diff --git a/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js b/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f7757e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/transforms/__tests__/electron-stubs.node.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import {transform} from '@babel/core';
+import generate from '@babel/generator';
+
+import electronStubs from '../electron-stubs';
+
+const babelOptions = {
+  ast: true,
+  plugins: [electronStubs],
+  filename: 'index.js',
+};
+
+test('transform electron requires to inlined stubs', () => {
+  const src = 'require("electron")';
+  const transformed = transform(src, babelOptions).ast;
+  const body = transformed.program.body[0];
+  expect(body.type).toBe('ExpressionStatement');
+  expect(body.expression.properties.map(p => p.key.name)).toContain('remote');
+});
+
+test('transform performance calls to requires', () => {
+  for (const method of ['mark', 'measure']) {
+    const src = `performance.${method}('something')`;
+    const transformed = transform(src, babelOptions).ast;
+    const {code} = generate(transformed);
+    expect(code).toBe(
+      `require('perf_hooks').performance.${method}('something');`,
+    );
+  }
+});
diff --git a/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js b/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js
index d7d3c5bbf..9c2019766 100644
--- a/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js
+++ b/static/transforms/electron-stubs.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var electronStubs = babylon.parseExpression(
   fs.readFileSync('static/electron-stubs.notjs').toString(),
 );
+var perfHooks = babylon.parseExpression("require('perf_hooks').performance");
 
 module.exports = function(babel) {
   return {
@@ -27,6 +28,17 @@ module.exports = function(babel) {
             path.replaceWith(electronStubs);
           }
         }
+        if (
+          path.node.type === 'CallExpression' &&
+          path.node.callee.type === 'MemberExpression' &&
+          path.node.callee.object.name === 'performance'
+        ) {
+          // 'perf_hooks' was added in Node 8.5.0 but doesn't appear to be
+          // present in electron. We can remove this and switch to using
+          // interval when it is. Until then, continue using browser.performance
+          // for real and swap in node's perf_hooks when we dont have electron.
+          path.node.callee.object = perfHooks;
+        }
       },
     },
   };