diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index c258bb03e1..447192e950 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ if (process.platform != 'win32') {
 // hack for require.resolve("./relative") to work properly.
 module.filename = process.cwd() + '/repl';
 
+// hack for repl require to work properly with node_modules folders
+module.paths = require('module')._nodeModulePaths(module.filename);
+
 
 function resetContext() {
   context = vm.createContext();