diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f934398..0aed17e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,10 +45,11 @@ And run `webpack` via your preferred method.
 
 ## Options
 
-|                 Name                  |         Type         |      Default       | Description                                 |
-| :-----------------------------------: | :------------------: | :----------------: | :------------------------------------------ |
-| **[`stylusOptions`](#stylusOptions)** | `{Object\|Function}` |        `{}`        | Options for Stylus.                         |
-|     **[`sourceMap`](#sourcemap)**     |     `{Boolean}`      | `compiler.devtool` | Enables/Disables generation of source maps. |
+|                   Name                    |         Type         |      Default       | Description                                    |
+| :---------------------------------------: | :------------------: | :----------------: | :--------------------------------------------- |
+|   **[`stylusOptions`](#stylusOptions)**   | `{Object\|Function}` |        `{}`        | Options for Stylus.                            |
+|       **[`sourceMap`](#sourcemap)**       |     `{Boolean}`      | `compiler.devtool` | Enables/Disables generation of source maps.    |
+| **[`webpackImporter`](#webpackimporter)** |     `{Boolean}`      |       `true`       | Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer. |
 
 ### `stylusOptions`
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 #### `Function`
 
-Allows setting the options passed through to Less based off of the loader context.
+Allows setting the options passed through to Stylus based off of the loader context.
 
 ```js
 module.exports = {
@@ -175,6 +176,40 @@ module.exports = {
 };
 ```
 
+### `webpackImporter`
+
+Type: `Boolean`
+Default: `true`
+
+Enables/Disables the default Webpack importer.
+
+This can improve performance in some cases.
+Use it with caution because aliases and `@import` at-rules starting with `~` will not work.
+
+**webpack.config.js**
+
+```js
+module.exports = {
+  module: {
+    rules: [
+      {
+        test: /\.styl/i,
+        use: [
+          'style-loader',
+          'css-loader',
+          {
+            loader: 'stylus-loader',
+            options: {
+              webpackImporter: false,
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
+```
+
 ## Examples
 
 ### Normal usage
@@ -277,6 +312,56 @@ module.exports = {
 
 Usually, it's recommended to extract the style sheets into a dedicated file in production using the [MiniCssExtractPlugin](https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin). This way your styles are not dependent on JavaScript.
 
+### webpack resolver
+
+Webpack provides an [advanced mechanism to resolve files](https://webpack.js.org/configuration/resolve/).
+The `stylus-loader` applies the webpack resolver when processing queries.
+Thus you can import your Stylus modules from `node_modules`.
+Just prepend them with a `~` which tells webpack to look up the [`modules`](https://webpack.js.org/configuration/resolve/#resolve-modules).
+
+```styl
+@import '~bootstrap-styl/bootstrap/index.styl';
+```
+
+It's important to only prepend it with `~`, because `~/` resolves to the home-directory.
+Webpack needs to distinguish between `bootstrap` and `~bootstrap`, because CSS and Styl files have no special syntax for importing relative files.
+Writing `@import "file"` is the same as `@import "./file";`
+
+### Stylus resolver
+
+If you specify the `paths` option, modules will be searched in the given `paths`.
+This is Stylus default behavior.
+
+**webpack.config.js**
+
+```js
+module.exports = {
+  module: {
+    rules: [
+      {
+        test: /\.styl/,
+        use: [
+          {
+            loader: 'style-loader',
+          },
+          {
+            loader: 'css-loader',
+          },
+          {
+            loader: 'stylus-loader',
+            options: {
+              stylusOptions: {
+                paths: [path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules')],
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
+```
+
 ### Extracting style sheets
 
 Bundling CSS with webpack has some nice advantages like referencing images and fonts with hashed urls or [hot module replacement](https://webpack.js.org/concepts/hot-module-replacement/) in development. In production, on the other hand, it's not a good idea to apply your style sheets depending on JS execution. Rendering may be delayed or even a [FOUC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_of_unstyled_content) might be visible. Thus it's often still better to have them as separate files in your final production build.
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 6663cef..4140ce9 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -68,7 +68,14 @@ export default async function stylusLoader(source) {
     styl.set('include css', true);
   }
 
-  styl.set('Evaluator', await createEvaluator(source, stylusOptions, this));
+  const shouldUseWebpackImporter =
+    typeof options.webpackImporter === 'boolean'
+      ? options.webpackImporter
+      : true;
+
+  if (shouldUseWebpackImporter) {
+    styl.set('Evaluator', await createEvaluator(source, stylusOptions, this));
+  }
 
