diff --git a/tasks/generate-requires.js b/tasks/generate-requires.js
index 3c190df2cf..31e2c77b85 100644
--- a/tasks/generate-requires.js
+++ b/tasks/generate-requires.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-var fs = require('fs');
+var fs = require('graceful-fs');
 
 // The number of files that we need to generate goog.require's for.
 var numFiles = process.argv.length - 1;