diff --git a/lib/internal/module.js b/lib/internal/module.js
index d2140411552..5fa77a11126 100644
--- a/lib/internal/module.js
+++ b/lib/internal/module.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+const errors = require('internal/errors');
+
 // Invoke with makeRequireFunction(module) where |module| is the Module object
 // to use as the context for the require() function.
 function makeRequireFunction(mod) {
@@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ function makeRequireFunction(mod) {
   }
 
   function resolve(request, options) {
+    if (typeof request !== 'string') {
+      throw new errors.Error('ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+                             'request', 'string', request);
+    }
     return Module._resolveFilename(request, mod, false, options);
   }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js b/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js
index 4fbf697faf5..a2bc05ada4d 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-require-resolve.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 // USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 'use strict';
-require('../common');
+const common = require('../common');
 const fixtures = require('../common/fixtures');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
@@ -38,3 +38,13 @@ assert.strictEqual('path', require.resolve('path'));
 // Test configurable resolve() paths.
 require(fixtures.path('require-resolve.js'));
 require(fixtures.path('resolve-paths', 'default', 'verify-paths.js'));
+
+const re = /^The "request" argument must be of type string\. Received type \w+$/;
+[1, false, null, undefined, {}].forEach((value) => {
+  common.expectsError(
+    () => { require.resolve(value); },
+    {
+      code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+      message: re
+    });
+});