diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc09a54fe98..b4c1b5c766a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- Offline mode will no longer delete the Jupyter Notebook's require, requirejs, and define variables.
 
 ## [1.9.6] - 2016-02-18
 ### Updated
diff --git a/plotly/offline/offline.py b/plotly/offline/offline.py
index 89df61a57f6..6981bead02c 100644
--- a/plotly/offline/offline.py
+++ b/plotly/offline/offline.py
@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@ def init_notebook_mode():
 
     global __PLOTLY_OFFLINE_INITIALIZED
     if not __PLOTLY_OFFLINE_INITIALIZED:
-        display(HTML('<script type="text/javascript">' +
-                     # ipython's includes `require` as a global, which
-                     # conflicts with plotly.js. so, unrequire it.
-                     'require=requirejs=define=undefined;' +
-                     '</script>' +
-                     '<script type="text/javascript">' +
+        display(HTML("<script type='text/javascript'>" +
+                     "define('plotly', function(require, exports, module) {" +
                      get_plotlyjs() +
-                     '</script>'))
+                     "});" +
+                     "require(['plotly'], function(Plotly) {" +
+                     "window.Plotly = Plotly;" +
+                     "});" +
+                     "</script>"))
     __PLOTLY_OFFLINE_INITIALIZED = True