diff --git a/packages/taskr/lib/plugins.js b/packages/taskr/lib/plugins.js
index 8a331c8d..32f25277 100644
--- a/packages/taskr/lib/plugins.js
+++ b/packages/taskr/lib/plugins.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const p = require('path');
 const flatten = require('./fn').flatten;
 const isObject = require('./fn').isObject;
 const co = require('bluebird').coroutine;
+const createRequire = require('create-require');
 const $ = require('./utils');
 
 const rgx = /^@(taskr|fly)|(taskr|fly)-/i;
@@ -18,13 +19,8 @@ const join = p.join;
  */
 function req(name, base) {
 	try {
-		try {
-			name = require.resolve(name);
-		} catch (_) {
-			name = join(base, name);
-		} finally {
-			return require(name);
-		}
+		const relativeRequire = createRequire(base)
+		return relativeRequire(name);
 	} catch (e) {
 		$.alert(e.message);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/taskr/package.json b/packages/taskr/package.json
index 9197be6c..2de7dd8f 100644
--- a/packages/taskr/package.json
+++ b/packages/taskr/package.json
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "taskr.d.ts"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
+    "create-require": "^1.0.2",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "clorox": "^1.0.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.2",
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1"
   },
+  "peerDependencies": {
+    "@taskr/esnext": "^1.1.0"
+  },
+  "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+    "@taskr/esnext": {
+      "optional": true
+    }
+  },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "tape test/*.js | tap-spec"
   },