diff --git a/react-packager/index.js b/react-packager/index.js
index 3a70659c..a7b6264b 100644
--- a/react-packager/index.js
+++ b/react-packager/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+useGracefulFs();
+
 var Activity = require('./src/Activity');
 var Server = require('./src/Server');
 
@@ -45,3 +47,16 @@ exports.getDependencies = function(options, main) {
       return r.dependencies;
     });
 };
+
+function useGracefulFs() {
+  var fs = require('fs');
+  var gracefulFs = require('graceful-fs');
+
+  // A bit sneaky but it's not straightforward to update all the
+  // modules we depend on.
+  Object.keys(fs).forEach(function(method) {
+    if (typeof fs[method] === 'function' && gracefulFs[method]) {
+      fs[method] = gracefulFs[method];
+    }
+  });
+}