diff --git a/src/compiler/program.ts b/src/compiler/program.ts
index 1d3894ee18..80995afe5a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/program.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/program.ts
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ namespace ts {
             : compilerOptions.module === ModuleKind.CommonJS ? ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs : ModuleResolutionKind.Classic;
 
         switch (moduleResolution) {
-            case ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs: return nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile, getSupportedExtensions(compilerOptions), host);
+            case ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs: return nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile, compilerOptions, host);
             case ModuleResolutionKind.Classic: return classicNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile, compilerOptions, host);
         }
     }
 
-    export function nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, supportedExtensions: string[], host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations {
+    export function nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName: string, containingFile: string, compilerOptions: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations {
         const containingDirectory = getDirectoryPath(containingFile);
-
+        const supportedExtensions = getSupportedExtensions(compilerOptions);
         if (getRootLength(moduleName) !== 0 || nameStartsWithDotSlashOrDotDotSlash(moduleName)) {
             const failedLookupLocations: string[] = [];
             const candidate = normalizePath(combinePaths(containingDirectory, moduleName));
diff --git a/tests/cases/unittests/moduleResolution.ts b/tests/cases/unittests/moduleResolution.ts
index 295410ef23..4c35d61147 100644
--- a/tests/cases/unittests/moduleResolution.ts
+++ b/tests/cases/unittests/moduleResolution.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ module ts {
             for (let ext of supportedTypeScriptExtensions) {
                 let containingFile = { name: containingFileName }
                 let moduleFile = { name: moduleFileNameNoExt + ext }
-                let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile.name, supportedTypeScriptExtensions, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
+                let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile.name, {}, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
                 assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.resolvedFileName, moduleFile.name);
                 assert.equal(!!resolution.resolvedModule.isExternalLibraryImport, false);
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module ts {
             let containingFile = { name: containingFileName };
             let packageJson = { name: packageJsonFileName, content: JSON.stringify({ "typings": fieldRef }) };
             let moduleFile = { name: moduleFileName };
-            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile.name, supportedTypeScriptExtensions, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, packageJson, moduleFile));
+            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver(moduleName, containingFile.name, {}, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, packageJson, moduleFile));
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.resolvedFileName, moduleFile.name);
             assert.equal(!!resolution.resolvedModule.isExternalLibraryImport, false);
             // expect three failed lookup location - attempt to load module as file with all supported extensions
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ module ts {
             let containingFile = { name: "/a/b/c.ts" };
             let packageJson = { name: "/a/b/foo/package.json", content: JSON.stringify({ main: "/c/d" }) };
             let indexFile = { name: "/a/b/foo/index.d.ts" };
-            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("./foo", containingFile.name, supportedTypeScriptExtensions, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, packageJson, indexFile));
+            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("./foo", containingFile.name, {}, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, packageJson, indexFile));
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.resolvedFileName, indexFile.name);
             assert.equal(!!resolution.resolvedModule.isExternalLibraryImport, false);
             assert.deepEqual(resolution.failedLookupLocations, [
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ module ts {
         it("load module as file - ts files not loaded", () => {
             let containingFile = { name: "/a/b/c/d/e.ts" };
             let moduleFile = { name: "/a/b/node_modules/foo.ts" };
-            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("foo", containingFile.name, supportedTypeScriptExtensions, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
+            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("foo", containingFile.name, {}, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.resolvedFileName, moduleFile.name);
             assert.deepEqual(resolution.failedLookupLocations, [
                 "/a/b/c/d/node_modules/foo.ts",
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ module ts {
         it("load module as file", () => {
             let containingFile = { name: "/a/b/c/d/e.ts" };
             let moduleFile = { name: "/a/b/node_modules/foo.d.ts" };
-            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("foo", containingFile.name, supportedTypeScriptExtensions, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
+            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("foo", containingFile.name, {}, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.resolvedFileName, moduleFile.name);
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.isExternalLibraryImport, true);
         });
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ module ts {
         it("load module as directory", () => {
             let containingFile = { name: "/a/node_modules/b/c/node_modules/d/e.ts" };
             let moduleFile = { name: "/a/node_modules/foo/index.d.ts" };
-            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("foo", containingFile.name, supportedTypeScriptExtensions, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
+            let resolution = nodeModuleNameResolver("foo", containingFile.name, {}, createModuleResolutionHost(containingFile, moduleFile));
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.resolvedFileName, moduleFile.name);
             assert.equal(resolution.resolvedModule.isExternalLibraryImport, true);
             assert.deepEqual(resolution.failedLookupLocations, [