diff --git a/packages/core/src/app-middlewares/before/z-object.js b/packages/core/src/app-middlewares/before/z-object.js
index 668a3032f..8f2c295ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/app-middlewares/before/z-object.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/app-middlewares/before/z-object.js
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ const injectZObject = (input) => {
     generateCallbackUrl: createCallbackHigherOrderFunction(input),
     hash: hashing.hashify,
     JSON: createJSONtool(),
-    require: (moduleName) => require(moduleName),
+    require: (moduleName) =>
+      require(require.resolve(moduleName, {
+        paths: module.paths.concat([process.cwd()]),
+      })),
     stashFile: createFileStasher(input),
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/core/test/create-app.js b/packages/core/test/create-app.js
index c1db93d70..80e772a7d 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/create-app.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/create-app.js
@@ -602,6 +602,16 @@ describe('create-app', () => {
         /Cannot find module 'non-existing-package'/
       );
     });
+
+    it('should be able to import from other paths using zRequire', async () => {
+      const input = createTestInput(
+        'resources.listrequire.list.operation.perform'
+      );
+      const appPass = createApp(appDefinition);
+
+      const { results } = await appPass(input);
+      results.should.eql('www.base-url.com');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('response.content parsing', () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/test/userapp/constants.js b/packages/core/test/userapp/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53f5932ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/test/userapp/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+const BASE_URL = 'www.base-url.com';
+
+module.exports = {
+  BASE_URL,
+};
diff --git a/packages/core/test/userapp/index.js b/packages/core/test/userapp/index.js
index 7f4dff217..cee86c212 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/userapp/index.js
+++ b/packages/core/test/userapp/index.js
@@ -26,6 +26,24 @@ const List = {
   },
 };
 
+const ListRequire = {
+  key: 'listrequire',
+  noun: 'List',
+  list: {
+    display: {
+      description: 'Trigger on new thing in list.',
+      label: 'List',
+    },
+    operation: {
+      perform: (z, bundle) => {
+        // in prod, process.cwd will return the app root directory
+        const { BASE_URL } = z.require('./test/userapp/constants.js');
+        return BASE_URL;
+      },
+    },
+  },
+};
+
 const Contact = {
   key: 'contact',
   noun: 'Contact',
@@ -386,9 +404,7 @@ const CachedCustomInputFields = {
       description: 'Get/Set custom input fields in zcache',
     },
     operation: {
-      inputFields: [
-        helpers.getCustomFields,
-      ],
+      inputFields: [helpers.getCustomFields],
       perform: () => {},
     },
   },
@@ -582,6 +598,7 @@ const App = {
   afterResponse: [],
   resources: {
     [List.key]: List,
+    [ListRequire.key]: ListRequire,
     [Contact.key]: Contact,
     [ContactError.key]: ContactError,
     [ContactSource.key]: ContactSource,