diff --git a/src/compiler/sys.ts b/src/compiler/sys.ts
index 0bb87cc5a4..1ced01fb34 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sys.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/sys.ts
@@ -498,6 +498,11 @@ namespace ts {
                     const files = _fs.readdirSync(path || ".").sort();
                     const directories: string[] = [];
                     for (const current of files) {
+                        // This is necessary because on some file system node fails to exclude 
+                        // "." and "..". See https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4002
+                        if (current === "." || current === "..") {
+                            continue;
+                        }
                         const name = combinePaths(path, current);
                         if (!contains(exclude, getCanonicalPath(name))) {
                             const stat = _fs.statSync(name);