diff --git a/lib/platform.js b/lib/platform.js
index 205dca2..927fa3b 100644
--- a/lib/platform.js
+++ b/lib/platform.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-try { var PathWatcher = require('./pathwatcher'); } catch (err) { }
+var PathWatcher = null;
 var statpoll = require('./statpoll.js');
 var helper = require('./helper');
 var fs = require('graceful-fs');
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ var renameWaiting = null;
 var renameWaitingFile = null;
 
 var platform = module.exports = function(file, cb) {
+  if (PathWatcher == null) {
+    PathWatcher = require('./pathwatcher');
+  }
+
   // Ignore non-existent files
   if (!fs.existsSync(file)) return;