diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 7a7e80dab91..5bb1a91dc8f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,20 @@ jobs:
         - npm run tsc
         - travis_retry npm run unit
 
-    # Runs unit tests on Linux + Chromium
+    # Node <10.17's fs.promises module was experimental and doesn't behave as
+    # expected. This problem was fixed in Node 10.19, but we run the unit tests
+    # through on 10.15 to make sure we don't cause any regressions when using
+    # fs.promises. See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/6548 for an
+    # example.
+    - node_js: '10.15.0'
+      name: 'Node 10.15 Unit tests: Linux/Chromium'
+      env:
+        - CHROMIUM=true
+      before_install:
+        - PUPPETEER_PRODUCT=firefox npm install
+      script:
+        - npm run unit
+
     - node_js: '10.19.0'
       name: 'Unit tests [with coverage]: Linux/Chromium'
       env:
diff --git a/src/common/DOMWorld.ts b/src/common/DOMWorld.ts
index de09fe368a6..0e032be77c2 100644
--- a/src/common/DOMWorld.ts
+++ b/src/common/DOMWorld.ts
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export class DOMWorld {
           'Cannot pass a filepath to addScriptTag in the browser environment.'
         );
       }
-      const fs = await import('fs');
+      const fs = await helper.importFSModule();
       let contents = await fs.promises.readFile(path, 'utf8');
       contents += '//# sourceURL=' + path.replace(/\n/g, '');
       const context = await this.executionContext();
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ export class DOMWorld {
           'Cannot pass a filepath to addStyleTag in the browser environment.'
         );
       }
-      const fs = await import('fs');
+      const fs = await helper.importFSModule();
       let contents = await fs.promises.readFile(path, 'utf8');
       contents += '/*# sourceURL=' + path.replace(/\n/g, '') + '*/';
       const context = await this.executionContext();
diff --git a/src/common/JSHandle.ts b/src/common/JSHandle.ts
index 819b3958446..c0ee4070b9a 100644
--- a/src/common/JSHandle.ts
+++ b/src/common/JSHandle.ts
@@ -563,8 +563,7 @@ export class ElementHandle<
     // This import is only needed for `uploadFile`, so keep it scoped here to avoid paying
     // the cost unnecessarily.
     const path = await import('path');
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    const fs = await import('fs');
+    const fs = await helper.importFSModule();
     // Locate all files and confirm that they exist.
     const files = await Promise.all(
       filePaths.map(async (filePath) => {
diff --git a/src/common/Page.ts b/src/common/Page.ts
index e805e2e7aa7..7194649bef2 100644
--- a/src/common/Page.ts
+++ b/src/common/Page.ts
@@ -1709,7 +1709,7 @@ export class Page extends EventEmitter {
         'Screenshots can only be written to a file path in a Node environment.'
       );
     }
-    const fs = await import('fs');
+    const fs = await helper.importFSModule();
     if (options.path) await fs.promises.writeFile(options.path, buffer);
     return buffer;
 
diff --git a/src/common/helper.ts b/src/common/helper.ts
index dc6655d240b..d8ca9b4ef48 100644
--- a/src/common/helper.ts
+++ b/src/common/helper.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ async function readProtocolStream(
     throw new Error('Cannot write to a path outside of Node.js environment.');
   }
 
-  const fs = isNode ? await import('fs') : null;
+  const fs = isNode ? await importFSModule() : null;
 
   let eof = false;
   let fileHandle: import('fs').promises.FileHandle;
@@ -344,6 +344,30 @@ async function readProtocolStream(
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Loads the Node fs promises API. Needed because on Node 10.17 and below,
+ * fs.promises is experimental, and therefore not marked as enumerable. That
+ * means when TypeScript compiles an `import('fs')`, its helper doesn't spot the
+ * promises declaration and therefore on Node <10.17 you get an error as
+ * fs.promises is undefined in compiled TypeScript land.
+ *
+ * See https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/issues/6548 for more details.
+ *
+ * Once Node 10 is no longer supported (April 2021) we can remove this and use
+ * `(await import('fs')).promises`.
+ */
+async function importFSModule(): Promise<typeof import('fs')> {
+  if (!isNode) {
+    throw new Error('Cannot load the fs module API outside of Node.');
+  }
+
+  const fs = await import('fs');
+  if (fs.promises) {
+    return fs;
+  }
+  return fs.default;
+}
+
 export const helper = {
   evaluationString,
   pageBindingInitString,
@@ -356,6 +380,7 @@ export const helper = {
   waitForEvent,
   isString,
   isNumber,
+  importFSModule,
   addEventListener,
   removeEventListeners,
   valueFromRemoteObject,