diff --git a/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp b/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp
index 67c8de6780..6655ea9fbc 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp
+++ b/src/bun.js/modules/NodeModuleModule.cpp
@@ -698,6 +698,8 @@ static JSValue getModulePrototypeObject(VM& vm, JSObject* moduleObject)
             setterRequireFunction),
         0);
 
+    prototype->putDirect(vm, Identifier::fromString(vm, "_compile"_s), globalObject->modulePrototypeUnderscoreCompileFunction());
+
     return prototype;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts b/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts
index 84b30f80e7..cb94d1fb56 100644
--- a/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts
+++ b/test/cli/run/run-eval.test.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,14 @@ describe("--print for cjs/esm", () => {
     expect(stdout.toString("utf8")).toEqual("object object function string string\n123\n");
     expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
   });
+  test("module._compile is require('module').prototype._compile", async () => {
+    const { stdout, exitCode } = Bun.spawnSync({
+      cmd: [bunExe(), "-p", "module._compile === require('module').prototype._compile"],
+      env: bunEnv,
+    });
+    expect(stdout.toString()).toBe("true\n");
+    expect(exitCode).toBe(0);
+  });
 });
 
 function group(run: (code: string) => SyncSubprocess<"pipe", "inherit">) {