   // keep track of imported files (used by Stylus CLI watch mode)
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-underscore-dangle
diff --git a/src/options.json b/src/options.json
index 4370928..dadca17 100644
--- a/src/options.json
+++ b/src/options.json
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
     "sourceMap": {
       "description": "Enables/Disables generation of source maps (https://github.com/webpack-contrib/stylus-loader#sourcemap).",
       "type": "boolean"
+    },
+    "webpackImporter": {
+      "description": "Enables/Disables default `webpack` importer (https://github.com/webpack-contrib/stylus-loader#webpackimporter).",
+      "type": "boolean"
     }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/validate-options.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/validate-options.test.js.snap
index 82b09f1..6d3bff3 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/validate-options.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/validate-options.test.js.snap
@@ -64,47 +64,53 @@ exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "stylusOptions" option wi
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "/test/" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "[]" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "{"foo":"bar"}" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "{}" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "1" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "false" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "test" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
 `;
 
 exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "unknown" option with "true" value 1`] = `
 "Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
  - options has an unknown property 'unknown'. These properties are valid:
-   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap? }"
+   object { stylusOptions?, sourceMap?, webpackImporter? }"
+`;
+
+exports[`validate options should throw an error on the "webpackImporter" option with "string" value 1`] = `
+"Invalid options object. Stylus Loader has been initialized using an options object that does not match the API schema.
+ - options.webpackImporter should be a boolean.
+   -> Enables/Disables default \`webpack\` importer (https://github.com/webpack-contrib/stylus-loader#webpackimporter)."
 `;
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/webpackImporter-options.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/webpackImporter-options.test.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fec2966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/webpackImporter-options.test.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should throw an error on webpack import when value is "false": errors 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "ModuleBuildError: Module build failed (from \`replaced original path\`):
+Error: /test/fixtures/import-webpack.styl:1:9",
+]
+`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should throw an error on webpack import when value is "false": warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is "false": css 1`] = `
+".other {
+  font-family: serif;
+}
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is "false": errors 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is "false": warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is "true": css 1`] = `
+".imported-in-web-modules {
+  font-size: 2em;
+}
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is "true": errors 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is "true": warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is not specify: css 1`] = `
+".imported-in-web-modules {
+  font-size: 2em;
+}
+"
+`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is not specify: errors 1`] = `Array []`;
+
+exports[`webpackImporter option should work when value is not specify: warnings 1`] = `Array []`;
diff --git a/test/validate-options.test.js b/test/validate-options.test.js
index 3cc667c..fd077ff 100644
--- a/test/validate-options.test.js
+++ b/test/validate-options.test.js
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ describe('validate options', () => {
       success: [true, false],
       failure: ['string'],
     },
+    webpackImporter: {
+      success: [true, false],
+      failure: ['string'],
+    },
     unknown: {
       success: [],
       failure: [1, true, false, 'test', /test/, [], {}, { foo: 'bar' }],
diff --git a/test/webpackImporter-options.test.js b/test/webpackImporter-options.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cdc641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/webpackImporter-options.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+import path from 'path';
+
+import {
+  compile,
+  getCodeFromBundle,
+  getCompiler,
+  getErrors,
+  getWarnings,
+} from './helpers';
+
+describe('webpackImporter option', () => {
+  it('should work when value is not specify', async () => {
+    const testId = './import-webpack.styl';
+    const compiler = getCompiler(
+      testId,
+      {},
+      {
+        resolve: {
+          modules: [path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'web_modules')],
+        },
+      }
+    );
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+    const codeFromBundle = getCodeFromBundle(stats, compiler);
+
+    expect(codeFromBundle.css).toMatchSnapshot('css');
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('warnings');
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('errors');
+  });
+
+  it('should work when value is "true"', async () => {
+    const testId = './import-webpack.styl';
+    const compiler = getCompiler(
+      testId,
+      {
+        webpackImporter: true,
+      },
+      {
+        resolve: {
+          modules: [path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'web_modules')],
+        },
+      }
+    );
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+    const codeFromBundle = getCodeFromBundle(stats, compiler);
+
+    expect(codeFromBundle.css).toMatchSnapshot('css');
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('warnings');
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('errors');
+  });
+
+  it('should work when value is "false"', async () => {
+    const testId = './shallow-paths.styl';
+    const compiler = getCompiler(testId, {
+      webpackImporter: false,
+      stylusOptions: {
+        paths: ['test/fixtures/paths'],
+      },
+    });
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+    const codeFromBundle = getCodeFromBundle(stats, compiler);
+
+    expect(codeFromBundle.css).toMatchSnapshot('css');
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('warnings');
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('errors');
+  });
+
+  it('should throw an error on webpack import when value is "false"', async () => {
+    const testId = './import-webpack.styl';
+    const compiler = getCompiler(
+      testId,
+      {
+        webpackImporter: false,
+      },
+      {
+        resolve: {
+          modules: [path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'web_modules')],
+        },
+      }
+    );
+    const stats = await compile(compiler);
+
+    expect(getWarnings(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('warnings');
+    expect(getErrors(stats)).toMatchSnapshot('errors');
+  });
+});