diff --git a/lib/module.js b/lib/module.js
index b2303eb36a..05305d5313 100755
--- a/lib/module.js
+++ b/lib/module.js
@@ -60,21 +60,21 @@ class Module {
     }
     // Allows passing runtime options to each module
     const options = moduleOpts.options || {}
-    const src = moduleOpts.src || moduleOpts
+    let src = moduleOpts.src || moduleOpts
     // Resolve module
     let module
     try {
       if (typeof src === 'string') {
         // Using ~ shorthand modules are resolved from project srcDir
         if (src.indexOf('~') === 0) {
-          module = require(path.resolve(this.options.srcDir, src.substr(1)))
-        } else {
-          module = require(src)
+          src = path.resolve(this.options.srcDir, src.substr(1))
         }
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-eval
+        module = eval('require')(src)
       }
     } catch (e) {
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-      console.error('[Nuxt] Unable to resolve module', module)
+      console.error('[Nuxt] Unable to resolve module', src)
       // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
       console.error(e)
       return
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Module {
     }
     // Call module with `this` context and pass options
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      return module.apply(this, options, err => {
+      return module.call(this, options, err => {
         if (err) {
           return reject(err)
         }