diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index ae6f4ff453ccc7..44a3d0ff31ab13 100644
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -510,6 +510,10 @@ Module.prototype.load = function(filename) {
 Module.prototype.require = function(path) {
   assert(path, 'missing path');
   assert(typeof path === 'string', 'path must be a string');
+  // Ignore part of the path after null character if it exists
+  if (path.indexOf('\u0000') !== -1) {
+    path = path.split('\u0000')[0];
+  }
   return Module._load(path, this, /* isMain */ false);
 };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-exceptions.js b/test/parallel/test-require-exceptions.js
index 57d0e9c218e206..70832d29589428 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-exceptions.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-exceptions.js
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ assert.throws(function() {
   require(`${common.fixturesDir}/throws_error`);
 }, /^Error: blah$/);
 
+// Requiring the module with null character in
+// path as first character of a component
+assert.throws(function() {
+  require('../\u0000on');
+}, /^Error: Cannot find module '[.]{2}\/'$/);
+
 // Requiring a module that does not exist should throw an
 // error with its `code` set to MODULE_NOT_FOUND
 assertModuleNotFound('/DOES_NOT_EXIST');