diff --git a/src/template.js b/src/template.js
index 4586d6059..81da8c68c 100644
--- a/src/template.js
+++ b/src/template.js
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ import * as _ from './util/underscore.js'
 import path from 'path'
 import {anySeries} from './util/promise.js'
 import fs from 'fs'
-import {promisify} from 'util'
 
-const statFileAsync = promisify(fs.stat)
-const readFileAsync = promisify(fs.readFile)
+const statFileAsync = _.promisify(fs.stat)
+const readFileAsync = _.promisify(fs.readFile)
 
 export async function resolve (filepath, root, options) {
   if (!path.extname(filepath)) {
diff --git a/src/util/underscore.js b/src/util/underscore.js
index e6b1fe8b5..c70429f74 100644
--- a/src/util/underscore.js
+++ b/src/util/underscore.js
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ export function isString (value) {
   return toStr.call(value) === '[object String]'
 }
 
+export function promisify (fn) {
+  return function () {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      fn(...arguments, (err, result) => {
+        err ? reject(err) : resolve(result)
+      })
+    })
+  }
+}
+
 export function stringify (value) {
   if (isNil(value)) {
     return String(value)