diff --git a/lib/esm-utils.js b/lib/esm-utils.js
index d4acf06cb6..1e1230592a 100644
--- a/lib/esm-utils.js
+++ b/lib/esm-utils.js
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ exports.requireOrImport = hasStableEsmImplementation
       } catch (err) {
         if (
           err.code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' ||
-          err.code === 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION'
+          err.code === 'ERR_UNKNOWN_FILE_EXTENSION' ||
+          err.code === 'ERR_UNSUPPORTED_DIR_IMPORT'
         ) {
           return require(file);
         } else {
diff --git a/test/integration/esm.spec.js b/test/integration/esm.spec.js
index f1de91dfb5..7cf1c39071 100644
--- a/test/integration/esm.spec.js
+++ b/test/integration/esm.spec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
+var path = require('path');
 var helpers = require('./helpers');
 var run = helpers.runMochaJSON;
 var runMochaAsync = helpers.runMochaAsync;
@@ -65,4 +66,19 @@ describe('esm', function() {
       done();
     });
   });
+
+  it('should enable requiring/loading a cjs module with "dir" as filename', async function() {
+    var fixture = 'esm/test-that-uses-dir-cjs-require.fixture.js';
+    const result = await runMochaAsync(
+      fixture,
+      [
+        ...args,
+        '--require',
+        path.resolve(__dirname, './fixtures/esm/dir-cjs-require')
+      ],
+      {stdio: 'pipe'}
+    );
+
+    expect(result, 'to have passed test count', 1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/esm/dir-cjs-require/index.js b/test/integration/fixtures/esm/dir-cjs-require/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b8359abe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/esm/dir-cjs-require/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+global.testPassesIfThisVariableIsDefined = true
diff --git a/test/integration/fixtures/esm/test-that-uses-dir-cjs-require.fixture.js/index.js b/test/integration/fixtures/esm/test-that-uses-dir-cjs-require.fixture.js/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35d336d4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/fixtures/esm/test-that-uses-dir-cjs-require.fixture.js/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// See https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/issues/4665 for an explanation of this test
+it('should require a dir import', () => {
+  expect(global.testPassesIfThisVariableIsDefined, 'to be', true)
+})