diff --git a/dist-raw/node-createrequire.js b/dist-raw/node-createrequire.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 649deb10d..000000000
--- a/dist-raw/node-createrequire.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// Extracted from https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/ec2ffd6b9d255e19818b6949d2f7dc7ac70faee9/lib/internal/modules/cjs/loader.js
-// then modified to suit our needs
-
-const path = require('path');
-const Module = require('module');
-
-exports.createRequireFromPath = createRequireFromPath;
-
-function createRequireFromPath(filename) {
-  // Allow a directory to be passed as the filename
-  const trailingSlash =
-    filename.endsWith('/') || (isWindows && filename.endsWith('\\'));
-
-  const proxyPath = trailingSlash ?
-    path.join(filename, 'noop.js') :
-    filename;
-
-  const m = new Module(proxyPath);
-  m.filename = proxyPath;
-
-  m.paths = Module._nodeModulePaths(m.path);
-  return makeRequireFunction(m, proxyPath);
-}
-
-// This trick is much smaller than copy-pasting from https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/ec2ffd6b9d255e19818b6949d2f7dc7ac70faee9/lib/internal/modules/cjs/helpers.js#L32-L101
-function makeRequireFunction(module, filename) {
-  module._compile('module.exports = require;', filename)
-  return mod.exports
-}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index df7e8885d..d7a2f0d25 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -709,6 +709,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-ZSKUwUZR2yj6k70tX/KYOk8IxjY=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "create-require": {
+      "version": "1.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/create-require/-/create-require-1.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-yEFVS7dQjDXp5iOEtWisN4uFmL+pUTyIaEizKda9Eb77XX58p6pgFOLAPaBCP+IR6ZPZ1jgJLAuf+ABk0zXYBQ=="
+    },
     "cross-spawn": {
       "version": "7.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e04ad3548..7bc36e5ad 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "arg": "^4.1.0",
+    "create-require": "^1.1.0",
     "diff": "^4.0.1",
     "make-error": "^1.1.1",
     "source-map-support": "^0.5.17",
diff --git a/src/index.spec.ts b/src/index.spec.ts
index 74a2959a4..58fc64c56 100644
--- a/src/index.spec.ts
+++ b/src/index.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import type * as tsNodeTypes from './index'
 import { unlinkSync, existsSync, lstatSync } from 'fs'
 import * as promisify from 'util.promisify'
 import { sync as rimrafSync } from 'rimraf'
-import { createRequire, createRequireFromPath } from 'module'
+import type _createRequire from 'create-require'
+const createRequire: typeof _createRequire = require('create-require')
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'url'
 import Module = require('module')
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ const BIN_SCRIPT_PATH = join(TEST_DIR, 'node_modules/.bin/ts-node-script')
 const SOURCE_MAP_REGEXP = /\/\/# sourceMappingURL=data:application\/json;charset=utf\-8;base64,[\w\+]+=*$/
 
 // `createRequire` does not exist on older node versions
-const testsDirRequire = (createRequire || createRequireFromPath)(join(TEST_DIR, 'index.js')) // tslint:disable-line
+const testsDirRequire = createRequire(join(TEST_DIR, 'index.js')) // tslint:disable-line
 
 // Set after ts-node is installed locally
 let { register, create, VERSION }: typeof tsNodeTypes = {} as any
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 277378226..3c51f8094 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ import { BaseError } from 'make-error'
 import * as util from 'util'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
 import type * as _ts from 'typescript'
-import * as Module from 'module'
+import { Module, createRequire as nodeCreateRequire, createRequireFromPath as nodeCreateRequireFromPath } from 'module'
+import type _createRequire from 'create-require'
+// tslint:disable-next-line
+const createRequire = nodeCreateRequire ?? nodeCreateRequireFromPath ?? require('create-require') as typeof _createRequire
 
 /**
  * Does this version of node obey the package.json "type" field
@@ -1215,12 +1218,3 @@ function getTokenAtPosition (ts: typeof _ts, sourceFile: _ts.SourceFile, positio
     return current
   }
 }
-
-let nodeCreateRequire: (path: string) => NodeRequire
-function createRequire (filename: string) {
-  if (!nodeCreateRequire) {
-    // tslint:disable-next-line
-    nodeCreateRequire = Module.createRequire || Module.createRequireFromPath || require('../dist-raw/node-createrequire').createRequireFromPath
-  }
-  return nodeCreateRequire(filename)
-}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 465293630..0132c19cf 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "./tsconfig.schemastore-schema.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "target": "es2015",
-    "lib": ["es2015"],
+    "lib": ["es2015", "dom"],
     "rootDir": "src",
     "outDir": "dist",
     "module": "commonjs",