diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll
index c098c60816e..e164adf786f 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/DataFlow.qll
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ private import internal.FlowSteps as FlowSteps
 private import internal.DataFlowNode
 private import internal.AnalyzedParameters
 private import internal.PreCallGraphStep
+private import internal.ModuleInterop
 private import semmle.javascript.internal.CachedStages
 
 module DataFlow {
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/ModuleInterop.qll b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/ModuleInterop.qll
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47a26350f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/semmle/javascript/dataflow/internal/ModuleInterop.qll
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+private import javascript
+private import PreCallGraphStep as PCG
+
+class ES2015InteropCall extends DataFlow::CallNode {
+  ES2015InteropCall() {
+    this.getCalleeName() = ["_interopRequireDefault", "_interopRequireWildcard"]
+  }
+
+  private Import getAnImport() {
+    this.getArgument(0).getALocalSource() = result.getImportedModuleNode()
+  }
+
+  Module getImportedModule() { result = this.getAnImport().getImportedModule() }
+
+  predicate isImportingESModule() {
+    this.getImportedModule() instanceof ES2015Module
+    or
+    exists(this.getImportedModule().getAnExportedValue("__esModule"))
+  }
+
+  DataFlow::SourceNode getImportedObject() {
+    this.isImportingESModule() and
+    result = this
+    or
+    (not this.isImportingESModule() or this.getCalleeName() = "_interopRequireWildcard") and
+    result = this.getAPropertyRead("default")
+  }
+}
+
+predicate interopModuleStep(DataFlow::Node pred, DataFlow::Node succ) {
+  exists(ES2015InteropCall call |
+    pred = call.getArgument(0) and
+    succ = call.getImportedObject()
+    or
+    exists(string prop |
+      pred = call.getImportedModule().getAnExportedValue(prop) and
+      succ = call.getImportedObject().getAPropertyRead(prop)
+    )
+  )
+}
+
+private class Step extends PCG::PreCallGraphStep {
+  override predicate step(DataFlow::Node pred, DataFlow::Node succ) {
+    interopModuleStep(pred, succ)
+  }
+}