diff --git a/src/services/preProcess.ts b/src/services/preProcess.ts
index fc22b274ddbbd..ca4adc00b3e77 100644
--- a/src/services/preProcess.ts
+++ b/src/services/preProcess.ts
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 token = nextToken();
                 if (token === SyntaxKind.OpenParenToken) {
                     token = nextToken();
-                    if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral) {
+                    if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral || token === SyntaxKind.NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral) {
                         // import("mod");
                         recordModuleName();
                         return true;
@@ -224,13 +224,14 @@ namespace ts {
             return false;
         }
 
-        function tryConsumeRequireCall(skipCurrentToken: boolean): boolean {
+        function tryConsumeRequireCall(skipCurrentToken: boolean, allowTemplateLiterals = false): boolean {
             let token = skipCurrentToken ? nextToken() : scanner.getToken();
             if (token === SyntaxKind.RequireKeyword) {
                 token = nextToken();
                 if (token === SyntaxKind.OpenParenToken) {
                     token = nextToken();
-                    if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral) {
+                    if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral ||
+                        allowTemplateLiterals && token === SyntaxKind.NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral) {
                         //  require("mod");
                         recordModuleName();
                     }
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 }
 
                 token = nextToken();
-                if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral) {
+                if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral || token === SyntaxKind.NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral) {
                     // looks like define ("modname", ... - skip string literal and comma
                     token = nextToken();
                     if (token === SyntaxKind.CommaToken) {
@@ -271,7 +272,7 @@ namespace ts {
                 // scan until ']' or EOF
                 while (token !== SyntaxKind.CloseBracketToken && token !== SyntaxKind.EndOfFileToken) {
                     // record string literals as module names
-                    if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral) {
+                    if (token === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral || token === SyntaxKind.NoSubstitutionTemplateLiteral) {
                         recordModuleName();
                     }
 
@@ -313,7 +314,10 @@ namespace ts {
                 if (tryConsumeDeclare() ||
                     tryConsumeImport() ||
                     tryConsumeExport() ||
-                    (detectJavaScriptImports && (tryConsumeRequireCall(/*skipCurrentToken*/ false) || tryConsumeDefine()))) {
+                    (detectJavaScriptImports && (
+                        tryConsumeRequireCall(/*skipCurrentToken*/ false, /*allowTemplateLiterals*/ true) ||
+                        tryConsumeDefine()
+                    ))) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 else {
diff --git a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts
index 766c7d7078beb..57198c23c10ac 100644
--- a/src/testRunner/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts
+++ b/src/testRunner/unittests/services/preProcessFile.ts
@@ -530,6 +530,65 @@ describe("unittests:: services:: PreProcessFile:", () => {
                 isLibFile: false
             });
         });
+
+        it("Correctly handles dynamic imports with template literals", () => {
+            test("const m1 = import('mod1');" + "\n" +
+            "const m2 = import(`mod2`);" + "\n" +
+            "Promise.all([import('mod3'), import(`mod4`)]);" + "\n" +
+            "import(/* webpackChunkName: 'module5' */ `mod5`);" + "\n",
+            /*readImportFile*/ true,
+            /*detectJavaScriptImports*/ false,
+            {
+                referencedFiles: [],
+                typeReferenceDirectives: [],
+                libReferenceDirectives: [],
+                importedFiles: [
+                    { fileName: "mod1", pos: 18, end: 22 },
+                    { fileName: "mod2", pos: 45, end: 49 },
+                    { fileName: "mod3", pos: 74, end: 78 },
+                    { fileName: "mod4", pos: 90, end: 94 },
+                    { fileName: "mod5", pos: 142, end: 146 }
+                ],
+                ambientExternalModules: undefined,
+                isLibFile: false
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("Correctly handles require calls with template literals in JS files", () => {
+            test("const m1 = require(`mod1`);" + "\n" +
+            "f(require(`mod2`));" + "\n" +
+            "const a = { x: require(`mod3`) };" + "\n",
+            /*readImportFile*/ true,
+            /*detectJavaScriptImports*/ true,
+            {
+                referencedFiles: [],
+                typeReferenceDirectives: [],
+                libReferenceDirectives: [],
+                importedFiles: [
+                    { fileName: "mod1", pos: 19, end: 23 },
+                    { fileName: "mod2", pos: 38, end: 42 },
+                    { fileName: "mod3", pos: 71, end: 75 }
+                ],
+                ambientExternalModules: undefined,
+                isLibFile: false
+            });
+        });
+
+        it("Correctly handles dependency lists in define(modName, [deplist]) calls with template literals in JS files", () => {
+            test("define(`mod`, [`mod1`, `mod2`], (m1, m2) => {});",
+            /*readImportFile*/ true,
+            /*detectJavaScriptImports*/ true,
+            {
+                referencedFiles: [],
+                typeReferenceDirectives: [],
+                libReferenceDirectives: [],
+                importedFiles: [
+                    { fileName: "mod1", pos: 15, end: 19 },
+                    { fileName: "mod2", pos: 23, end: 27 },
+                ],
+                ambientExternalModules: undefined,
+                isLibFile: false
+            });
+        });
     });
 });
-