diff --git a/packages/caching-compiler/caching-compiler.js b/packages/caching-compiler/caching-compiler.js
index e29b5ffb15..2149ddcea1 100644
--- a/packages/caching-compiler/caching-compiler.js
+++ b/packages/caching-compiler/caching-compiler.js
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ CachingCompilerBase = class CachingCompilerBase {
   // doesn't exist.
   _readFileOrNull(filename) {
     try {
-      return fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8');
+      return fs.readFileSync(filename, 'utf8');
     } catch (e) {
       if (e && e.code === 'ENOENT')
         return null;
diff --git a/packages/stylus/plugin/compile-stylus.js b/packages/stylus/plugin/compile-stylus.js
index cca6c0d47f..f2c22b53c7 100644
--- a/packages/stylus/plugin/compile-stylus.js
+++ b/packages/stylus/plugin/compile-stylus.js
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class StylusCompiler extends MultiFileCachingCompiler {
 
         if (isAbsolute || isNib || isStylusBuiltIn) {
           // absolute path? let the default implementation handle this
-          return fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
+          return fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8');
         }
 
         const parsed = parseImportPath(filePath);
diff --git a/tools/files.js b/tools/files.js
index d7f6a58bd4..a19d95d751 100644
--- a/tools/files.js
+++ b/tools/files.js
@@ -1303,6 +1303,8 @@ files.readLinkToMeteorScript = function (linkLocation, platform) {
 //   A helpful file to import for this purpose is colon-converter.js, which also
 //   knows how to convert various configuration file formats.
 
+
+files.fsFixPath = {};
 /**
  * Wrap a function from node's fs module to use the right slashes for this OS
  * and run in a fiber, then assign it to the "files" namespace. Each call
@@ -1310,6 +1312,9 @@ files.readLinkToMeteorScript = function (linkLocation, platform) {
  * until the call is done), unless run outside a Fiber or in noYieldsAllowed, in
  * which case it uses fs.funcSync.
  *
+ * Also creates a simpler version on files.fsFixPath.* that just fixes the path
+ * and fiberizes the Sync version if possible.
+ *
  * @param  {String} fsFuncName         The name of the node fs function to wrap
  * @param  {Number[]} pathArgIndices Indices of arguments that have paths, these
  * arguments will be converted to the correct OS slashes
@@ -1322,46 +1327,72 @@ files.readLinkToMeteorScript = function (linkLocation, platform) {
 function wrapFsFunc(fsFuncName, pathArgIndices, options) {
   options = options || {};
 
-  var fsFunc = fs[fsFuncName];
-  var fsFuncSync = fs[fsFuncName + "Sync"];
+  const fsFunc = fs[fsFuncName];
+  const fsFuncSync = fs[fsFuncName + "Sync"];
 
-  function wrapper(...args) {
-    for (var j = pathArgIndices.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
-      i = pathArgIndices[j];
-      args[i] = files.convertToOSPath(args[i]);
-    }
+  function makeWrapper ({alwaysSync, sync}) {
+    function wrapper(...args) {
+      for (let j = pathArgIndices.length - 1; j >= 0; --j) {
+        const i = pathArgIndices[j];
+        args[i] = files.convertToOSPath(args[i]);
+      }
 
-    if (Fiber.current &&
-        Fiber.yield && ! Fiber.yield.disallowed) {
-      var fut = new Future;
+      const canYield = Fiber.current && Fiber.yield && ! Fiber.yield.disallowed;
+      const shouldBeSync = alwaysSync || sync;
 
-      args.push(function callback(err, value) {
-        if (options.noErr) {
-          fut.return(err);
-        } else if (err) {
-          fut.throw(err);
-        } else {
-          fut.return(value);
+      if (canYield && shouldBeSync) {
+        const fut = new Future;
+
+        args.push(function callback(err, value) {
+          if (options.noErr) {
+            fut.return(err);
+          } else if (err) {
+            fut.throw(err);
+          } else {
+            fut.return(value);
+          }
+        });
+
+        fsFunc.apply(fs, args);
+
+        const result = fut.wait();
+        return options.modifyReturnValue
+          ? options.modifyReturnValue(result)
+          : result;
+      } else if (shouldBeSync) {
+        // Should be sync but can't yield: we are not in a Fiber.
+        // Run the sync version of the fs.* method.
+        const result = fsFuncSync.apply(fs, args);
+        return options.modifyReturnValue ?
+               options.modifyReturnValue(result) : result;
+      } else if (! sync) {
+        // wrapping a plain async version
+        const cb = args[fsFunc.length - 1];
+        if (typeof cb === 'function') {
+          args[fsFunc.length - 1] = function (err, res) {
+            if (options.modifyReturnValue) {
+              res = options.modifyReturnValue(res);
+            }
+            Fiber(cb.bind(null, err, res)).run();
+          };
         }
-      });
+        fsFunc.apply(fs, args);
+        return null;
+      }
 
-      fsFunc.apply(fs, args);
-
-      var result = fut.wait();
-      return options.modifyReturnValue
-        ? options.modifyReturnValue(result)
-        : result;
+      throw new Error('unexpected');
     }
 
-    // If we're not in a Fiber, run the sync version of the fs.* method.
-    var result = fsFuncSync.apply(fs, args);
-    return options.modifyReturnValue
-      ? options.modifyReturnValue(result)
-      : result;
+    wrapper.displayName = fsFuncName;
+    return wrapper;
   }
 
-  wrapper.displayName = fsFuncName;
-  return files[fsFuncName] = Profile("files." + fsFuncName, wrapper);
+  files[fsFuncName] = Profile('files.' + fsFuncName, makeWrapper({ alwaysSync: true }));
+
+  files.fsFixPath[fsFuncName] =
+    Profile('wrapped.fs.' + fsFuncName, makeWrapper({ sync: false }));
+  files.fsFixPath[fsFuncName + 'Sync'] =
+    Profile('wrapped.fs.' + fsFuncName + 'Sync', makeWrapper({ sync: true }));
 }
 
 wrapFsFunc("writeFile", [0]);
diff --git a/tools/isobuild/isopack.js b/tools/isobuild/isopack.js
index 20f3efb7e1..2cc8089e96 100644
--- a/tools/isobuild/isopack.js
+++ b/tools/isobuild/isopack.js
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ _.extend(Isopack.prototype, {
         extname: files.pathExtname,
         sep: files.pathSep
       },
-      fs: files
+      fs: files.fsFixPath
     };
     return Plugin;
   },
diff --git a/tools/tests/apps/local-compiler-plugin/packages/local-plugin/plugin.js b/tools/tests/apps/local-compiler-plugin/packages/local-plugin/plugin.js
index 9758047a1d..c99795fef3 100644
--- a/tools/tests/apps/local-compiler-plugin/packages/local-plugin/plugin.js
+++ b/tools/tests/apps/local-compiler-plugin/packages/local-plugin/plugin.js
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ PrintmeCompiler.prototype.processFilesForTarget = function (inputFiles) {
   });
   console.log("PrintmeCompiler invocation", ++self.runCount);
   if (self.diskCache) {
-    fs.writeFile(self.diskCache, self.runCount + '\n');
+    fs.writeFileSync(self.diskCache, self.runCount + '\n');
   }
 };
 PrintmeCompiler.prototype.setDiskCacheDirectory = function (diskCacheDir) {
   var self = this;
   self.diskCache = path.join(diskCacheDir, 'cache');
   try {
-    var data = fs.readFile(self.diskCache, 'utf8');
+    var data = fs.readFileSync(self.diskCache, 'utf8');
   } catch (e) {
     if (e.code !== 'ENOENT')
       throw e;