diff --git a/src/vector/app.tsx b/src/vector/app.tsx
index b887bef9f..1c38a2c84 100644
--- a/src/vector/app.tsx
+++ b/src/vector/app.tsx
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
+// To ensure we load the browser-request version
+import "matrix-js-sdk"; // eslint-disable-line no-restricted-imports
+
 import React from 'react';
 import PlatformPeg from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/PlatformPeg';
 import { _td, newTranslatableError } from 'matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler';