diff --git a/lib/react/src/index.ts b/lib/react/src/index.ts
index 57b4849..c3930d9 100644
--- a/lib/react/src/index.ts
+++ b/lib/react/src/index.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ const unsubRN = waitForModules(
         ReactNativeModuleId = id
         ReactNative = exports
 
-        require('./native/patches')
+        // @as-require
+        import('./native/patches')
     },
     {
         cached: true,
diff --git a/scripts/build.ts b/scripts/build.ts
index 9c18a52..efb0df5 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ts
+++ b/scripts/build.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { parse } from 'path'
 import { rolldown } from 'rolldown'
 import { importGlobPlugin } from 'rolldown/experimental'
 import pkg from '../package.json'
+import asRequire from './plugins/as-require'
 import hermesSwcPlugin from './plugins/hermes-swc'
 import hermesCPlugin from './plugins/hermesc'
 import shimAliases from './plugins/shim-aliases'
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export default async function build(dev = Dev, log = true) {
             __BUILD_FLAG_LOG_PROMISE_REJECTIONS__: String(dev),
         },
         plugins: [
+            asRequire(),
             shimAliases(ShimsDir),
             importGlobPlugin(),
             hermesSwcPlugin(),
diff --git a/scripts/plugins/as-require.ts b/scripts/plugins/as-require.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b8aea5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/plugins/as-require.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import type { RolldownPlugin } from 'rolldown'
+
+/**
+ * Transforms `// @as-require` comments above supported import statements into `require` calls.
+ *
+ * Supported statements:
+ * - Static side-effect imports: `import 'module'`
+ * - Dynamic side-effect imports: `import('module')` and `await import('module')`
+ * - Dynamic imports with .then(): `import('module').then(mod => ...)`
+ */
+export default function asRequire() {
+    return {
+        name: 'as-require',
+        transform(code, id) {
+            if (!code.includes('// @as-require')) return null
+
+            const asRequireRegex =
+                /(?:\s*\/\/\s*@as-require\s*[\r\n]+)([^\r\n]*)/g
+
+            let hasChanged = false
+            const newCode = code.replace(asRequireRegex, (match, statement) => {
+                const trimmedStatement = statement.trim()
+
+                // import('./mod').then(mod => mod.do()) -> ((mod => mod.do()))(require('./mod'))
+                const importThenRegex =
+                    /^import\((['"])(.+?)\1\)\s*\.then\(([\s\S]+)\);?$/
+                const thenMatch = trimmedStatement.match(importThenRegex)
+                if (thenMatch) {
+                    hasChanged = true
+                    const modulePath = `${thenMatch[1]}${thenMatch[2]}${thenMatch[1]}`
+                    const callback = thenMatch[3].trim()
+                    return `\n((${callback}))(require(${modulePath}));`
+                }
+
+                // import './mod' -> require('./mod')
+                const staticSideEffectRegex = /^import\s+(['"])(.+?)\1;?$/
+                const staticMatch = trimmedStatement.match(
+                    staticSideEffectRegex,
+                )
+                if (staticMatch) {
+                    hasChanged = true
+                    const modulePath = `${staticMatch[1]}${staticMatch[2]}${staticMatch[1]}`
+                    return `\nrequire(${modulePath});`
+                }
+
+                // import('./mod') -> require('./mod')
+                // await import('./mod') -> require('./mod')
+                const dynamicSideEffectRegex =
+                    /^(?:await\s+)?import\((['"])(.+?)\1\);?$/
+                const dynamicMatch = trimmedStatement.match(
+                    dynamicSideEffectRegex,
+                )
+                if (dynamicMatch) {
+                    hasChanged = true
+                    const modulePath = `${dynamicMatch[1]}${dynamicMatch[2]}${dynamicMatch[1]}`
+                    return `\nrequire(${modulePath});`
+                }
+
+                this.warn(
+                    `[${this.pluginName}] Warning: Could not transform statement in ${id}:\n${statement}\n` +
+                        `The line after the comment must be a side-effect import or a dynamic import with .then().`,
+                )
+
+                return match
+            })
+
+            if (hasChanged)
+                return {
+                    code: newCode,
+                    map: null, // Sourcemaps are broken by this transform
+                }
+
+            return null
+        },
+    } satisfies RolldownPlugin
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a7d76b6..2e6c78a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(globalThis, '__c', {
         delete globalThis.__c
         globalThis.__c = clear
 
-        require('./preinit')
+        // @as-require
+        import('./preinit')
     },
 })
diff --git a/src/init.ts b/src/init.ts
index fd93be1..6af55e1 100644
--- a/src/init.ts
+++ b/src/init.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,15 @@ const unsub = onRunApplication(() => {
     unsub()
 
     try {
-        require('./start')
+        // @as-require
+        import('./start')
     } catch (e) {
         onError(e)
     }
 })
 
 // Run all init plugins
-require('~/plugins/init')
-require('@revenge-mod/plugins/init')
+// @as-require
+import '~/plugins/init'
+// @as-require
+import '@revenge-mod/plugins/init'
diff --git a/src/plugins/start/developer-kit/index.ts b/src/plugins/start/developer-kit/index.ts
index b977210..2b21cc6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/start/developer-kit/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/start/developer-kit/index.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ registerPlugin<{ storage: Storage }>(
             api = api_
 
             onSettingsModulesLoaded(() => {
-                require('./utils').register()
+                // @as-require
+                import('./utils').then(it => it.register())
             })
 
             if (api_.plugin.flags & PluginFlags.EnabledLate)
diff --git a/src/plugins/start/settings/index.ts b/src/plugins/start/settings/index.ts
index 3c8219d..50c7440 100644
--- a/src/plugins/start/settings/index.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/start/settings/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ const pluginSettings = registerPlugin(
     {
         start() {
             onSettingsModulesLoaded(() => {
-                require('./register')
+                // @as-require
+                import('./register')
             })
 
             waitForModuleWithImportedPath(
diff --git a/src/preinit.ts b/src/preinit.ts
index 3d4c110..3dcff95 100644
--- a/src/preinit.ts
+++ b/src/preinit.ts
@@ -13,30 +13,37 @@ const IndexModuleId = 0
 onModuleFirstRequired(IndexModuleId, function onIndexRequired() {
     try {
         if (__BUILD_FLAG_LOG_PROMISE_REJECTIONS__)
-            require('./patches/log-promise-rejections')
+            // @as-require
+            import('./patches/log-promise-rejections')
 
         if (__DEV__)
             nativeLoggingHook(`\u001b[31m--- PREINIT STAGE ---\u001b[0m`, 1)
 
         // Initialize preinit libraries
-        require('@revenge-mod/react/preinit')
-        require('@revenge-mod/assets/preinit')
-        require('@revenge-mod/discord/preinit')
+        // @as-require
+        import('@revenge-mod/react/preinit')
+        // @as-require
+        import('@revenge-mod/assets/preinit')
+        // @as-require
+        import('@revenge-mod/discord/preinit')
 
         onModuleInitialized(IndexModuleId, function onIndexInitialized() {
             if (__DEV__)
                 nativeLoggingHook(`\u001b[31m--- INIT STAGE ---\u001b[0m`, 1)
 
             try {
-                require('./init')
+                // @as-require
+                import('./init')
             } catch (e) {
                 onError(e)
             }
         })
 
         // Run all preinit plugins
-        require('~/plugins/preinit')
-        require('@revenge-mod/plugins/preinit')
+        // @as-require
+        import('~/plugins/preinit')
+        // @as-require
+        import('@revenge-mod/plugins/preinit')
     } catch (e) {
         onError(e)
     }