diff --git a/spec/spec-helper.coffee b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
index 1c9e6fb6b..33ec8c521 100644
--- a/spec/spec-helper.coffee
+++ b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ TextEditorElement = require '../src/text-editor-element'
 TokenizedBuffer = require '../src/tokenized-buffer'
 TextEditorComponent = require '../src/text-editor-component'
 pathwatcher = require 'pathwatcher'
-clipboard = require 'clipboard'
+clipboard = require "../src/native-clipboard"
 
 atom.themes.loadBaseStylesheets()
 atom.themes.requireStylesheet '../static/jasmine'
diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
index 06f285fd0..38f17072d 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-clipboard = require 'clipboard'
+clipboard = require '../src/native-clipboard'
 TextEditor = require '../src/text-editor'
 
 describe "TextEditor", ->
diff --git a/src/clipboard.coffee b/src/clipboard.coffee
index bc0926521..80ec464e7 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.coffee
+++ b/src/clipboard.coffee
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
 crypto = require 'crypto'
-
-# Using clipboard in renderer process is not safe on Linux.
-clipboard =
-  if process.platform is 'linux'
-    require('remote').require 'clipboard'
-  else
-    require 'clipboard'
+clipboard = require "./native-clipboard"
 
 # Extended: Represents the clipboard used for copying and pasting in Atom.
 #
diff --git a/src/native-clipboard.coffee b/src/native-clipboard.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f66d44646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/native-clipboard.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Using clipboard in renderer process is not safe on Linux.
+module.exports =
+  if process.platform is 'linux'
+    require('remote').require 'clipboard'
+  else
+    require 'clipboard'