diff --git a/src/compiler/resolutionCache.ts b/src/compiler/resolutionCache.ts
index fb04d7b7a18..9755022e313 100644
--- a/src/compiler/resolutionCache.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/resolutionCache.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace ts {
         getCachedDirectoryStructureHost(): CachedDirectoryStructureHost | undefined;
         projectName?: string;
         getGlobalCache?(): string | undefined;
+        globalCacheResolutionModuleName?(externalModuleName: string): string;
         writeLog(s: string): void;
         maxNumberOfFilesToIterateForInvalidation?: number;
         getCurrentProgram(): Program | undefined;
@@ -235,7 +236,12 @@ namespace ts {
             if (globalCache !== undefined && !isExternalModuleNameRelative(moduleName) && !(primaryResult.resolvedModule && extensionIsTS(primaryResult.resolvedModule.extension))) {
                 // create different collection of failed lookup locations for second pass
                 // if it will fail and we've already found something during the first pass - we don't want to pollute its results
-                const { resolvedModule, failedLookupLocations } = loadModuleFromGlobalCache(moduleName, resolutionHost.projectName, compilerOptions, host, globalCache);
+                const { resolvedModule, failedLookupLocations } = loadModuleFromGlobalCache(
+                    Debug.assertDefined(resolutionHost.globalCacheResolutionModuleName)(moduleName),
+                    resolutionHost.projectName,
+                    compilerOptions,
+                    host,
+                    globalCache);
                 if (resolvedModule) {
                     return { resolvedModule, failedLookupLocations: addRange(primaryResult.failedLookupLocations as string[], failedLookupLocations) };
                 }
diff --git a/src/jsTyping/jsTyping.ts b/src/jsTyping/jsTyping.ts
index 379ca6491a6..c2b2ad3f5b3 100644
--- a/src/jsTyping/jsTyping.ts
+++ b/src/jsTyping/jsTyping.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ namespace ts.JsTyping {
 
     export const nodeCoreModules = arrayToSet(nodeCoreModuleList);
 
+    export function nonRelativeModuleNameForTypingCache(moduleName: string) {
+        return nodeCoreModules.has(moduleName) ? "node" : moduleName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * A map of loose file names to library names that we are confident require typings
      */
@@ -150,7 +154,7 @@ namespace ts.JsTyping {
         // add typings for unresolved imports
         if (unresolvedImports) {
             const module = deduplicate<string>(
-                unresolvedImports.map(moduleId => nodeCoreModules.has(moduleId) ? "node" : moduleId),
+                unresolvedImports.map(nonRelativeModuleNameForTypingCache),
                 equateStringsCaseSensitive,
                 compareStringsCaseSensitive);
             addInferredTypings(module, "Inferred typings from unresolved imports");
diff --git a/src/server/project.ts b/src/server/project.ts
index e10a0988f71..a1a43a430f1 100644
--- a/src/server/project.ts
+++ b/src/server/project.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,9 @@ namespace ts.server {
             return this.getTypeAcquisition().enable ? this.projectService.typingsInstaller.globalTypingsCacheLocation : undefined;
         }
 
+        /*@internal*/
+        globalCacheResolutionModuleName = JsTyping.nonRelativeModuleNameForTypingCache;
+
         /*@internal*/
         fileIsOpen(filePath: Path) {
             return this.projectService.openFiles.has(filePath);
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/typingsInstaller.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/typingsInstaller.ts
index a2111d131e9..bcce68fe0de 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/typingsInstaller.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/typingsInstaller.ts
@@ -1831,9 +1831,11 @@ declare module "stream" {
             checkProjectActualFiles(proj, [file.path, libFile.path, nodeTyping.path]);
 
             // Here, since typings doesnt contain node typings and resolution fails and
-            // node typings go out of project
+            // node typings go out of project,
+            // but because we handle core node modules when resolving from typings cache
+            // node typings are included in the project
             host.checkTimeoutQueueLengthAndRun(2);
-            checkProjectActualFiles(proj, [file.path, libFile.path]);
+            checkProjectActualFiles(proj, [file.path, libFile.path, nodeTyping.path]);
         });
     });