.__r(0);
     });
 
-    it('exposes module.id as path on the module in dev mode', () => {
+    it('exposes module.id as moduleId on the module in dev mode', () => {
       createModuleSystem(moduleSystem, true);
 
       createModule(
         moduleSystem,
-        0,
+        1254,
         'index.js',
         (global, require, importDefault, importAll, module) => {
           module.exports = module.id;
         },
       );
 
-      expect(moduleSystem.__r(0)).toEqual('index.js');
+      expect(moduleSystem.__r(1254)).toEqual(1254);
     });
 
-    it("doesn't expose module.id as moduleId on the module in prod mode", () => {
+    it('exposes module.id as moduleId on the module in prod mode', () => {
       createModuleSystem(moduleSystem, false);
 
       createModule(
         moduleSystem,
-        0,
+        1337,
         'index.js',
         (global, require, importDefault, importAll, module) => {
           module.exports = module.id;
         },
       );
 
-      expect(moduleSystem.__r(0)).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(moduleSystem.__r(1337)).toEqual(1337);
     });
 
     it('handles requires/exports correctly', () => {
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ describe('require', () => {
       expect(moduleSystem.__r(0)).toEqual('foo');
       hook.release();
       expect(moduleSystem.__r(1)).toEqual('bar');
-      expect(received).toEqual([[0, {exports: 'foo'}]]);
+      expect(received).toEqual([[0, {exports: 'foo', id: 0}]]);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/require.js b/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/require.js
index c24b403dd1..4e63923750 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/require.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/lib/polyfills/require.js
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ type HotModuleReloadingData = {|
   disposeCallback: ?HotModuleReloadingCallback,
   dispose: (callback: HotModuleReloadingCallback) => void,
 |};
+type ModuleID = number;
 type Module = {
-  id?: string,
+  id?: ModuleID,
   exports: Exports,
   hot?: HotModuleReloadingData,
 };
-type ModuleID = number;
 type ModuleDefinition = {|
   dependencyMap: ?DependencyMap,
   error?: any,
@@ -341,12 +341,11 @@ function loadModuleImplementation(moduleId, module) {
     const moduleObject: Module = module.publicModule;
 
     if (__DEV__) {
-      moduleObject.id = module.verboseName || moduleObject.id;
-
       if (module.hot) {
         moduleObject.hot = module.hot;
       }
     }
+    moduleObject.id = moduleId;
 
     if (hooks.length > 0) {
       for (let i = 0; i < hooks.length; ++i) {