diff --git a/src/typings/electron.d.ts b/src/typings/electron.d.ts
index abd89ba63482e1fc23c3279b49885e19ac549e9e..fe325a2047c799947a2550deafd10ede6c324f25 100644
--- a/src/typings/electron.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/electron.d.ts
@@ -1887,6 +1887,12 @@ declare module 'electron' {
 	export = electron;
 }
 
+declare module 'original-fs' {
+	import * as fs from 'fs';
+
+	export = fs;
+}
+
 // interface NodeRequireFunction {
 // 	(moduleName: 'electron'): Electron.Electron;
 // }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/env.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/env.ts
index 36db9b4e7c7f58405c11bcf19d27af34c619d3a3..30a4498e7a7fac15bcaccd3910a2f88caf084009 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/env.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/env.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as crypto from 'crypto';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as fs from 'original-fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import { app } from 'electron';
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
index 6cb72691b98122be694801bad91e7bde4b3fadf8..9f4fcab157c796a28b3cfd9ad6a75976916ec971 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/main.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as fs from 'original-fs';
 import { app, ipcMain as ipc } from 'electron';
 import { assign } from 'vs/base/common/objects';
 import { mkdirp } from 'vs/base/node/pfs';
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/storage.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/storage.ts
index f0b7316667b954f624ff21b9b0688f39024240cb..8868f63d326cce844ecb867e8effb7cffceb91ee 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/storage.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/storage.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as fs from 'original-fs';
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { IEnvironmentService } from 'vs/code/electron-main/env';
 import { ServiceIdentifier, createDecorator } from 'vs/platform/instantiation/common/instantiation';
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/update-manager.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/update-manager.ts
index fa24a838511d684fc63a83a0a8cc8436b21cb6f8..e0b416b1214fb7b56da80cd21ac0c41d2963109e 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/update-manager.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/update-manager.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as fs from 'original-fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as electron from 'electron';
 import * as platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/windows.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/windows.ts
index 9f11a3a76edde86b2d7202bbc7dc4234ec1a860a..e8fe3bdc2ce603c4a333d97cfbaefd9e9c0b13e7 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/windows.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/windows.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as fs from 'original-fs';
 import * as platform from 'vs/base/common/platform';
 import * as nls from 'vs/nls';
 import * as paths from 'vs/base/common/paths';