diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 987347a1d..8e059c3fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "chalk": "^1.0.0",
     "connect": "2.8.3",
     "debug": "~2.1.0",
+    "graceful-fs": "^3.0.6",
     "image-size": "0.3.5",
     "joi": "~5.1.0",
     "jstransform": "10.1.0",
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/index.js b/packager/react-packager/index.js
index 3a70659cf..a7b6264b7 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/index.js
+++ b/packager/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];
+    }
+  });
+}