diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 9af7b79..b6a1402 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "parserOptions": {
     "sourceType": "module",
+    "ecmaVersion": 2017,
   },
   "env": {
     "browser": true,
diff --git a/buildDojo/buildapi.js b/buildDojo/buildapi.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..248accd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildDojo/buildapi.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+* (C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2019
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+const path = require("path");
+const fork = require("child_process").fork;
+
+/*
+ * parameters:
+ *	dojoPath   - The path to dojo.js source file
+ *  releaseDir - The path to the directory where the built loader will be written
+ *               The build loader will be in <releaseDir>/dojo/dojo.js
+ *  featureOverrides - Overrides to ./loaderDefaultFeatures.js
+ *  noConsole  - True to suppress stdout from the builder
+ */
+async function buildLoader(params) {
+	const ls = fork(
+		path.resolve(__dirname, "buildRunner.js"),
+		[
+			"load=build",
+			"--dojoPath",
+			path.resolve(params.dojoPath),
+			"--profile",
+			path.join(__dirname, "loader.profile.js"),
+			"--release",
+			"--releaseDir",
+			path.resolve(params.releaseDir),
+			"--has",
+			JSON.stringify(params.featureOverrides || {})
+		],
+		{
+			silent: true
+		}
+	);
+	return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+		const errors = [];
+		ls.stdout.on('data', data => {
+			if (!params.noConsole) {
+				console.log(`${data}`);
+			}
+		});
+		ls.stderr.on('data', data => {
+			const decoded = `${data}`;
+			errors.push(decoded);
+			console.error(decoded);
+		});
+		ls.on('close', code => {
+			if (code == 0) {
+				resolve();
+			} else {
+				const err = new Error(errors.join(""));
+				err.code = code;
+				reject(err);
+			}
+		});
+	});
+}
+module.exports = buildLoader;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/DojoAMDPlugin.js b/lib/DojoAMDPlugin.js
index abd5b72..5d11581 100644
--- a/lib/DojoAMDPlugin.js
+++ b/lib/DojoAMDPlugin.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2018
+ * (C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2018, 2019
  * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2012, 2016 All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -185,3 +185,4 @@ Please upgrade webpack-i18n-extractor-plugin to the latest version.`);
 	}
 };
 module.exports.ScopedRequirePlugin = ScopedRequirePlugin;
+module.exports.buildLoader = require('../buildDojo/buildapi');
diff --git a/lib/DojoLoaderPlugin.js b/lib/DojoLoaderPlugin.js
index af60d21..bd9df77 100644
--- a/lib/DojoLoaderPlugin.js
+++ b/lib/DojoLoaderPlugin.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * (C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2018
+ * (C) Copyright HCL Technologies Ltd. 2018, 2019
  * (C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2017 All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const {containsModule} = require("./compat");
 const CommonJsRequireDependency = require("webpack/lib/dependencies/CommonJsRequireDependency");
 const ConstDependency = require("webpack/lib/dependencies/ConstDependency");
 const BasicEvaluatedExpression = require("webpack/lib/BasicEvaluatedExpression");
+const buildLoader = require("../buildDojo/buildapi");
 
 const embeddedLoaderFilenameExpression = "__embedded_dojo_loader__";
 
@@ -101,7 +102,6 @@ module.exports = class DojoLoaderPlugin {
 			if (!options.noConsole) {
 				console.log("Dojo loader not specified in options.  Building the loader...");
 			}
-			const child_process = require("child_process");
 			const tmp = require("tmp");
 			// create temporary directory to hold output
 			tmp.dir({unsafeCleanup: true}, (err, tempDir) => {
@@ -115,36 +115,20 @@ module.exports = class DojoLoaderPlugin {
 						featureOverrides['dojo-config-api'] = 0;
 					}
 				}
-				child_process.execFile(
-					process.execPath, // the executable to run
-					[	// The arguments
-						path.resolve(__dirname, "../buildDojo", "buildRunner.js"),
-						"load=build",
-						"--dojoPath",
-						path.resolve(loaderConfig.baseUrl, dojoPath, "./dojo"), 	// path to dojo.js
-						"--profile",
-						path.join(__dirname, "../buildDojo/loader.profile.js"), // the build profile
-						"--release",
-						"--releaseDir",
-						tempDir,	// target location
-						"--has",
-						JSON.stringify(featureOverrides)
-					], (error, stdout, stderr) => {
-						if (error) {
-							console.error(stderr.toString());
-							callback(error);
-						} else {
-							if (!options.noConsole) {
-								console.log(stdout.toString());
-							}
-							options.loader = path.join(tempDir, "dojo/dojo.js");
-							dojoLoaderPath = require.resolve(path.join(options.loader));
-							fs.readFile(dojoLoaderPath, "utf-8", (err, content) => { // eslint-disable-line no-shadow
-								callback(err, content);
-							});
-						}
-					}
-				);
+				buildLoader({
+					dojoPath: path.resolve(loaderConfig.baseUrl, dojoPath, "./dojo"), 	// path to dojo.js
+					releaseDir: tempDir,	// target location
+					featureOverrides: featureOverrides,
+					noConsole: options.noConsole
+				}).then(() => {
+					options.loader = path.join(tempDir, "dojo/dojo.js");
+					dojoLoaderPath = require.resolve(path.join(options.loader));
+					fs.readFile(dojoLoaderPath, "utf-8", (err, content) => { // eslint-disable-line no-shadow
+						callback(err, content);
+					});
+				}).catch(err => { // eslint-disable-line no-shadow
+					callback(err);
+				});
 			});
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/test/DojoLoaderPlugin.test.js b/test/DojoLoaderPlugin.test.js
index 4092b25..9c166ab 100644
--- a/test/DojoLoaderPlugin.test.js
+++ b/test/DojoLoaderPlugin.test.js
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@
 const proxyquire = require("proxyquire");
 const {reg, tap, Tapable} = require("webpack-plugin-compat").for("DojoLoaderPlugin.test");
 
-const tmpStub = {}, child_processStub = {};
+const tmpStub = {};
 
 const DojoLoaderPlugin = proxyquire("../lib/DojoLoaderPlugin", {
-	tmp: tmpStub,
-	child_process: child_processStub
+	tmp: tmpStub
 });
 var plugin;
 describe("DojoLoaderPlugin tests", function() {
@@ -32,10 +31,6 @@ describe("DojoLoaderPlugin tests", function() {
 		Object.keys(tmpStub).forEach(key => {
 			delete tmpStub[key];
 		});
-		Object.keys(child_processStub).forEach(key => {
-			delete child_processStub[key];
-		});
-
 	});
 	describe("getOrCreateEmbeddedLoader edge cases", function() {
 
@@ -50,12 +45,8 @@ describe("DojoLoaderPlugin tests", function() {
 			});
 		});
 		it("Should call callback with error returned by exec", function(done) {
-			var error = new Error("Error from execFile");
-			child_processStub.execFile = function(executable__, options__, callback) {
-				callback(error, "", "Error from execFile");
-			};
 			plugin.getOrCreateEmbeddedLoader("path", {baseUrl:'.'}, {}, err => {
-				err.should.be.eql(error);
+				err.message.should.match(/Cannot find module/);
 				done();
 			});
 		});