diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index ef0fad209ff9c8..3dc966b770f38e 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ Module._extensions['.json'] = function(module, filename) {
   }
 };
 
+// Native extension for .jsonld, same as JSON (but different MIME type)
+Module._extensions['.jsonld'] = Module._extensions['.json'];
 
 //Native extension for .node
 Module._extensions['.node'] = function(module, filename) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/elementary.jsonld b/test/fixtures/elementary.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1c6a141ed28c12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/elementary.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "@id":  "moo"
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/invalid.jsonld b/test/fixtures/invalid.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f5ba6ca634c28e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/invalid.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "@id":    "moo"
+  "@type":  "http://example.org"
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-jsonld.js b/test/parallel/test-require-jsonld.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..679b841a7bce6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-jsonld.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+assert.throws(
+  function() {
+    require('../fixtures/invalid.jsonld');
+  },
+  /test[\/\\]fixtures[\/\\]invalid.jsonld: Unexpected string/,
+  'require() jsonld error should include path'
+);
+
+var ld = require('../fixtures/elementary.jsonld');
+assert.strictEqual(ld['@id'], 'moo', 'require() loads jsonld');