diff --git a/src/compiler/resolutionCache.ts b/src/compiler/resolutionCache.ts
index fb6adf59b26..13e6b9f280e 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;
@@ -270,7 +271,12 @@ 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 3a1aa4de64d..b02adbbd094 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/typingsInstaller.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/tsserver/typingsInstaller.ts
@@ -1781,6 +1781,70 @@ namespace ts.projectSystem {
                     import * as c from "foo/a/c";
             `, ["foo"], [fooAA, fooAB, fooAC]);
         });
+
+        it("should handle node core modules", () => {
+            const file: TestFSWithWatch.File = {
+                path: "/a/b/app.js",
+                content: `// @ts-check
+
+const net = require("net");
+const stream = require("stream");`
+            };
+            const nodeTyping: TestFSWithWatch.File = {
+                path: `${globalTypingsCacheLocation}/node_modules/node/index.d.ts`,
+                content: `
+declare module "net" {
+    export type n = number;
+}
+declare module "stream" {
+    export type s = string;
+}`,
+            };
+
+            const host = createServerHost([file, libFile]);
+            const installer = new (class extends Installer {
+                constructor() {
+                    super(host, { globalTypingsCacheLocation, typesRegistry: createTypesRegistry("node") });
+                }
+                installWorker(_requestId: number, _args: string[], _cwd: string, cb: TI.RequestCompletedAction) {
+                    executeCommand(this, host, ["node"], [nodeTyping], cb);
+                }
+            })();
+            const projectService = createProjectService(host, { typingsInstaller: installer });
+            projectService.openClientFile(file.path);
+            projectService.checkNumberOfProjects({ inferredProjects: 1 });
+
+            const proj = projectService.inferredProjects[0];
+            checkProjectActualFiles(proj, [file.path, libFile.path]);
+            installer.installAll(/*expectedCount*/ 1);
+            host.checkTimeoutQueueLengthAndRun(2);
+            checkProjectActualFiles(proj, [file.path, libFile.path, nodeTyping.path]);
+            projectService.applyChangesInOpenFiles(
+                /*openFiles*/ undefined,
+                arrayIterator([{
+                    fileName: file.path,
+                    changes: arrayIterator([{
+                        span: {
+                            start: file.content.indexOf(`"stream"`) + 2,
+                            length: 0
+                        },
+                        newText: " "
+                    }])
+                }]),
+                /*closedFiles*/ undefined
+            );
+            // Below timeout Updates the typings to empty array because of "s tream" as unsresolved import
+            // and schedules the update graph because of this.
+            host.checkTimeoutQueueLengthAndRun(2);
+            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,
+            // 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, nodeTyping.path]);
+        });
     });
 
     describe("unittests:: tsserver:: typingsInstaller:: tsserver:: with inferred Project", () => {