diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
index 63f02541ae669f..ac426b55881aee 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/utils.js
@@ -346,6 +346,10 @@ function Stats(dev, mode, nlink, uid, gid, rdev, blksize,
 Object.setPrototypeOf(Stats.prototype, StatsBase.prototype);
 Object.setPrototypeOf(Stats, StatsBase);
 
+// HACK: Workaround for https://github.com/standard-things/esm/issues/821.
+// TODO(ronag): Remove this as soon as `esm` publishes a fixed version.
+Stats.prototype.isFile = StatsBase.prototype.isFile;
+
 Stats.prototype._checkModeProperty = function(property) {
   if (isWindows && (property === S_IFIFO || property === S_IFBLK ||
     property === S_IFSOCK)) {